The news we have from Bengaluru on the demise of M/S J Matthan and K R Chandrasekhar during this week is indeed saddening. Both of them were Presidents of the Chennai Assn of the class 1 officers' in yester years and I had the privilege of working with them as Secretary. Shri Matthan was always magnanimous in dealing with problems of officers and he held the offices of ZM chairman etc with grace and compassion for all. Shri Chandrasekhar was gentleman to the core and I recall the problem he had with his medical cover a couple of years back when he sought my assistance to have it sorted out. In short we have lost two great men Who were in our midst. May their soul rest in peace -GNSridharan