About a Man, who had been a Pillar of Strength for the Association.......GS Sri D.Krishnan writes.

FEDERATION OF RETIRED LIC CLASS I OFFICERS' ASSOCIATIONS

President :    N.P. Bali 705, Sur, Veena Saaz, Thakur Complex, Kandivali (East), Mumbai - 400 101 Mob : 9820324213 Email Id - npbali@hotmail.com

General Secretary :    D Krishnan No.6/1, Sreshta Riverside Apartments, Wood Creek Road, Nandambakkam, Chennai - 600089 Tel : 9176635967 / 044 42850049. Email Id - dkrishnan1@gmail.com

Ecircular No.DK/82                                                 15-09-2019

Dear Friends,

Homage to a man of greatness .... 

Three of us from Chennai , Sri Arunachalam, Sri V R Krishnan and I were in Bengaluru yesterday, and along with Sri O P Vasisht who had come from Delhi, called on the Rajagopalan Family. 

It was quite a revelation to know from Sri Balki, his son, that his dad had carried on gamely, over the last 10 years , with a weak heart, functioning only to 25% of its capacity. I had to mention later, in the Condolence Meeting, that having known him for 50 years when alive, I seem to discover an unknown facet of the man now in his Death! Yes, he had been doing all his work for the Federation and his own Legal practice, with this knife-edge condition of his health! Sri Balki, his famous Film world son,  told us that, though he had a nagging prostate cancer going along , his Doctors had mentioned that his end will not be due to the Cancer, but due to his Heart Condition, and they had not given him more than 2 years of life, at that time, 10 years ago.

What a selfless person he was, walking around doing his normal duties, as if he was perfect in health, and not talking about it to any of us ! He perhaps never wanted to unburden his problems on any of us, or never wanted people to sympathize with him! What a Noble person, and how we come to know of this tremendous facet of the man, only in his Death!  Sri Balki mentioned that continuing to do work, to him , was like Meditation or Yoga for others, and he would get re-charged doing his duties as usual.

A number of people went up the stage to offer their tributes to a man who had been a great Benefactor to all of us, without expectations of Returns. Sri O.P.Vasisht, EC Member  from Delhi,  Sri P V Subramanian, former Vice President of Chennai Association, Sri M. Arunachalam, a close aide of the Man through all our Legal issues, Sri V R Krishnan , Secretary , Chennai Assn, Sri T K S Narayanan ,President,  Sri K. S. Raghunath, Vice-President, and Sri M S Rao of Bengaluru Assn were some of the other speakers.

Written Messages condoling the passing away of this Noble person, received from different quarters, were also read out, including  the former General Secretary Shri G.N.Sridharan, Shri S.K Awasthi from Lucknow, Shri S. K. Majumdar, Kolkota.

Hats off to the self-effacing leaders of the Bengaluru Assn., for their devoted services through the day from the time we landed in Bengaluru in the morning, to the time of our departure, in the late hours in the evening. I will need to mention names of some of these dedicated soldiers in the cause, viz., Sri T K Ravindran, Sri K S Raghunath, Sri T K Bhat, Sri Hegde and B R Subramanian. They were heavy in feelings, about a man, who had been a Pillar of strength for the Assn, both financially and on other counts. 

Incidentally, the Draft of the Writ Appeal to be Filed in the Kerala HC on 18th , against the single judge verdict of 7-8-2019, on the 92-93 Retirees' Case, has been finalized. It was Sri Rajagopalan, who had talked to our Advocate over phone just days ago, on how the Focus of the Appeal should be, and when the Draft did arrive finally, he was not there to see it!

So, that's it for now, and with Fraternal Greetings to all!

D.Krishnan.

General Secretary