An Obituary in Advance
You see, once the protagonist of this piece kicks his old rusty bucket, then there will be no one to do any justice to him. Hence I decided to act right now. Thus it becomes an advanced obituary. This piece might be rather long; so excuse. It is imperative that an obituary is in praise of the Gone. Or must it? So here goes. The combatant in question was commissioned into the Corps of Electrical and ME while in Q4 of his 20. He hung the uniform, sort of prematurely, after over 32 + years, from the Corps of Electronics and ME. Note the subtle difference. As is the wont when you age, the Corps too underwent makeover/up-gradation/updating in many ways, including the name. From Electrical to Electronics. Having disgraced the Young Officers' Course, this principal character was disgraced in turn by being posted to Stn Wksp Shillong, for he had to languish there during the entire 71 war. To add insult to injury, he had to help columns after columns that went into battle, day and night. Hi