Guru's Air Force One

 It all started in 5 Oct 1970. Early morning at 0430,my cousin brother woke me up at Thandaiyarpet (then Madras, now Chennai). He took me in his cycle to Beach station and boarded the electric train at 0515 hrs for Tambaram. At Tambaram took a cycle rikshaw and reached Air Force Station Tambaram at 0715 hrs. We were about 50 youngsters and they started checking our certificates and joining letter. One guy brought a conduct certificate written in Tamil. Due to him, our enrollment was shifted to next day as he was asked to bring C.C. in English. I had no one known at Tambaram to staywith and was not willing to go back to Thandaiyarpet either. One guy named Krishnan (I don't remember his name exactly) who came from other part of Tamilnadu, suggested me that we hire one room and share. I agreed upon and stayed in hotel. Next day morning, 0730 hrs we reached AF TAMBARAM. Rest in next.

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