Death of a dear friend.

It was a chill night in the winter of 1965 at Majitha ,near Amritsar,Punjab,India that Lt Col(then Lt) Anand Kumar Ghosh surrendered his future to me by choosing to follow my rebellious ways. I had decided to ask for an apology from our Officer Commanding for the illegal and unbecoming way we two were treated that night and desist eating from his so called Officers Mess till the apology is given. Since then, till he started drifting in 1993 he was a great friend to me and my family.In childhood he was an orphan,except for his mother.Joined Army with only a Diploma.By the time he retired he had acquired a string of Degrees .In retired life he was a Principal ,Professor.Most qualified among all the officers of his course.He perished in his own thoughts suddenly in the morning of Friday,Jan28,2011. A few months earlier,he had rescued his near ninety mother from the jaws of death after a brain hemorrhage.Such are His strange ways!I could not go to his funeral as he has worn me out so much during his via-Delhi travelling days! But friend B M Thapa has done so much ,really so much for a remarkably respectable Send-Off to our dear A K. God only knows ,why A K had so much gall for him. Good Bye,A K. Convey my regards to Brigs Mallappa and Nair.