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without air conditioner was unthinkable. Every evening when I
returned from office I would take a bar of ice-cream .My wife
liked seeing Hindi movies and we were familiar with theatres
like Sapna or Uphar and enjoyed watching Hindi movies.

I come under the wings of Velankar:

I liked my job as Assistant Director General(Stores). The office
experience was very positive. Though initially I was allotted M

II Section dealing with stores I caught the attention of Senior
Member (Post) Mr.S.B.Velankar who assigned me the work of
Establishment section, too. My target was to fully take
advantage of the norms of SIU (staff inspection unit) to call for
and examine proposals from the circles to create or bifurcate
divisions and build up sufficient units to justify new
promotional posts like directors and postmaster generals. A
time bound plan was hatched and a Expenditure Financial
Memo was to be submitted to Finance Ministry within 6
months. In one of such projects when Sri.S.B.Velankar was to
tour a number of divisions with a view to reviewing on the spot
and sanction justified proposals he took me along with him
also to assist him. When our flight was about to take off he
turned towards me and addressed me as follows:Srinivasan !I
wish you a happy lunch midair, on your first trip, “knowing this
was my first official travel by air when airlines crew were about
to save us lunch. Mr.Velankar knowing that it was my first trip
to Allahabad nd other placesnearby, allowed me to snatch a few
hours from work so that I could visit Si Kasi Vishwanathji
temple.When we returned from a tour of Allahabad,Benares and
other places Sri.Velankar remembered to send through his
office drive a basket full of mangoes and guava fruits to my
house.He maintained his official side distinct from social side
when he did not conceal his affection for a youngster like
me!When I mention “youngster” in relation to me I am
reminded of a meeting convened in the P&T Board room with
Minister for Communications Sri.H.N.Bahuguna in the chair
when the Minister pointing to me in th last row asked who was

that young boy sitting there?Mr.Velankar intervened to clarify
that it was none other than the newly joined ADG in the

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