TRIBUTE
TO SRI .V.C.JAIN, Former GENERAL SECRETARY, AIRIEF
1)Time &Tide wait for no
man.Time is a great healer;Time is a
great destroyer too.This reflection is never more true than in the case of our
beloved & affectionate Sri VCJain. Little did we expect that the cruel hand
of Fate will snatch him away from our midst so soon.We have mixed & mingled
with him,so close, so intimate, so personal, so touching, full of
warmth, love,kindness that he was a personification of. Pensioners community owes a deep debt of
gratitude to him
2)It is no easy going for top
Office-bearers of any organization.Pensioners’ Federations work &
assignment is more complex, more haphazard,less organized,less powerful,more
arduous,more loose-knit.The job of a General Secretary calls for deftness,delicate
balancing of power & authority,more suave & friendly, less task-oriented
,less disciplined,less orderly & so all the more demanding & summoning
all skills of ingenuity, power of talking,command of writing, stirring Appeals
to brothers & sister pensioners,& in general endeavouring to spread the
organization tentacles far & wide geographically & creating more &
more units,RIEAs in our parlance.
3)It can be imagined as a
Herculean task or at best a trapeze ,trial & error method, or no trials
& all error.It can be a significant success or a downright failure.We, as
Indians ,are more prone to stick on to ordinary way of living & leading
than to an ambitious,professional touch of a born leader or acting as a change-agent inducing synergy throughout the
rank & file of the organisation .
Sri VCJain endeavoured to the
best of his ability to be more than ordinary,made all significant attempts to
reach extraordinary, believing & pursuing the simple but profound saying of
Indira Gandhi,that ‘ I do not want people to do any extraordinary things,but I
certainly want all of you to do ordinary things in an extraordinary manner’
,she added significantly & pregnant with meaning, ‘the difference between
ordinary & extraordinary is that little EXTRA ‘.Through out his indelible
innings as General Secretary from 2008 to 2014, 3 terms of 2 years each & 6
long years,VC, as I affectionately called him,he bore the brunt of the
struggle of AIRIEF scaling new pathways,new
methodologies,new Booklets,Souvenirs galore, AIRIEF Circulars issued in a methodical manner ,his Indore Unit RIEA Newsletter Bima Sandhesh,with his
characteristic Hindi & Urdu couplets
&striking,stunning phraseology,so captivating to all.This, we remember
& recall, ‘it has become Mahabharat yudh for us.This is the last battle
& should not be a lost battle for
lack of finances.Finance plays a vital role.Everyone has to give Aahuti in this
Mahayagnya.Not only the pensioners,working employees will also be benefitted in
future.
Aasman
me kitni,udane baki hain,
Jeevan
me kai imtihan baki hain,
Abhi
to napi hai mutthi bhar jami hamne,
Abhi to sara
Aaasma baki hai ’
4)VC took lot of pains in
communicating the final happenings after every Court case to all.He was in
regular & constant touch with me.I felt privileged to work as information
beaming,seeking advice or strategy,wanting better liaison &
coordination,avid to enhance membership, especially after we secured full &
correct data of pensioners in September,2013
from LIC CO.He wanted AIRIEF House Magazine Varistha Vaani to break new grounds
& to be a real communication crusade & to this task, he sent his
message & appeal to all pensioners & RIEAs.He secured good help from
local Joint Secretary & Treasurer.With good membership of Indore, &
real good volunteers to assist round the clock,missing at many places,he strove
hard to ensure audited Books of Accounts regularly.Thanx to his followup for
legal fund donations & earlier Gratuity arrears levy ,he could ensure a
significant buoyancy of revenues & indeed from a paltry,pigmy like budget
& Revenue/Expenditure &
Asset/Liability statement to a stream of surplus , breathing an aura of
respectability,unlike Central govt finances with fiscal deficit.
He had the profound partnership
& friendship of the former President Sri SKShukla,whose rein was for 8
years, whose guidance & advice was always available at any time to steer
the AIRIEF to greater & greater heights of glory.Like Dhoni Captain Cool,
Sri SKShukla was Captain Cool AIRIEFwith his wit & wisdom & proficiency
in English & Hindi with an air of warmth & camaraderie
I recall the hard,persistent,
patient work myself & VC did for
release of the 2 invaluable BOOKLETS Kurukshetra & Charter of Demands,45
days of daily inputs to me from his Printers & scrupulously I exerted to
avoid Printers devil.That saga of sacrifice for pensioners fraternity, I cannot
forget.VC correctly added in COD :Our Expectations:Health, Happiness &
Harmony.Even in RAIPUR Office bearers Meeting on 19th January,2015,he
released the latest AIRIEF Constitution as amended upto 19October ,2014.From Jabalpur
to Ujjain to Ahmedabad to Bengaluru,AIRIEF EC/GC venues bi-annual,it was a long
journey.Ujjain VC revelled in Cultural programme,Hindi film songs to full
hearts content & ecstacy & a picnic unforgettable.Last few months, he
was aggressively busy in the final preparation of accounts & transfer of
all records to new AIRIEF Secretariat,Bengaluru.Even updated statements with
full details of legal fund & allocation were given to us at Raipur.From
room to room, he went & had pleasantries exchanged with OBs
5)VC had health problems, mainly
skin disorders serious,itching & irritating;he resorted to all forms of
alternate medicine.He had an accidental fall from scooter & that proved to
be grievous.We witnessed the plight when Bengaluru friends arranged special
chair to extend his legs fairly in comfort.Whenever I spoke to him, I enquired
about his health position.
It is a bolt from the blue when
we got the news from Sri G.Krishnaswamy,Bengaluru about his sudden demise after
a severe attack of brain haemerrohage.He passed away at 10pm yesterday.The news
was shocking.Fate has snatched him away from all of us.We bow in reverence
& regard for all the multi-dimensional services he rendered ,as a social
service with sacrifice of time, labour & energy,all for the good cause of
pensioners welfare & progress .Our sincere & heartfelt condolences to
the bereaved family.May his soul rest in peace,May the Almighty shower strength,courage
& fortitude to his family to bear
this irreparable loss.
Mournfully,
R.B.KISHORE,
VP,AIRIEF
Sri VCJain Tel :0731-2497323 M:094066 28570
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