arshal Manekshaw was a great soldier and a compassionate human being. I start hearing about him right from my early childhood in discussions around. Every one had great respect from him. He was the Chief of Army during When I was in my teens there was a Documentary in DD Channel about Manekshaw, he had a small statue of soldier in his home that he saluted every day. That is when I started liking him. Army libraries has more than enough material on war and warfare, I read whatever I could about Manekshaw (those days I also used see Gen. Vaidya quite often). He was a great man and an inspiration, world’s oldest living Field Marshal till yesterday. Great soldiers don’t die they just go back home.
Post Script: Don’t know whether my trivialities should be included when writing tribute to a great 
man. It is embarrassing but then Bloggers have the right to do anything!!. So I continue with my inanities….. I have mixed feeling about Army, ideally the world shouldn’t have Armies but then world is not an ideal place!!. Some time back I had a dislike for Army recently though it has turned to nostalgia. When I was a teen i used to watch war movies at friends video later I got addicted to war comics particularly about fighter pilots. I recall this fellow in Chennai who used to sell second hand books next to LIC building at Anna Salai who regularly supplied me these comics, those days i was absolutely into Aircrafts so more than story i was trying to identify the type of aircrafts!!. Seeing those turbo props was immense.
I also recall when I was in my early teen we spend ten days or so at
