Wednesday, August 20, 2008

We salute your Spirit

Dear Capt Odekkal
 
I salute you on your achievement & draw my inspiration from you.
 
Rath


My Dearest Mercantile Marine Brethren!

It mightily pleases and yet humbles me to intimate that finally yours truly has finally attained the coveted seafaring rank of "CAPTAIN" albeit after 21 years of Naval Service and just less than 26 years after joining TS Rajendra.

Please continue to keep me in your prayers and wish the best in the days to come.

Thanks for the silent support in these years over and above the initial joyous times together. Fondly nostalgic about "Prafulla", "Tulsidas", "Homi Bhabha", "Maharshi Karve" and "RR Rane", days!

God Bless.

Capt O Johnson
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Tel: +91 891 2811234

P.S. My main e-mail id is ojaymini@gmail.com
P.P.S. Plse inform friends not in this loop.





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About us:

One day in 1982, while we all got together, coming from various parts and corners of India, even from far off lands like Iran, Maldives and Ethiopia; at this great training ship tied to the bustling point of Mumbai - The Ferry Wharf - ala Bhaucha Dhaka...we soon amalgamated into a group of determined young men ready to face the vagaries of life as revealed on the deep blue seas. Today, we are scattered around the globe: Some are still commanding a diverse fleet of ocean going ships ranging from LNG/LPG tankers to 'good ole cargo ships', some are at the helm of top cadre ship management, ship chartering, ship brokering, and various other marine related work fields. While some more enterprising friends ventured into unfamiliar fields, excelled and made us all proud....Now the effort is to get us all together. All those who are not linked over the years...all those who have witnessed life unfolding itself in it's own unique way. Let's all share it amongst each other and continue to nurture the strong foundation of our friendship and brotherhood, let's all bring more smiles and happiness as we traverse this journey of life. We came together, shared and cared for each other then and continue to do so till date. May our tribe increase! And last but not the least...let's all remember those 'dear friends' whom we somehow lost on the way....May the Lord Bless them with Eternal Bliss. Few Ode's to our friendship: Nothing is great like friendship on earth, No jewel No pearl has got its worth. No one except a friend can be trusted; Your life will never ever get rusted. Good friends must not always be together; it is the feeling of oneness when distant that proves a lasting friendship.

History behind Rajendra name

Rajendra Chola was a chola king who reigned the southern India between 1014-42 and during his time extended his empire to Sri Lanka, Mayanmar, Malaya, Indonesian islands . During his reign the kingdom was called the "Golden Age of Cholas." The greatest of Indian monarchs who dreamt of ruling over overseas territories were undoubtedly the splendid Chola father-and-son, Rajaraja and Rajendra. Thanks to their imperial energy and unprecedented vision, the Cholas dominated the amorphous maritime empire of the Sailendras for nearly a century. As Balram Srivastava observes in Rajendra Chola: 'The Chola navigators supported the Indian colonies in the far east and established a firm rule of the Cholas in Sri Vijaya. Their success nearer home, in Sri Lanka, was also splendid. They crossed the sea between India and Sri Lanka so often that it became a lake to them. Rajaraja's adventures may be dismissed as having happened within the extended coastal waters of India. But his son Rajendra was a true conqueror of overseas territories. Says Dr. K.V. Hariharan in The Chola Maritime Activities in Early Historical Setting: 'Of the most notable was Rajendra Chola's naval expedition against Kadaram. In this expedition, he defeated a king named Sangama Vijayottungavarman, the king of Kataha, belonging to the Sailendras of Java. The territories wrested by the Cholas from this king consisted of the extensive kingdom of Sri Vijaya, which at one time included Sumatra and Java, with its capital at Palembang. Not only did Rajendra's army sack Kadaram and the Sri Vijaya capital, but it also took the Sri Vijaya king Sangrama Vijayottungavarman captive. The kingdom was restored to him only after he acknowledged Chola suzerainty. Tamil inscriptions recovered from the region show that there was Chola military presence till at least 1088 in the Malay archipelago. There is evidence to show that the king of Kambujadesa (modern Cambodia) sent a chariot to the Chola, probably to appease him so that his strategic attention does [sic] not extend further than the Malay peninsula. After his death the Chola kingdom began to decline. One can say that the first major shipping activity or trade activity through the sea with china was during the reign of King Rajendra chola.

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4672 Sharma. Sudir sudirsharma   4696 Subudhi. S. K. sksubudhi
4673 Shashi. Pal shashipal   4697 Sud. M. K. mksud
4674 Shekar. K. kshekar   4698 Suresh Kumar sureshkumar
4675 Shively. M. mshively 4699 Telang. B. P. bptelang
4676 Shri Prakash shriprakash   4700 Tewari. K. K. kktewari
4677 Shrivastava. V. vshrivastava   4701 Thakur. A. K. akthakur
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4717 Chhabra. K. S. kschhabra   4742 Singh. Anil Kr. anilkrsingh
4718 Ghildyal. S. sghildyal   4743 Singh. J. P. jpsingh
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