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hi this happen to me when i was in college,As my brother was working in indian air force,(some whear in delhi ) I thought at that time,I always used to call him in his office hours,only one no I used to have.so I thought to give him a surprise,it was a bad idea,I made my plans and travelled from chennai,tamil nadu state to delhi,by tamil nadu express train,my first shock came when my ticket was not confirmmed,after a long struggle i managed to get a seat,by the time i reached delhi,the kargil war broke out,indian army and the airforce wheare having a tought time,as soon i get out of the station i phoned to that no,alas! the no is not working.i even didnt have enought cash to come back,I tried and tried from the morning till afternoon,after that i thought, even thought i had not having his address,my brother used to tell me all time that he used to go to gurgaon for shopping all the time,I dicided to go to gurgaon and will search the airforce station near by,I took a bus to the main bus station,and boarded the bus to gurgaon,by the time it was getting dark on the way I watched a sign showing “indian airforce station rajojuri”near international airport.I made up my mind that if a am unable to trace my brother I will report to that station.

as soon as i get down in gurgaon I enqired to the local people,after a long struggle one of the local said he used to see the airforce people stationed near buy,I thanked him and went in the direction he pointed to me,it was very much dark,and I was alone,I was afraide too.after a half hour walk I came to a sign board “indian air force” I thanked to god,thought I was not sure that this is wheare my brother is stationed,It give me relife that at least they could help me,

the station was busy because of the war,I whent to the corporel who came to be a malayalee, and told him my problem,he advised me to be calm,give me water and ordered food for me from the officers mess,after some time he asked me to give me the phone number I had,he too tried,but no use but he was cool.I believed he could easily trace the address.so I too was cool.he then called the” indian air force headquarters”and got the address ,he then made a radio message to that station which happen to be some 30 miles away from that place,after some we got a massage back that my brother has been send to kashmir,and two of my brother friends are coming to pick me up.I gave me a greate relife.by the time they came it was around mid night. they took a good care of me for 15 days until my brother came,though the country was in war we had a great time theare.

I will never forget the day in my life.

the two friends of my brother names are
Cor Ravi,
cor ramesh.

by brother name is seargant manikandan,currently stationed in amritsar -punjab

Oh, how I miss Q’BA. Excellent food, beautiful interior, a staff of 30 or so who all called me “Mr. Brian,” drinks under the table before they got their liquor license… and, the night I left India, they made me a cake that said “Goodbye, Mr. Brian. We will miss you. Your friends at Q’BA.”

Brilliant place. If you’re remotely close, go there for lunch or dinner. Lunch is a lot more chill.