The memories, oh, the memories

As the lady officers chat with us after the day’s training we discover they have known each other since their days at the Officers Training Academy as cadets.

They say after having done their basic training together, they know each other ‘in and out’ and feel sad that the course is getting over.

“Every single day from this college is so memorable. Everything we've learnt. How four of us sat inside a radar. Once we get back to the unit, even when we have to run we will recollect how we would wait for the other to join us,” recalls Lt Nair.

Lt Megha Chibber and Lt Anuradha Mulasi who are flatmates laugh aloud after friendly banter. Lt Chibber points out it is sometimes incorrect when people think that only people from a defence background join the army. “It is a notion which is not fully true,” says Lt Chibber who hails from Delhi.

Lt Mulasi will marry this October and all the lady officers hope to make it for the wedding -- with big gifts of course, at Anuradha’s request. Her fiancé is also in the army and the couple will get a spouse posting after their marriage which will enable them to be together.

Reportage: Archana Masih. Photographs: Jewella C Miranda