Immediately after my return from BE WELL Hospital ,while we were taking dinner at 9pm ,after general exchange of news & views with Sri Raghava Rao Hyderabad ,when he conveyed the news of the death of Sri KKD Hanumantha Rao ,my heart sank, I shouted to Mrs Seetha Kishore in the adjoining hall. Hanumantha Rao is no more, she was crestfallen as earlier many times when he used to ring me up for latest developments,Madam used to speak a few words &pass on the phone to me
Another citadel of strength has fallen, he is no ordinary worker,he was a Leader in his own right,he is thorough with the subject matter,he used to send his own Writeups on many matters conveying his strong predilections , I used to insert inour website AIRIEF vision.wordpress.com
In a generation of declining activists who don the role of a blotting pad on all matters affecting Pensioners KKDHR was one.In a generation of carefree attitude & even supine indifference to issues being discussed & debated , he was a rare mortal wanting to know everything & testing them on the touchstone of his own pragmatic ideas & creative suggestions.
Even in the 9th GC Conference of AIRIEF at Bangalore, he participated well & truly made his points with emotional fervour.Many times he telephoned me & we used to chitchat .I never dismiss anybody, I get involved,we used to talk about his health, the heart operation earlier, the subsequent weakness even in his voice
Last few years , silence, occasional calls, in fact only 2 days before I was enquiring when Sri LSRKrishna Rao phoned me
So this is a very sad& shocking news of his death. Machilipatnam has lost an evergreen Hero, AIRIEF has lost a great Leader .KKDHR combined in himself the qualities of head & heart of a True Union Leader having donned that role powerfully with a spirit of commitment such work demands & ably combined deft sagacity & wisdom of a long drawn out mature leader
We miss him terribly. Let us all imbibe his good qualities & follow the virtues he embodied.May his soul Rest In Peace . May the Almightygrant strength ,courage & fortitude to his family to bear this irreparable loss
Mournfully & in reverence we bow,
RBKISHORE
VP, AIRIEF
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