Third gen Army woman happy

Geneva Lalji helped by proud parents for the ceremony — DC

It was a proud moment for the Lalji family as a member of the third generation was commissioned into the army.

Major General (retd.) Lalji was esctatic that his granddaughter Ganeve Lalji had kept the family tradition alive by joining the army after completing 11 months of training at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai.

Ganeve’s father, Colonel S.S. Lalji is not ony proud of his daughter but also confident that members of the family’s fourth generation would also be commissioned into the army.

“It is a proud moment today and it can’t get any better. But I will surely wait for the day my daughter’s child also gets commissioned into army,” said Colonel Lalji. The grandfather could not control his emotions. “I will be alive to see that happen,” he said.

Ganeve, a post graduate in English, will join the intelligence wing of the army. Her father and grandfather were both commissioned into the engineering wing.

Colonel Lalji said the family was attached to the defence forces as “the profession gives the most secular feeling and we are proud to call ourselves the first countrymen of the soil.”
Third-gen army woman happy