Army Association Trust in remote village trains youths to enrol in Armed Forces By M.T. Yogesh Kumar If Maartalli in Chamarajanagar District bordering Tamil Nadu rings a bell in the ears thanks to forest brigand Veerappan menace and the infamous Kichguth Maramma Temple mass food poisoning tragedy, a group of ex-servicemen is striving hard to erase the blemish or call it a black mark acquired by the village knowingly or unknowingly. The group of soldiers want to regain Maartalli’s distinction by producing a large number of soldiers and contributing substantially to the Armed Forces. Since ages, the village — one of the backward areas of Karnataka — has produced hundreds of soldiers and serving the nation is next to Godliness — serving the Nation is like serving God.