‘Discretion is better part of valour’, that is one lesson which friend Nicolas Maduro would probably have learnt a little late though. Venezuela is a sovereign nation and has its rights, but then it also has world’s largest oil reserves and apparently even huge deposits of silver. While it may be a blessing, but the […]
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The old timers would recall, a movie starring Sydney Poitier and Lulu based on the life of the autobiography of ER Braithwaite, Lulu’s iconic song in the climax “To Sir with love…” is simply legendary. In fact, the movie itself still remains etched in my memory, as though I saw it yesterday, even after more
He was a bald rotund man, dressed in spotless white Kurta Pyjama, who could give friend Shetty (the yesteryear Bollywood fight master villain) a run for his money. We didn’t know his name, and knew him by his push cart and his call, Fancy Choodi-Wala (BangleMan). He was a regular fixture in the by-lanes in
Life after retirement was supposed to be a challenge, I was made to believe that, after almost four decades in uniform, a hectic schedule and suddenly, there are no deadlines to meet, no rush for the office, no ppt to be presented, sort of that fictional annual leave when no one rings up to bother
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The recent events in Bangladesh are not just a cause for concern but I think, it is now bordering as a threat in being. Ironically within a century, the lighthouse of Indian civilisation, undivided Bengal has turned into such a morass that no one could have imagined. It is difficult to imagine that this was
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Lieutenant Samuel Kamalesan was recently in the news, as his petition against his dismissal from the army was rejected by the Supreme Court. Being a veteran, we have attended countless services in the temples, gurudwaras, churches and mosques over the four odd decades, while one was in the service of the nation. Frankly as a
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It started with a call, “Hi where are you?”, “Indore” was my response, “Oh I thought you were in Mhow”. RCT was on line and I immediately pounced on him,”You must read the blogs, which I send out”, knowing fully well, an Army Commander is a busy person, but then course-mates have a right to
‘Indi-No-go’, reminded me of the time when my daughter Ananya was scheduled to travel by Go Air and the flight kept getting delayed, after almost three-four hours when her patience wore thin, she called to say that she has christened the airline “Go Last”, instead of Go First as they claimed. Indigo too took pride
The recent Tejas crash during the Dubai Air show has been a huge setback for our fledgling aero industry and our efforts at indigenisation in this crucial dimension of modern day warfare. Air shows world over are technology demonstration arenas, where global powers showcase their wares and obviously the best of the systems are
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“We are cancelling the flight, the passengers are requested to deplane please, the inconvenience caused is deeply regretted!”. The nightmare had just begun, we were scheduled to fly from Delhi to Indore on 4th Nov by Air India Express flight in the evening at 1955 hours. But that was not to be. To be honest
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