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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Last 25th Oct, we lost one of my favourite actors of Indian Cinema, Satish Shah, who over the last about four decades has kept us in splits through his sheer genius of comic timing and wit. Most of us, who were introduced to the new medium of entertainment in the eighties, the television, were amused
In the ‘love affair’ series, this one is about my affair with the most unlikely of places, guess what, ‘hospitals’! The exclamation mark I understand is actually an under-reaction by the reader. Who in his right frame of mind, would fall in love with hospitals of all places? No I am not married to a
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Back in the NDA, jointness was evident in every small little detail, for example if the Commandant was from Army, the Deputy Commandant was from the Air Force, similarly for a Naval Commandant, his Deputy would be from the Army. Similarly the Squadron Commanders, Battalion Commanders and Division Commanders were shared pro rata, for
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Gaza, well the accord is signed by the warring parties, ceasefire brokered by Trump and the swap of prisoners and hostages have finally taken place. The world has heaved a huge sigh of relief, the madness which was unleashed on 7th Oct 2023 when Hamas launched a surprise assault killing 1195 personnel and 251 were
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Back in NDA days, where inter-services bonhomie was being engendered in the crucible of India’s premier military training institution, we the ‘pongos’ generally teased the flyboys as theirs was “All air and no force!”. We were envious naturally, which 16 years old lad would not want to aspire to be a fighter pilot. Although Top
