Trump Putin in Alaska, sounds like Johar Mahmood in HongKong, old timers would recall a comedy movie starring IS Johar and Mahmood. While the movie was a fictitious comedy, the Alaska summit was itself quite a farce. Trump won his Presidential election on the premise that he would ensure that Russia-Ukraine smoke the peace pipe […]
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My Wagon R was purchased in Feb 2006, I had assumed command of the unit, having sold my previous Maruti 800 couple of years ago, while moving to Leh-Ladakh on a field posting which was followed by my deployment in United Nations for a Peacekeeping assignment. Now back in the civilisation a convertible being a
Today is ‘Raksha Bandhan’, a unique festival in Indian culture, unparalleled in any other society in the world. This sacred ceremony essentially commemorates the bond between a brother and sister. Brothers eagerly await this festival to show off their wrists tied with beautiful ‘rakha sutras’ and sisters are overjoyed as it provides them an opportunity
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2nd Aug 1978, was just another ordinary rainy day in the Doon Valley, except that it was to change the destiny of 15 young lads who were a couple of years away from entering their teens themselves. Dehradun Railway Station still exuded the old world charm back then, when the train chugged into the railway
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Are jawans (soldiers) and constables synonymous? I am sure most of us are aware that the two have different roles assigned by the govt. While a soldier is assigned the primary responsibility to safeguard our borders from external threats, a constable is responsible for maintaining law and order within the country. If that be so,
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Kargil, the sleepy looking idyllic heaven nestled in the lap of Himalayas, where it was reported that pure Aryans were still the inhabitants. A place which was hidden from the world, a Shangri-La, quiet peaceful, just a transit point for travellers moving from Ladakh to Kashmir via the Zojila Pass. Until 1999, other than the
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‘WhatsApp Warriors’ is the term I have coined for my friends who wage their own war on all and sundry utilising their most deadly weapon, the smart phone. This war is non violent in the kinetic domain but in the vitriolic one, it is deadly. The only difference being it is in the virtual world,
There are two kinds of people in this world, one who kiss in public and one who don’t and there is a clear cultural divide between the two types. The public kissers are from the Western hemisphere and the private kissers are from the Eastern. So no surprises when a term called ‘kiss cam’ originates
Space travel, once a fantasy in the 19th and early 20th century is now no longer such a novelty. It is no longer just travel but also covers stay and conduct of experiments in Space Stations, where Gp Capt Shubhanshu Shukla, a qualified test pilot with over 2000 hours of flying experience too spent some
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“Friends, Nobel committee members and my subjects, lend me your ears, I come to claim Nobel, not to seek it…..I am an honour ”Nobel’ man and I have always said it” You can’t blame Trump for aspiring for the Nobel, he did aspire to be the POTUS and he actually did become one, not once
