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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 […]

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,

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

‘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

“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

Uniforms are glamorous and men/women donning these do not just stand out but outshine  all the others in a gathering. In the Armed Forces we take great pride in our uniforms and have the highest respect for this as well.  Now that I have finally shed the Olive Greens for good, it seems as though

I met reuben in Jul 1983 when we joined NDA Wing at Ghorpuri. He was the NDA Entrance Merit List topper, a tall dark and lanky fellow with a beaming 32 carat smile and we were allotted the same room in 49 Division of Mike Squadron. We were roomies with three others with us, which

Disclaimer: The account is actually based on real life experiences. Names have been withheld on purpose to ensure there are no comebacks whatsoever. I always thought I am entering the golden phase of my life, a ‘seenager‘, a term recently coined for people of my generation, who are teenagers at heart but are senior citizens

Fd Marshal Asim Munir can be compared with the seventeenth century fictional character, Don Quixote, who lived in his make believe world, having read about the exploits of tyranny of the Islamic invaders who plundered our country in the last millennia. Quixote, also assumed the title of Don as his modern day avatar Asim Munir