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The sun shone over the Arakan hills. The hills looked harmless and newly greened after the monsoons. The latest new race of yellow-faced, buck-toothed men which had come to conquer India was [...]

I was going out into the desert with my own group of scorpions; my first independent reconnaissance. We had two jonga-s and one jeep. Canvas water bags (chaugals) hung around our four wheel-drive [...]

Episode – 13 [This is the thirteenth episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, one [...]

Episode – 12 [This is the twelfth episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, one of [...]

Episode – 11 [This is the eleventh episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, one [...]

Lt Col Ashok Ahlawat Episode – 10 [This is the tenth episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, the [...]

Episode – 9 [This is the ninth episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, one of [...]

Episode – 8 [This is the eighth episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, one of [...]

THE BATTLE OF CHAMBB, 1971 Episode – 7 [This is the seventh episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, [...]

Episode – 6 [This is the sixth episode of a blog series we are featuring on the famous battle of Chambb of the 1971 War, as narrated by veterans of the 5th Battalion, the Sikh Regiment, one of [...]