Tale of a Fiery Indian Patriot and his Gory End The daring exploits of India’s fiery freedom fighter, Chempakaraman Pillai, is fairly well-chronicled, at least in South Indian narratives. [...]
Why India Must Embrace Multi-Disciplinary Sports I am not much into watching TV programmes, including the hysterical shows that go for ‘news’. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help the other day [...]
During 2015, there was talk of the Government of India having reached an agreement with the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), the preeminent insurgent [...]
While the propriety of Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza can be endlessly argued, it has undeniably put the Hamas on the back foot, eroding whatever public support it enjoyed and rendering it highly [...]
The Major raised his glass, ” to the great Indian Air Force “. I raised my glass,” to the great Indian Army “. ” CHEERS “. Our glasses clinked. I took a sip of [...]
As wars go, the American Civil War was unique, on many scores. For one, more Americans killed each other in that war than the entire lot of them killed in the two world wars. Many historians [...]
I am not a strategic analyst; neither am I a military historian, nor a so-called intellectual. I am just an ordinary guy, who loves reading and writing about how battles are fought, for readers [...]
The C-in-C Training Command, Air Marshal Nair, decided to pay us a visit in AF Station Bidar around 1981. Most unusual, none came to visit any one in AF Station Bidar those days, unless they were [...]
May this poem serve as a tribute to the brave souls who made the ultimate sacrifice during Operation Pawan from July 1987 to January 1990. Their courage and dedication will never be forgotten, [...]
Does our military do enough for those killed in action? Indeed, it does, in terms of monetarily compensating the families of fallen service men and women, in accordance with the service rules. [...]