Remembering Abbakka

The Tale of a Warrior Queen Abbakka, who? Most Indians would be at a loss even to recognize the name, let alone know the significance it carries. Our Ghazni-and-Ghori obsessed historians for whom [...]

THE HUMAN STORY OF TANKS AT WAR Book Review Admittedly it is an old book, first published in UK in 2008; but having had the opportunity to read it only recently when a friend who is an armour [...]

On vacation to Kerala recently, I happen to accompany my wife on one of her innumerable visits to temples, a favourite jaunt of hers whenever on vacation. The shrine we visited this time was in [...]

What motivates a soldier to plunge headlong into extreme danger, staking his very life for the sake of regimental pride and honour, while defending the nation?  He is buoyed by the knowledge [...]

The Story of India’s First George Cross Awardee Monte Cassino, the historic, hilltop monastery a hundred miles south of Rome, founded in AD 529 by Benedict of Nursia, dominates the nearby town of [...]

[An anecdote from IAF] Wg Cdr Unni Kartha (Retd) Just after the 71 war, when I was a 21 yr old pilot cum officer, a ‘Co-Jo’ in Daks, still too young to scratch a notch on my front [...]

Colours of Glory Foundation lost its intellectual icon with the passing away of Mr. S Muthiah, its venerable elder Trustee, on 20 April 2019. He refused being called a historian, but knew more [...]

I remember listening to a sabre-rattling statement by a senior political leader of ours in the aftermath of the Pokharan II nuclear tests during 1998, warning Pakistan that they better be [...]

Book Review The story of the Indian Army in the First World War has never been told fully that to the world at large the ‘Great War’ has always remained a white man’s epic, whether it’s the [...]

Valentines Day 14 Feb.2019 turned out to be a very sad day for India when an unthinking stripling of a lad drove his explosives-laden SUV into a convoy of CRPF, bringing death to 44 young jawans [...]