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 INDIAN WAR MOVIES
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted January 19, 2023

INDIAN WAR MOVIES

Why do they fail to make the cut? “Usne Kaha Tha” – She had asked – was a Hindi movie produced by Bimal Roy in 1960. A black and white film, directed by Moni Bhattacharjee, it was based on a [...]

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 WE CAME
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By Lt Col Ashok Ahlawat
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Posted November 28, 2022

WE CAME

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 [...]

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 THE GREAT ESCAPE
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted November 22, 2022

THE GREAT ESCAPE

You couldn’t escape Exercise Great Escape if you had been through anyone of the Indian Army’s officer training institutions, be it NDA, IMA or OTA. This is one unique exercise when the cadets get [...]

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 Symbolism over Pragmatism – India’s Nemesis
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted October 3, 2022

Symbolism over Pragmatism – India’s Nemesis

Indians love symbolism, especially those in power. That has been their hallmark, right through the last millennium and the trend continues to date. Strangely, for inheritors of some of the [...]

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 Why is India obsessed with a lily-livered culture?
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted July 26, 2022

Why is India obsessed with a lily-livered culture?

The other day, I witnessed an event that filled me with immense joy and inspired me to write this. The occasion was a quiz on India’s military history that we, Colours of Glory Foundation, held [...]

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 The Sights, Sounds and Smell of India
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted May 13, 2022

The Sights, Sounds and Smell of India

Rail travellers in India, these days, do not really see, hear, or smell the vast land of ours; unless you travel by non-AC Sleeper Class or the General Compartment, the discomforts and crowding [...]

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 Of Unspoken Bonds
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted April 13, 2022

Of Unspoken Bonds

Escorting is a boring and thankless activity. To feel how insanely boring it is, you had to have escorted a convoy on one of the mountain roads of Mizoram, way back in nineteen sixties and [...]

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 CHEMPAKARAMAN PILLAI
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted December 29, 2021

CHEMPAKARAMAN PILLAI

An indomitable patriot and his relentless saga for India’s freedom The oldest school in Thiruananthapuram (earlier Trivandrum), the capital city of Kerala, is one of its premier educational [...]

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 VANCHINATHA IYER
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By Capt. D P Ramachandran
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Posted November 18, 2021

VANCHINATHA IYER

The Revolutionary who turned Assassin Robert William d’Escourt Ashe, of Anglo-Irish lineage, was a civil service officer of India’s colonial regime, serving as the collector of Tirunelveli, the [...]

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 SERENADING SWEET SEVENTIES
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By Maj Gen R Karthikeyan (Retd)
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Posted November 10, 2021

SERENADING SWEET SEVENTIES

Reflections of a veteran on the eve of his turning an octogenarian Right now, it is Post Meridian, 8th of November 2021. The shadows are lengthening and midnight beckoning. Today is the last day [...]

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