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[ The first poem on a war poetry series on WWII} The world at war in its fifth year, Men, women and children live in fear On the western front not all is quiet, Won’t be too long as the Allied [...]

A Quadragenarian’s Saga of Inoculation I am an extremely health-conscious man. I dislike the idea of baleful medicines going into my body. I only allow healthy things like alcohol and tobacco to [...]

A Tank, A Recoilless Gun and Two Brave Men A military war exercise was going on and the corps commander was peering through Bushnell binoculars. The tanks were grinding forward in the wide [...]

Excerpts from the Autobiography of Captain Dick Head, a peerless Army Officer That tenure of duty was like a dream sleep in a sunlit garden. My mud hut was some shepherd’s sheep yard of old. It [...]

The Legend of a Fort in the Desert Pugal is at first glance a small unimpressive village and the fort at Pugal appears even more so. To the casual visitor or tourist ticking off tourist spots in [...]

The Making of a True Leader Generals come in all shapes and sizes. Some never jump from the millimetre board and some never quite tire of jumping from ten thousand metres up in the sky. Some go [...]

Two Years on the Gates to the Roof of the World The dominant feeling of those two years in the mountains was one of loneliness and boredom pierced by the glorious white panorama of great [...]

The Untold Story of the Tankmen in Bangladesh The popular narratives on the Bangladesh War of 1971 carry only passing mention of tanks in action here and there, which does not do justice to the [...]

The Story of my Squadron in the Bangladesh War 1971 Arrogance is not a virtue; but for a tank soldier, it’s often not possible not to feel absolutely arrogant; especially so if you were one [...]

Lt Col S V Sundar It was the first patrol that had been cleared to recconnoitre that particular piece of territory since the Indian army had moved into Siachen. It suddenly occurred to me that I [...]