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In my latest post in the Colours of Glory WhatsApp Group I mentioned about my good fortune to have been entrusted with the command of my Infantry Battalion, 8 Maratha Light Infantry, at the [...]

Era, Early Seventies; Location, Post Black Rock One, Eastern Ladakh, Kiari Sector, at the watershed of Khatpo Thampo Phu and Tsokar Lake. Height, 18,999 feet. Jokingly called “Khade Khade [...]

Felicitation of INA Veterans Colours of Glory Foundation rewarded   its members with a unique opportunity to meet the veterans, gallant warriors of the Indian National Army of Netaji Subhas [...]

There are many books, TV Shows, live demos, courses and classes to cover food on all its facets; International Cuisine of each country, culture and culinary classification. Indian Cuisine itself [...]

A Veteran’s Reminiscence Brig V A Subramaniam (Retd) By the time that I retired from the Armed Forces, most of the hair on my head had disappeared. Thus, when I go for the periodical ritual of a [...]

A Peep into Sino-Indian confrontation era post ’62 Maj Gen R Karthikeyan (Retd) Location: SHAKTHI POST Guarding Tulung La Pass at erstwhile Kameng Frontier Division, NEFA. A far-flung, [...]

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 [...]