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A Swimming Gala and A Dancing Encounter Punjab is awfully hot in summer. A poolside evening party therefore, sounded a splendid idea. The large swimming pool in Patiala where it was being held [...]

A Battle without a Cause The latest political slugfest going on in India on the three-language versus two-language system of education is rather exasperating. Is it that important an issue that [...]

A recipe for Indo-Pak reconciliation? One of the most interesting friendships I struck in my life was with a Pakistani soldier, I mean a former one, after I too had left the army. It was half a [...]

A Soldier Tale He was a problem child for his parents. At school, he was a backbencher and naughty. The parents had no great hopes about him, the teachers wrote him off. Nevertheless, he was full [...]

A MARVEL AND A DISASTER The other day, I had the opportunity to listen to an excellent discourse by a nonagenarian freedom fighter and dedicated Gandhian on the Indian Constitution and the [...]

Reviewing the movie ‘Amaran’ For a country that has become insensitive to the daily deaths of uniformed men in Kashmir, India needed a reminder of the trials and tribulations of our troops and [...]

Reviewing the Book “Storm Troopers at Outpost Bhatti” Kargil War was one of the defining moments of India’s recent military history and prowess. Barely a decade ago, the exalted [...]

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 [...]