PONDERINGS OF A PONGO – 8
LIVING WITH THE PIONEERS A Tale of Ingenuity from the Fighting First ‘Fighting First’ – Descendants of the XXIII Sikh Pioneers Somewhere in the North, c/o 56 APO – to be precise, [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO – 7
A Passage to SPR (Selected Place of Residence) I read an interesting narrative of one of my friends Ravi Nair, my namesake, about the good old times of his father, a VCO (Viceroy’s Commission [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO – 6
THE OPPORTUNISTIC COMMANDER Mouque da Commander In the final reckoning, it is not success or failure that defines a soldier, but the values he chooses to uphold. In battle, it is seldom the [...]
When Alleppey Kept Time Without Wristwatches
A Nostalgic Journey from the 1950s to the 1970s – Alleppey to the Army – and Beyond Watching the Amazon Prime serial “Titan – Made in India”, about the making of India’s first [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO 5
Encounter with an Ani – A Saving Grace from heaven In the evening of my life when I look back, many episodes and anecdotes flash past, some of which left lasting impressions while some [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO 4
The Amarnath Expedition As the evening of life sets in, one must periodically clear out the clutter — discard the nonessentials, as it were. On one such mission of ruthless condemnation, I found [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO 3
In High Places Yet another memory—over half a century old—resurrected from an unassuming negative film roll. A rare experience, indeed! The first and last opportunity for a Pongo (Poor Bloody [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO 2
A Temple in the Land of Konyaks Back in 1980, I found myself thrust into the world of staff duties at a charming hill station in Nagaland called Chakabama. My first staff posting — ah, the joy! A [...]
PONDERINGS OF A PONGO
On the Wings of Fancy Over half a century may have passed, but I can still feel the burn in my calves from that final, brutal ascent—four days of slugging through leech-infested, [...]
