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Danda Democracy

18 Oct 201518 Oct 2015 SwordLeave a Comment on Danda Democracy

I always regret not having studied Political Science, having been schooled in a day and age when it was sacrilege to even think of anything exceRead More…

Penny foolish pound foolish …

09 Sep 201509 Sep 2015 Sword1 Comment on Penny foolish pound foolish …

I would like to meet the babu who came up with the apparently brilliant idea of excluding the Pre-Mature Retirees (PMR) from the ambit of OROP – IRead More…

Me Too

08 Sep 201508 Sep 2015 SwordLeave a Comment on Me Too

There is a reason why our country, like others, maintains Para Military Forces (PMF) in addition to a standing army. The rationale is to have a loweRead More…

OROP – Constitutionally Speaking (A guest post by Akshat Agarwal)

01 Sep 201501 Sep 2015 SwordLeave a Comment on OROP – Constitutionally Speaking (A guest post by Akshat Agarwal)

Guest post by Akshat Agarwal, a budding lawyer In light of the recent controversy over the issue of One Rank One Pension (OROP), it Read More…

Audacious Fortunes

12 Aug 2015 Sword1 Comment on Audacious Fortunes

(The following article of mine appears in the August 2015 issue of Defence and Security Alert and is posted with their kind permission) The corRead More…

What if Nehru was still the PM in 65?

07 Jun 2015 Sword1 Comment on What if Nehru was still the PM in 65?

Barely three years after facing a humbling if not humiliating defeat at the hands of Chinese PLA, the Indian army was to be put to test again in 196Read More…

Mere paas Maa hai

19 May 201519 May 2015 SwordLeave a Comment on Mere paas Maa hai

          Since Rahul Gandhi is approximately the same age as me, it would be safe to guess that he watcheRead More…

Mirza Ghalib and the veterans

13 May 2015 SwordLeave a Comment on Mirza Ghalib and the veterans

Mirza Asad-Ullah Khan Ghalib died a poor, miserable man. Like most geniuses, his work got its true approbation long after he wasn’t around to baskRead More…

There will be blood

12 Apr 201512 Apr 2015 SwordLeave a Comment on There will be blood

Regimental Colours or flag occupy a pride of place in any army unit, bordering on reverence. They are housed in the unit quarter guard, and ‘paradedRead More…

Don’t ‘Angry’ the Common Man

09 Apr 201509 Apr 2015 SwordLeave a Comment on Don’t ‘Angry’ the Common Man

I wonder if Arnab Goswami has seen Chennai Express. If he has, he didn’t seem to have taken Shah Rukh Khan’s dialogue, “Don’t underestimate thRead More…

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