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WhatsApp, Privacy and Me

28 May 202129 May 2021 SwordLeave a Comment on WhatsApp, Privacy and Me

Sometime in January, WhatsApp started showing a pop-up asking me to agree to their updated privacy policy if I wanted to continue using the app bRead More…

Gen Thimayya’s Resignation – Statement by Pt Nehru in Parliament and debate – 02 Sep 1959

21 May 202121 May 2021 SwordLeave a Comment on Gen Thimayya’s Resignation – Statement by Pt Nehru in Parliament and debate – 02 Sep 1959

Prime Minister’s Statement Sir, I wish to apologize for my absence from the house yesterday. I was anxious to be here because of a number ofRead More…

CDS and DMA – Penny Wise Pound Foolish?

06 Nov 202006 Nov 2020 SwordLeave a Comment on CDS and DMA – Penny Wise Pound Foolish?

Appointment of CDS and setting up of the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) under him within the Ministry of Defence is a long overdue, ground Read More…

Indo-Nepal Border Dispute – An Explainer

14 Jun 202014 Jun 2020 SwordLeave a Comment on Indo-Nepal Border Dispute – An Explainer

An explainer on the Indo-Nepal border dispute, based on articles /open source inputs. Received from a friend on social media Historical BackgrRead More…

The “White Mutiny” of Monghyr 1776

03 Jan 202003 Jan 2020 SwordLeave a Comment on The “White Mutiny” of Monghyr 1776

While the sepoy uprising of 1857 remains the best-known mutiny in the history of British Raj in India, there have been several others, notable being tRead More…

Crisis of Confidence

26 Jul 2019 SwordLeave a Comment on Crisis of Confidence

When I joined my Regiment in 1989, amongst the first few mandatory requirements as part of my initiation, as instructed by my senior subaltern, waRead More…

Nanda Sahib

05 Sep 201805 Sep 2018 SwordLeave a Comment on Nanda Sahib

      As teachers go, he was unusual. A short, bulky Khalsa with the customary bushy beard, with eyebrows to match, Naib RiRead More…

Rupnagar “Treaty” of 1831 – The Meeting Between Maharaja Ranjeet Singh and Lord Bentinck

10 Jul 201810 Jul 2018 SwordLeave a Comment on Rupnagar “Treaty” of 1831 – The Meeting Between Maharaja Ranjeet Singh and Lord Bentinck

In October 1831, the small town of Rupnagar (Ropar) on the banks of Sutlej witnessed a historic meeting between Maharaja Ranjeet Singh and Lord WRead More…

Battle Box – story of a bunker

20 Jun 201820 Jun 2018 Sword2 Comments on Battle Box – story of a bunker

Fort Canning Hill or Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill), as it was originally know, dominated the landscape of the island for centuries before being dwaRead More…

CQMH Abdul Hamid – the Hero of Asal Uttar

10 Sep 201710 Sep 2017 SwordLeave a Comment on CQMH Abdul Hamid – the Hero of Asal Uttar

As the COAS visits the village of CQMH Abdul Hamid, PVC on the 52nd anniversary of his epic anti-tank battle, here is an extract from my book “Brave Read More…

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