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Category Archives: Military
Another Wednesday
On A Wednesday, a common man took on terrorists on celluloid. On another, the Indian Army took on many more in real life. Continue reading
Posted in Military, Politics
Tagged camps, DGMO, footage, Kejriwal, launch pads, nirupam, surgical strike, Terrorism
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What are the options before the service chiefs in view of MoD overruling their reservations on the 7th Pay Commission anomalies? Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged anomalies, armed forces, chiefs, defence minister, parity, parrikar, pay and allowances, pay commission
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Browbeating of service officers by defence journalists
This is a follow up of a prior post on the issue of online intimidation by journalists, specially of serving armed forces officers. I was witness to a similar incident, where a pair of journalists ganged up upon someone, … Continue reading
Posted in Media, Military
Tagged correspondents, defence, journalists, Media, reporters, social media, twitter
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Biting the Tail
There’s a need to redefine the ‘teeth’ and the ‘tail’ to carry out a meaningful reduction of flab in Ministry of Defence Continue reading
Posted in Military
Tagged civilians, combat, cuts, defence ministry, logistics, modernization, rationalization, study
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Diesel Smoke
The unique bond between a man and his steed is as old as time itself. More accurately, it goes back to the time when man first domesticated animals and, in addition to new source of food, found a better way … Continue reading
Citizen Soldiers
This post is a result of the 140 word tyranny of Twitter which, while well suited for one-liners and retorts, handicaps expressing of a complex idea coherently. I was trying to refute a view that serving soldiers of the armed … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Politics
Tagged Democracy, freedom of expression, soldiers, voting
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FOE- Who Will Guard The Guardians?
With volumes having been spoken about Freedom of Expression in the past few days, its difficult to write about it without a wee bit of apprehension. Has everything that’s to be said on the subject already been said? Why bother … Continue reading
No Man Left Behind
Disaster struck an Indian Army post at 19,350 feet on the icy heights of the Siachen glacier on 3rd February 2016 in the form of an avalanche, burying the ten soldiers manning it under 35 feet of snow. The nation … Continue reading
Penny foolish pound foolish …
The financial cost of keeping PMR out of OROP doesn’t seem to have been calculated by the govt. Continue reading
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 lower cost force not required to be manned, trained and equipped with the same … Continue reading