What Makes Kerala Distinctive? (Reformatted ) -by Joseph Thomas
Preface Born in Peshawar, and brought up in North India, I had seen very few South Indians during my childhood. And the only Christians we saw were either Anglo-Indians or teachers in the elite schools. All this changed, when I joined the NDA, in Jan 1958. I met Thomas, and I got to know all that I know on …
What Makes Kerala Distinctive? -by Joseph Thomas
Preface Born in Peshawar, and brought up in North India, I had seen very few South Indians during my childhood. And the only Christians we saw were either Anglo-Indians or teachers in the elite schools. All this changed, when I joined the NDA, in Jan 1958. I met Thomas, and I got to know all that I know on …
God’s own country : Kerala by Brig Surinder Singh
FOREWORD If I were to tell you that I like the poems written by Rabindranath Tagore, it would be an under-statement of titanic dimensions. If I use words like admire or adore, I would be closer to the truth. However, the fact is that I revere Gitanjali and place it on par with scriptures. Over the years, I know many of …
MY ADORABLE PARENTS by Rashmi Oberoi
Foreword This is the story of Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi and his erudite soul-mate, Daulat. It is written by their daughter, Rashmi, who is a well-known writer, in her own right. Oberoi (XVIII NDA, G Sqn) was commissioned in 1961, and lost a leg in the 1965 war, when he was barely 24 years old. He braved the loss of his limb …
A REUNION TO REMEMBER by Brig SURINDER SINGH
PROLOGUE What makes IIT Delhi the Dream-destination of Millions of our Under-graduates What is it that makes IITs what they are? Is it the brilliant faculty, or their laboratories? Or, are the aspirants enamored by the highly subsidized fee structure? If you ask me, all these factors are relevant, but the most significant cause is the image built …
‘BAHURANI’ by ‘COLLS’ and ‘MANZIL’ by Prof MOHAN SINGH
‘BAHURANI’ by ‘COLLS’ and ‘MANZIL’ by MOHAN SINGH ‘Colls’ (Col SK Kohli, XV Course, Easy Sqn, EME) NDA, January 1958. Colls was four courses senior to me and we were in the same Squadron. In our second term, he was our Sergeant Major, and so our relations should have been highly officious. But I do not know what happened during …
FIVE GOLDEN RULES By PROF MOHAN SINGH
A Tribute to Prof Mohan Singh (1905-78) FIVE GOLDEN RULES FOR WRITERS If you would not be forgotten As soon as you are dead and rotten Either write something worth reading Or do something worth the writing By Benjamin Franklin A Prelude 1956. I had turned fifteen, and the first signs of manhood had just appeared. As if I …
24, THE MALL, DELHI CANTT IN 1953, AND NOW
24, THE MALL, DELHI CANTT…NOW, and in 1953-55 Gatecrash! The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it… As we were driving past 24, The Mall in Delhi Cantt, I had an irrepressible urge to enter the house, uninvited and unannounced. It was a bright Sunday morning, and occupants of the house were entitled to …
‘AN INSPECTION IN THE LAND OF THE KANCHENJUGA’ By Brig KN HARIKUMAR
An Introduction to ‘Peace-time Soldiering’ The Second World War (1939 – 45) went on for so long, that when, at long last it ended, the soldiers had forgotten their peace-time routine. And then one day, a commander called all his officers and said, “Well, gentlemen, now that the war has ended, let us get down to some serious soldiering!” He …
“Bahut dinon ke baad” by Sultan Malik
A Brief Introduction Col (Dr) Sultan Malik needs no introduction. He distinguished himself as a soldier as well as an engineer. In addition, he earned name and fame for himself in the field of music. His title song, ‘Samandar ki haseen laharon ke…’ was on the lips of many Indians. A qawwali in a DD film became a great hit. …
