Why the outcry against Shekhar Gupta’s column?
I’m sure by now most folks have read Saturday’s column by Shekhar Gupta in The Indian Express. If you haven’t, click here to read it […]
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Military History
Finally, Permanent Commission for women officers in select cadres
This statement from the government came in today: In a pathbreaking development, the Government has decided to grant Permanent Commission, prospectively to Short Service Commission
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Former Signal Offr-in-Chief responds to Express Edit
Responses to this Indian Express editorial just won’t end! Most of the stuff I’m getting is rants, but I’m posting all the coherent responses here.
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Admiral Arun Prakash: Who cries for India?
Admiral Arun Prakash, former Chief of Naval Staff, was born in Anantnag, J&K, in 1944, and lived his early life in the now troubled state.
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Lt Gen responds to Express editorial
The Indian Express had an excellent lead editorial in today’s edition regarding the letter written by the Chiefs of Staff Committee to Defence Minister AK
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Photos: Army memorial ceremony for Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
Talk about delayed reaction. A full two weeks after he passed away, and a lot of criticism to boot, the government today finally gave India’s
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R.I.P
The first time I met Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw was at a Cavalry function held on the Army parade grounds in late 2004, a function
Sam Bahadur comatose, critical
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw is in critical condition, under treatment at the Military Hospital at Wellington, Tamil Nadu. Manekshaw has been permanently based at the
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EXCLUSIVE: Concluding thoughts by Admiral Arun Prakash on “Izzat-O-Iqbal”
Admiral Arun Prakash’s piece, Is “IZZAT-O-IQBAL”? published in FORCE magazine and reproduced here on LiveFist has received a lot of response, in terms of e-mail,
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EXCLUSIVE: A Reflection by Admiral Arun Prakash on Veterans, Honour, Political Antipathy and the 6th Pay Commission
It is LiveFist’s privilege that former Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Arun Prakash has asked us post this new and typically insightful essay, a column