Navy Coursemates Reunion Ahoy! “There is not a word yet, for old friends that you’ve just met” – Jim Henson. This could well describe the joy of meeting old friends at a Navy coursemates reunion. We were a batch of 297 coursemates at the National Defence Academy (NDA). And even…
Month: October 2024
Humour in Uniform – If it is Simple, Make it Difficult!
As most of my 12 readers will know, I spent 35 years plus in the Navy. And, I loved every moment of it – the camaraderie, the ceremonies, the uniform, everything. The stand out feature however was military bureaucracy – the ability of the powers that be, to add a…
Naval Tales. May God Bless the Ethereal Ms Madhu Sapre!
Okay, this post is about Ms Madhu Sapre and me. Most of my 12 readers will know that the Navy conducts a ‘Navy Nite’ (earlier called the ‘Navy Ball’) every year sometime in early December as part of the Navy Week festivities. This Ball is quite popular amongst the citizenry…
Humour with a Twist. What’s in a Name? Or for that matter, in a Number?
This is one of the many funny navy stories. The Navy decided one fine day, sometime in 2011, that handsome Captain RK Dahiya (my seven readers will know that that is me) was the most appropriate guy to commission (ceremoniously induct) a new ship for our Navy from, and in,…