Thus said Shakespeare. And while I, with my limited acquaintance with his work, often feel that he just strings some highfalutin words that sound impressive but mean nothing, I can’t argue with him on this one. Sleep is indeed Nature’s Nurse, a Nurse that comforts, relaxes and restores. Conversely, lack…
Category: Humour in Uniform
A Home is Where The Heart Is!
I had referred to naval accommodation in one of my earlier posts here which had got some appreciation from my 12 readers. So, and seeing how Dabang 2 was as popular as Dabang 1, I thought why not pull off a sequel! So here I am again. Let me start…
What is the fundamental guiding principle in the Armed Forces – Never volunteer!
Remember Colonel Hathi from Junglebook? Remember the scene where he lines up his troops and asks for volunteers for a ‘special mission’ – to take one step forward? Every member of his gang of course, hurriedly takes one step back! And why am I alluding to this? Well, if there…
Who says Drill is the bedrock of discipline!
Remember Emil Foley, the pitiless drill sergeant in ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’? Well our own National Defence Academy (NDA) is populated with drill sergeants who make dear Emil look like a particularly cuddly teddy bear. These merciless Gorillas (also colloquially called ‘Drill Ustads’), are the ones entrusted with the…
Who is the most important woman in your life?
Most dutiful males would indubitably reply – my wife/mother. Not me. I can say without hesitation, and I cant stress this enough, that it is our maid. I used to hear quite often during my years in the Navy that nobody is indispensable. Ha! Obviously, the Navy never had maids….
Military leaders need dash, nerves of steel and oratorical flourish
What style of leadership is best suited for the Armed Forces? Difficult question. We have all seen some genial souls succeed. On the other hand, absolute tyrants also succeed. Professionally competent ones succeed and so do those whose IQ equals that of boiled potatoes. I guess nature loves equilibrium and…
Ah Coursemates! Devils in disguise. But then angels too!
“There is not a word yet, for old friends that you’ve just met” – Jim Henson We were a batch of 297 coursemates at the National Defence Academy (NDA). And even though we all went our separate ways towards careers in the Army, Navy and Air Force on graduation in…