‘Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought’ said John F Kennedy many years ago. At a more earthy level, someone else had said opinions are something (this being a family blog, I am constrained to be abstruse) that rhyme with grasspoles; everyone has one. …
Category: Humour in Uniform
ECHS and Triglycerides: Life In a Naval Veterans WhatsApp Group
Each Indian is a member of at least five WhatsApp groups – one or two for the family, one for office colleagues, one for close friends, etc. Some, like The Wife, have multiple sub groups too. Her family groups for example include…. Entire family with husband. Entire family minus husband….
Naval Meetings: Where ‘Minutes’ are More Important than Hours
The Indian Navy, like any other governmental organization, loves meetings. So much so that if meetings were ships, we would have achieved Sea Control over lake Baikal in no time. Some naval meetings are aimed at planning campaigns, others at improving logistics. Even others deal with the topic ‘manpower reduction’…
Military Housing: Tales of Maintenance Guys (MG) and Fauji Struggles
Life in the Armed Forces is, like I have said many times earlier, pretty good. Excellent camaraderie, a reasonable work life balance and military housing that has converted the poet Longfellow’s words – ‘into each life some rain must fall’, into policy. The rain for example, doesn’t just fall. It…
Battles and Annexures: A Peek into Indian Navy’s Paper Warfare
The Indian Navy is a formidable fighting force; well equipped with the latest technology – guns, missiles, radars. But most importantly, paper. A look then into the Navy’s paper warfare…. In peacetime especially, paper becomes the primary weapon for projecting a unit’s battle readiness, professionalism and expertise in yoga. The…
Four NDA Cadets, Some Chicken, And Sandpapered Backsides
My most popular post to date pertained to Commander NKR. (Those wanting to refresh their memories can read about him here.) He is tall, strapping, and with his zest for early morning 10 km runs, a pain in the neck. Especially when holidaying. In one of my earlier posts I…
Cylinders, Rations and Scooters – Middle Class Memories
I have come to realize that The Wife’s narrations about our horde of middle class memories, are far wittier. The tremendous response to one of her earlier narrations here, is enough cause for me to step aside and leave matters once more, to her. Read on. Quote Let me start…