I guess only Indians with their quaint eating habits will identify with this post. Nevertheless, here goes… Cuisines vary dramatically from nation to nation. A vast diverse country such as India will see cuisines change virtually every few hundred kilometres. I had mentioned here that I was fortunate to spend…
Category: Humour in Uniform
Naval Officer Tales. Alcohol is the best Planning Aid
Grains (wheat, barley, rye, rice, etc) are all excellent sources of nutrition. They provide proteins for muscle building and carbohydrates for energy. But these humble sources of nutrition become everyone’s favourites only when they are allowed to ferment, because while stardom, success and happiness do not grace us often, the…
Behind the Uniform Stories. Converting a House into a Home
One of the peculiarities of a life in the Navy is the frequent transfers. My time in the Navy, saw us move 15 times from city to city after marriage, which in turn, saw us convert about 22 houses into homes. Considering my married years in the Navy numbered 32,…
Military Humour. How to Book a Hockey Field at NDA!
My magnificent alma mater, has some funny NDA stories. This is one of them. The sporting infrastructure was top class and ample. To take hockey as an example, there were some dozen odd fields. But as with anything else in life, while they were all equal, some being better kempt,…
Humour with a Twist. A Pool Party – Fun in Abundance
You know how liquor affects different people differently? It’s the cause of, as well as the answer to most of life’s confounding questions. Some otherwise reticent individuals become the life of a party. Some, quite ignorant of the vast gap between their capabilities and aspirations, become singers. Some others suddenly…
Onsens – Really Embarrassing, Really Great Fun
Let me tell you about my Onsen experience (funny only in hindsight). The Navy in its magnanimity, decided to depute me to the National Institute of Defence Studies, Tokyo for some higher studies in 2008. Japan of course is an amazing country, neat to a fault, its citizens courteous to…
Humour in Uniform. Want to Avoid Peril? Go for a Movie! Else Build Character!
Please allow me to hark back to my training days at the National Defence Academy. The Academy, in its attempt to lighten our days full of rigorous training, screened two movies a week. This post relates to one such day during my second term wherein skipping a movie resulted in…