I had made a passing mention of jumping from the 7 m board into a swimming pool in an earlier post here, being an integral part of training at NDA (National Defence Academy). Well, this post aims to delve deeper into this life altering experience. To recap – Training at…
Real India Through Humour. The land of history, resourcefulness and ingenuity.
Funny Indian Crime Story. Do you know this Indian State? Well it is Bihar. Its honest citizens are hardworking and have this amazing knack of finding humour while answering the most trying of stereotypical questions. (Sample this – “Wahan toh sab raat 8 baje bandh ho jaata hoga?”. “Bhai, NOIDA…
Military Memories. Swimming is Fun. Learning, not so much
Swimming training at NDA is, as with most things related to the Armed Forces,not the place to seek logic. Just like the system of privileges that seniority bestows. Within the Squadrons (hostels) at the National Defence Academy (NDA), there are marked (some would say silly) differences in how one dresses,…
Life Lessons with Laughter. Here a Scam there a Scam
Newspapers nowadays are full of news articles about someone or the other getting scammed (Courier scam, Nigerian scam, Customs scam, etc). I would like however, to step back a few years my own humorous scam stories. An Introduction to Self Those who know me will put me in the handsome,…
Service Life Chronicles. Nausea, Vertigo, Vomiting!
This post is about Humorous Navy Experiences. The human ear is a wonderful organ. It allows one to enjoy – music, the lulling sounds of waves and the soothing pitter patter of rain. On the downside – ears tend to take the shape of a cauliflower when mistreated (seen wrestlers?)…
Military Service Reflections. The Joys and Sorrows of Horse Riding
NDA training has quite a large percentage of time devoted to the physical. This includes PT, swimming, drill, cross country, boxing, various troop games and (strangely) horse riding. One would expect, extrapolating from the movies, that horse riding is great fun –starting with hearty ‘yee haw’, the wind ruffling the…
Desi Culture Reflections. Everything I have learnt in life, I learnt from Bollywood!
India produces more than 1500 movies every year and the movies of my era (the born in the sixties generation) influenced me in many ways. They taught me Indian values, culture and racism. Please allow me to elucidate. If you are:- Now wasn’t that a master class on understanding India…