Sambahadur Man with Classic Humour  Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, who was popularly known as Sam Bahadur is the first field Marshal of India. Field Marshal is the highest attainable rank which an officer can receive in his military career. This rank is given to an officer for life. An officer who receives … Continue reading Quirks of army →

Alice in Wonderland Hello friends I am back with yet another quirk of army namely the numerous army abbreviations. Just the way you guys must be having abbreviations or peculiar names for things in your work area, similarly army has whole lot of abbreviations for almost everything. Initially I was lost in the sea of … Continue reading QuirksofArmy →

Boxes are our best friends Hello! everyone, once again I am back with another quirk of army, which my civilian friends would underestimate or not understand the weight of that object till they try to lift it. Yes! An object not very beautiful but extremely useful, ‘The Box’. Our life cannot be complete without the … Continue reading QuirksofArmy →

Chelu Ram A few days back I visited friends in one of the army messes. Usually army messes are very nicely done up. Full of paintings, silver trophies, beautiful carpets. This mess was not different, its décor showed good taste and all the regalia which an army mess has. So while looking around I came … Continue reading Quirks of Army →

The Mighty Maharaj The army cantonments are always situated on the outskirts of a town or city due to which the people living in it are close to wilderness and hence experience incidents related to various animals like snakes, monitor lizards, jackals, boars, bears, elephants and also wolves and leopards. Before marriage, living in Pune, … Continue reading Quirks of Army →

Harbhajan baba Today I am once again back with a story of Patriotism which goes beyond life. Yes! A Jawan who I should say was not ready to let go of his duty even after death. I am talking about Harbhajan baba, some of you might have heard about him, those who do not know … Continue reading QUIRKS OF ARMY →

The Meghdoot Force After regaining Independence in 1947, India was restructuring its armed forces, of course we had to give certain number of our armed force to Pakistan as well. So in the end we were left with only one Parachute brigade. During the Indo-Pak 1965 war India was facing huge losses due to the … Continue reading Quirks of Army →

Comedy of Errors As you all must be knowing the Indian army is the world’s second largest military and has world’s largest volunteer army. It has its own working style and also a particular way of living. I married in the year 2001 and joined my husband at Bathinda Cantonment. I myself am from a … Continue reading Quirks of Army →

Sita Sita,  epitome of wisdom, loyalty and sacrifice  Was she so speechless amidst patriarchy at play? Was she so meek, not to reprove her husband from sending her away? Janaki daughter of King Janaka and Sunaina was as beautiful as a newly bloomed lotus. Elder sister to Urmila, Mandavi and Shrutkirti was a vision ethereal, a … Continue reading Sita →