https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi.jpgOthersAs I dive deep down into my academy days, the most interesting aspects of training were the practical lessons on Radio Telephony. I fondly recall how we used to sit in an open ground in small groups trying to converse with each other on the army r...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersMy heart came to my mouth when I gaped at my jaw-dropping posting order in December 2016 with a deadpan expression on my visage. ‘Report to Hazaribag forthwith to raise a new NCC Group along with new NCC battalions’, amplified the ominous army tel...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersIt was a harsh winter in January 2013. The place was Churachandpur in Manipur which has grabbed the eyeballs of the nation for the past few years for all the wrong reasons. It has been the centre of gravity of the most horrific clashes between the...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersNo Army officer can ever erase the memory of that historic day in his personal life, when all the cadets at the Indian Military Academy were allotted their respective choice of arms in their final term. The Military Secretary branch which allots t...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersIt was the peak of the harsh blistering summer in 2015. Chandimandir Military Station was getting geared and spruced up for the impending operational visit of our Chief, General Dalbir Singh Suhag. I was the one-star officer who was responsible fo...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersDue to political and diplomatic rationale during all the wargames and sand model discussions in the Indian Army our enemies on the Western and Northern borders have been monikered and given captivating names of ‘Nark’ and ‘Chandal’. I saw my army ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersIt is a well-known fact that many resources were proportionally divided between the two nations when Pakistan was carved out from our country. Similarly, coming to the Army Regiments, several battalions of the Punjab Regiment went to Pakistan whil...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersIt was bone-chilling cold on a foggy winter night in January 1974. It was my first night at the hostel of Punjab Public School, Nabha. A few hours back my parents had left me with a heavy heart as a fresh inductee in Class 5th who had just seen ei...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersToday, for the first time, I savoured celebrating the day of Basant Panchami (14 Feb 24) outside the solitary confines of the cantonment. It turned out to be a unique discovery of Punjab for me. On D-day today, even the heavenly sun God displayed ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersNot many would know that in our country, the National Cadet Corps has a staggering strength of 13 lakh cadets on its rolls, while the Indian Army stands at approximately 12.5 lakhs. This is not a comparison but to highlight that we need to rise to...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersIt was December 1986. I had just earned my single star as a rookie Second Lieutenant bubbling with youthful vigour with stars in my eyes. I was appointed as ‘Alpha Company’ second-in-command and was directed to report to my company commander; Majo...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersBy the time, India earned its independence, the ‘Rajindra Sikhs Infantry’ (RSI), now known as 15 Punjab, had tasted the blood during the First World War and SecondWorld War pulverising its enemies on foreign lands. It lived up to its reputation of...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthers14th September 1997 has indeed cast an indelible imprint on my mind. I was attending the prestigious Staff course at Wellington. It was the first time the routine weekly movie got screened on three consecutive days back to back. You guessed it rig...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersBeing an infantarian, who has carried severely wounded colleagues on his shoulder after deadly encounters with terrorists, it gives me immense pain when I read about the fatal casualties, losing competent commanding officers, young officers and mo...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersThe moment the ‘Teaser’ for the latest blockbuster, ‘Sam Bahadur’ started doing the rounds on social media, I was the first one to rush to book the ticket for the ‘first-day first-show’ for my entire family. I couldn’t wait to show my family the m...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/eavesdropping-on-radio-conversations/October 9, 2024, 4:08 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/DALL·E-2024-10-08-09.48.15-A-detailed-image-of-a-1970s-Indian-Army-radio-wireless-set-showing-a-rugged-olive-green-military-radio-device-wi-300x300.jpgOthersIt was mid-summer in 2007. I was holding the reigns of 15 Punjab, tasked with a peacekeeping role in the beautiful country of Lebanon. We were rubbing shoulders with several other European contingents. The Force Commander was an Italian; Major Gen...