https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/from-delhi-to-visakhapatnam-via-kolkata-and-mumbai/November 20, 2021, 7:07 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/f7bded1c_6211_P_4_mr-1.jpgOthersTomorrow, Sunday 21 Nov, the Indian Navy will commission its latest Guided Missile Stealth Destroyer (DDG) INS Visakhapatnam in the Naval Dockyard at Mumbai with the Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh as the Chief Guest. Apart from the novelty of...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/a-navy-that-dares-a-navy-that-cares/May 27, 2021, 9:38 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/8ec778ef_2825_P_6_mr-1.jpgOthersThe initiatives taken by the Indian Navy to help the nation fight massive and unprecedented challenges like Covid-19 and Cyclone Tauktae are laudable.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/from-delhi-to-visakhapatnam-via-kolkata-and-mumbai/November 20, 2021, 7:07 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/f7bded1c_6211_P_4_mr-1.jpgOthersToday, 11 Nov 20, is the anniversary of Armistice Day, the day World War 1 ended, more than a century ago, in 1918. Many countries around the world also commemorate this day as the Remembrance Day. India was involved in a significant way in the wa...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/from-trincomalee-to-nilgiri-via-travancore-200-yrs-of-making-in-india/October 12, 2020, 8:07 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/P1.jpgOthersThe commemoration of Trincomalee, recollection of Tranavancore and rebirth of the Nilgiri class give us much cause to be proud of our past, celebrate our present and be optimistic about the future.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/on-mahatmas-birthday-remembering-indian-navys-pre-independence-journey/October 2, 2020, 5:27 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Navy.jpgOthersAs we celebrate Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri and the freedom struggle, let us also raise a toast to the Royal Indian Navy which is an Indian story in many ways. After all, as historian K.M. Panikkar described, RIN was ‘a glorious page in In...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/remembering-the-admiral-who-shed-his-vice-and-built-the-navy/August 15, 2020, 6:59 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/def-1-8.pngOthersAdmiral Adhar Kumar Chatterji, the revered icon of Indian Navy, departed from this world on 6 August 2001, but Indian Navy continues to bear his imprint even today. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/far-corner-of-an-indian-village-the-story-of-havildar-surba-tode/July 28, 2020, 5:26 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/defence-2.jpgOthersIndians had played a great role in World Wars I and II, but they have been largely ignored due to a variety of reasons. Here’s a story of a great grandson’s search for his great grandfather’s war-time legacy. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/how-delhi-and-mysore-pioneered-indian-navys-blue-water-odyssey/July 6, 2020, 5:13 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/defence-300x169.pngOthersThe erstwhile INS Delhi and INS Mysore were our first big ships, our first Flagships. They had majestic looks and radiated menace with their bristling 6-inch guns and other firepower. The stories and legends associated with both ships are so many ...https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/why-india-needs-to-ramp-up-its-amph-quotient/June 22, 2020, 5:23 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/DEFENCE-1-300x169.pngOthersAmphibious ships may not match the glamour of destroyers bristling with weapons or clip at high speed like corvettes, yet it must be remembered that they are ‘off-beat’ and versatile. https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/remembering-vice-admiral-krishnan-indian-navys-great-combat-leader/June 8, 2020, 2:28 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Adm-Krishnan-1-2-246x300.jpgOthersNilakanta Krishnan not only was a part of Indian Navy’s finest moment but also contributed significantly to making it possible. He was undoubtedly one of India’s greatest maritime heroes.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/of-solitude-and-substance/May 27, 2020, 3:22 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/25-may-20-300x169.jpgOthersDespite the many advances in technology, charting the seas will continue to have the human as its most vital cog. And the hydrographers will continue to endure boredom, separation and isolation as they plough a lonely furrow.https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/killers-version-2-0-carrying-forward-the-illustrious-legacy/May 15, 2020, 3:21 amhttps://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/ship-300x169.jpgOthersThe Killers 2.0 were not only worthy successors to their illustrious predecessors, but have also kept the glorious legacy alive with their professional excellence, panache, resoluteness and a ‘can do’ spirit.