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Jan 236 min read
MILITARY LEADERSHIP 5 – INTER-SERVICE COOPERATION
Introduction A question I have often asked myself is whether the same rules of leadership apply across all the three Services. To some,...


Jan 234 min read
MILITARY LEADERS 4 – A MATTER OF COURAGE
Introduction In the early 1960s, a popular book by Field Marshal Slim was ‘Courage and Other Speeches’. It is a book still worth reading....


Jan 221 min read
SAM MANEKSHAW
THE MAN BEFORE HIS TIME, THE MAN BEYOND THE TIME


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Dec 17, 20246 min read
MILITARY LEADERS AND MENTORS "THE ESTEST COMMANDER"
Introduction It is the ambition of every Staff College graduate to be a Brigade Major (BM). In September 1977 I was happy to be posted as...


Nov 13, 20245 min read
MILITARY LEADERS AND MENTORS – 2
Introduction In the previous blog I had written about how much we had learned from the leadership of Brig. Karam Singh, the Commander of...


Nov 13, 20241 min read
The IPKF Misadventure
Thirty years is not too late to honour the sacrifices and heroism of those who fought on ground the LTTE in Sri Lanka
Journey In Army
Dec 17, 20246 min read
MILITARY LEADERS AND MENTORS "THE ESTEST COMMANDER"
Introduction It is the ambition of every Staff College graduate to be a Brigade Major (BM). In September 1977 I was happy to be posted as...


Nov 13, 20245 min read
MILITARY LEADERS AND MENTORS – 2
Introduction In the previous blog I had written about how much we had learned from the leadership of Brig. Karam Singh, the Commander of...


Nov 13, 20245 min read
MILITARY LEADERS AND MENTORS - 1
Background All of us who have served in the Armed Forces have our own experiences of having served under capable commanders both in war...


Sep 29, 20242 min read
LT. COL. B.D. MALHAUTRA - MY FIRST CO
PART 1 – The CO and the Auditors Every officer remembers his first Commanding Officer (CO), with affection, regard and some fear. Since...
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