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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,...
Ravindra Palsokar
Jan 236 min read
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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....
Ravindra Palsokar
Jan 234 min read
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SAM MANEKSHAW
THE MAN BEFORE HIS TIME, THE MAN BEYOND THE TIME
Ravindra Palsokar
Jan 221 min read
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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...
Ravindra Palsokar
Dec 17, 20246 min read
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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...
Ravindra Palsokar
Nov 13, 20245 min read
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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
Ravindra Palsokar
Nov 13, 20241 min read
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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...
Ravindra Palsokar
Nov 13, 20245 min read
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Ramu and the General
In 1964 we moved to North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), to 5 Mountain Division. By now the emergency had been in force, and since June...
Ravindra Palsokar
Oct 13, 20243 min read
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Bunny and Angrezi Food
Another time, we were in Mathura still, one of our (slightly) senior officer was detailed for Junior Commanders (JC) Course, which he did...
Ravindra Palsokar
Oct 13, 20241 min read
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LT. COL. B.D. MALHAUTRA - MY FIRST CO
Part 2- Bunny and Risal Another time, still in Mathura, there was inter-company wrestling. I was then the Mechanical Transport Officer...
Ravindra Palsokar
Oct 5, 20242 min read
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Conflict and Confusion
The idea of Theatre Commands still needs to be fine-tuned
Ravindra Palsokar
Oct 5, 20240 min read
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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...
Ravindra Palsokar
Sep 29, 20242 min read
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