Cross Connections

The Indian Armed Forces love their boys so much that they cannot stand the idea of another woman, especially if she is not a good enough Bha...

The headline is deliberately sensational. This is how the women officers are treated – with scant respect and without getting their due. Wo...

Each time I say anything about the Indian Armed Forces, there is objection about tarring the whole army with the same brush. Yes, they say, ...

Jairam Ramesh threw off his robes. As a minister for environment and forests, he was making no point, but by discarding the convocation robe...

The nation’s highest civilian honours are announced on Republic Day, and as always there is cause for heartburn for those left out and amuse...

Now, this forward is supposed to make us go all gooey. I did try. Honest. But it’s not working. Why on earth is it even necessary to ask, “A...

Who is Sudhanshu Sudhakar? He joined the Indian army in 2002; in 2007 he was dismissed for what reports refer to as “dubious activities”. He...

Houses get destroyed. A temple and mosque survive the landslide. What can I say? I am the faithless. Faithless in terms of organised religio...

Brazil’s President Luiz Lula Da Silva presents a soccer shirt signed by the Brazilian national team to PM Manmohan Singh in Italy Why does o...

In a radically new move, the army has decided to screen candidates for soldiership through a written examination first, followed by a physic...

We did not need an Emergency in 1977. That was a drastic move by a power-hungry Indira Gandhi who wanted all Opposition to be silenced. Now,...

…all you wanted to know about Hindutva’s new package Dekha na, hai re socha na Though the army views Lt-Colonel Shrikant Prasad Pu...

This is an excerpt from Jaswant Singh's book A Call to Honour - In service of emergent India by Jaswant Singh, Rupa & Co.: On mil...

Here is a letter published, finally. Matter Of Honour Sir, The pen is undoubtedly mightier than the sword. But might is not proved...

This note has been posted in the comments section. I felt it requires a detailed response. I welcome whatever criticism I get, but I think I...