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This section, “Off the Cuff,” steps away from traditional reports and brings to the readers a kaleidoscope of various and variegated subjects of interest—some are unique, some are untold and some are even weird. Well, there are also write ups which are simply ‘musing’ or ‘reflections of thoughts’.. This section will have at least two to three, or may be, even more new write ups every week.
The Gun that fired at Agartala came here as a ‘War Trophy’-Part 2
The Gun - 105-mm artillery gun -now standing silently at the Albert Ekka War Memorial in Agartala was once positioned across the border at Akhaura. In the turbulent days before the 1971 Indo-Pak war formally began, Pakistani artillery repeatedly shelled Agartala from this gun. Then, on December 2, Indian troops captured the gun. Lt Gen Sagat Singh decided that the weapon should be given to the very city it had once shelled and killed citizens.Manas PalIt stands silent today inside the Albert Ekka War Memorial in Agartala, an...
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WHEN PAKISTANIS KILLED...
The Final Flight: A Story from the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965How many of us know that once a Pakistani fighter plane killed one our...
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THE CLASSICAL COMEDY...
DOGS ALWAYS GIVE AWAY THE EXTRA MARITAL AFFAIRS...LOOK AT THE PAINTING CLOSELY...ITS FUNNY ..MORE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE AT A PASSING GLANCEI first...
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A GENERAL WITH...
Hello my dear readers, why don’t you forget Quran reciting Pakistani General Asif Munir and his ‘two nation’ rhetorics for a while and have...
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REFLECTION OF A...
At parties, when the wine flows and the laughter rises, someone inevitably turns to me and says, “Tell us a story.” And I do....
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THE BOMBS AND...
(As Kashmir is once again in the focus worldwide in the wake of brutal Pahalgam terror, I remember Shujat Bukhari- who was also assassinated...