Operation
Longshanks and the Calcutta Light Horse The
Second World War had gripped almost the whole world in its vise like grip. Some
countries entered into the war arena with a good amount of confusion and
trepidation, some were forced into it, some watched from the edges, affected
though by the fa…
The Story of Ehrenfels at Goa
Operation
Longshanks and the Calcutta Light Horse The
Second World War had gripped almost the whole world in its vise like grip. Some
countries entered into the war arena with a good amount of confusion and
trepidation, some were forced into it, some watched from the edges, affected
though by the fa…
An interesting account of its history..... Many years ago, in fact it was
some 123 years ago that the name Lakme rose into prominence. Well, all of you will
agree that the native version, the name of Goddess Lakshmi was prevalent
centuries before that. But Lakme was brought to print and western mind…
Profiting from death
In those days, the glorious 90’s, I was living in Turkey and
enjoying the sojourn amidst a whole lot of lovely people, both in the office
and outside. The place was great to live in, the ambience and weather perfect
and with a young family in tow, the expatriate life was provin…
Newspaper and news headlines these days are full the
Malaysian plane MH370 and its unfortunate last journey. But this is a not about
that event and is about a flight that took off in 1937, piloted by one GP Nair. On 10 February 1929, J. R. D. Tata was awarded India's first
pilot license in India…
