CIA’s
Operation HAT in the Himalayas I love cloak and dagger stories, and since
the days of Ian Fleming’s 007’s books, I have devoured many a tale on espionage
with the same eagerness I started with. I first came across this story while
reading the Mallory camera incident some years ago. Naturally t…
The Nanda Devi Episode
CIA’s
Operation HAT in the Himalayas I love cloak and dagger stories, and since
the days of Ian Fleming’s 007’s books, I have devoured many a tale on espionage
with the same eagerness I started with. I first came across this story while
reading the Mallory camera incident some years ago. Naturally t…
Anna Liberata De
Souza the Calicut Ayah and Mary Frere the memsahib
Sometimes you come across the most amazing persons in dark
and musty historic alleys. They are coated in layers of dust and grime added on
by the many years which have passed by and the many people who have handled
them. Getting th…
And the yellow tail from down under
Ironically, the story of the Italians arriving in Bangalore
starts with the explosive success of a Bangalore invention called the Bangalore
Torpedo, only that it was during the WW II attacks in Libya, the jewel of
Mussolini’s crown. The unexpected Allied successe…
