My Tribute to Colonel Narender Kumar ‘Bull’ who got Siachen Glacier for India!
The Regimental Centre Officers’ Mess in Ranikhet provides the most grandeur view of the eternally majestic snowcapped Himalayan peaks that inspired a young mountaineer...
From Battles to Ballads: Siachen’s Heroic Story in Verse
On 30 Oct 2023, I was pleasantly surprised when I was gifted the Coffee Table Book titled 'Siachen Calling' by the Regiment's very own...
Former Secret Service Agent Paul Landis Shatters JFK Assassination ‘Magic Bullet’ Theory –  Was There a Second Gunman?
Paul Landis, a former agent of the United States Secret Service who witnessed the killing of the then U.S. President John F. Kennedy in...
OP Pawan: Infantry in the Crossfire
It was a dirty war. The Force was inducted for Peace Keeping. It soon turned into Peace Enforcing, and all hell broke loose. We...
The Swaraj Spy – a southern link to British India – Japanese conflict in the North East during WW II
The Author
Vijay Balan grew up in picturesque Ooty in Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu and moved to the United States for college. He began...