Maj Gaurav Arya

As a nation, we choose silence. And it is in the shadow of our silence that treason spawns its many sons. Its primary weapons are...

Major AVD Pillay was a soldier’s soldier. His father had served in the army. And he expected his son, Divakaran, to be no less. His...

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they...

When did it exactly start? No one knows. But it can be said with a degree of certainty that in the early nineties when the...

Some soldier with a funny bone at 102 Infantry Brigade (Base Camp) will tell you that Siachen means ‘Rose Garden’. Its true. Maybe its funny,...

In the last 48 hours, the Indian Army has lost 7 brave hearts at Nagrota. It is with deep grief, immense helplessness and cold anger...

All warfare is based on deception – Sun Tzu, The Art of War The Middle Kingdom has many achievements to its name, paper and gunpowder the...

The annals of the Indian Army are replete with stories of bravery and uncommon valor. And then there are stories of courage so overwhelming that...

Mahender Mishar (Mishra) of Behar (Bihar) was a short, dark man who, had you met him in a dark alley, would have probably greeted you...

Secularism is the separation of religion and state. Simply put, religion has nothing to do with how a country is ruled. The state itself, at...

All soldiers want peace, and this is an undisputable fact. They want peace because they are the ones who die in war. I get messages...

Yesterday evening, as I parked my car in front of gate no. 9 and walked into South Block (Indian Army Headquarters), I looked up at...

 “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it...

Yesterday, eighteen of my brothers were martyred in a terror attack in Uri Sector. Eighteen homes were shattered. Children were orphaned. Their fathers will come...

It was an unusually warm afternoon in the autumn of 1935. Adolf Hitler sat under a tent, faithful Guderian seated next to him, reviewing maneuvers...

Dear Officers, On 10 September this year, 249 of you (217 Gentlemen Cadets and 32 Lady Cadets) stepped over the “Antim Pag”, slow marching to the...