Army Archives

How I Learned to Love My Society’s I-Day Celebration

I used to dislike the society’s I-day celebrations that sounded and felt like a repeat of the one before, but for the two years during the pandemic that it went missing, I realised its importance.

Deepansh Duggal July 1, 2016

Columns

Rearview: Pulwama Attack & the Difficulty of Being an Amol Palekar in a World of Arnabs

In the backdrop of the Pulwama attack, whose freedom of expression should we be concerned about? We don’t shut down the folks propagating #TerrorismHasAReligion, or journalists who purportedly declared Aligarh Muslim University, a “university of terrorists”. But we shut down people like Amol Palekar.

Karanjeet Kaur June 5, 2016

Bollywood

In Josh-Filled 2019 Would Main Hoon Na, Bollywood’s Masala Movie on the Military, Find Any Takers?

Few films seem further from today’s cinemascape of chest-thumping nationalism than the 2004 film Main Hoon Na. The lighthearted patriotic film about “Project Milaap”, an Indo-Pak peace operation would probably be labelled “anti-national” in today’s times.

Kahini Iyer May 6, 2016

First Person

Not All PoWs Return Safe Like Abhinandan Varthaman: The Case of Captain Gurung

Captain Vijender Singh Gurung was captured by Pakistan during the 1971 war. He spent nearly 13 months in captivity. This is his story.

Rahul Singh April 2, 2016

Books

Tanushree Podder delves into Patriotism, Friendship and Love in the Army in her Latest Novel

Tanushree Podder’s “The Girls in Green” is a beautiful story of friendship, love and patriotism as four young women navigate the Officer Training Academy. From tough-as-nails superiors to their first mistakes and successes and even love, “The Girls in Green” covers it all.

Arré Bench March 26, 2016

POV

Homosexuality is Not a Crime. Time to Ask, “But What about Our Soldiers at the Border”?

The jawan’s plight is of great relevance to every problem plaguing the country from black money to AFSPA – every problem, except those that directly affect the life of the jawan. Serving in the forces requires the strength to forego many of the freedoms that the rest of us enjoy. But how is it acceptable to snatch away a person’s freedom to love?

Sonali Kokra March 15, 2016