In the meantime work meant we met various people in uniform and everybody spoke of the same thing. But a few meetings were more than normal. One officer Maj Unnikrishnan had been martyred in the operation along with another commando. Meeting a Brigadier responsible for trai...
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To come back to that fateful day. I was driving back home rather late in the evening and had no inkling of what was happening. Somewhere enroute I got a call from home saying that some terrorists had killed 3 senior cops. Then came more chilling news that something big was hap...
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Every year, since long 2 life changing and world eyeball attention grabbing events are remembered. One is the 9/11 terrorist attack in USA and the other 26/11 terrorist attack in India. People write various memories of that day and owing to a concatenation of circumstances I had...
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Way back in the early 2000's a Pharma industry newsletter asked me to write a article for them and I had written about "Outsourcing" which was published. Sadly I never saved a copy or even if I did, have lost it. But cleaning up a old computer I stumbled upon the soft copy of wh...
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We all remember that old story of Archimedes and the Eureka moment. However not all Eureka moments need be about the water rising in the bath tub and the flash bulb in your brain going off. It can also be that moment when you hear the final gurgle of the water going down the dr...
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Indian Options in Afghanistan US withdrawal and Taliban takeover of Afghanistan has been Swift and naturally, being the neighbouring nation that has borne the brunt of Islamic terror for decades, Indians are worried. To understand the Present, Geography and History both have...
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Advertising and branding, a western concept since long started becoming popular in India especially after the hugely popular AMUL hoardings with its topical one liner’s. But when it came to politics, this has been a topic not often discussed as a subject and if at all discusse...
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Over the last several months many questions have been raised on vaccine development especially the one made in India. Doubts on the efforts of the Indian scientists, raised for various reasons. This is not about politics but for those who seem to have no idea and simp...
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A few quick thoughts as I came across an argument between friends in a group. Way back in 2001 when 9/11 happened or in 2008 when 26/11 happened life did change but again as a world, it affected a part of us. The rest could still act as a countervailing force to support, help...
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This is a subject that can give birth to a hundred doctoral thesis and still have enough and more left over with no answers. The attempt here is not to give answers but give some perspectives so we understand the subject and the protagonists better. Also this is not about the ex...
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