Cdr Retd KP Sanjeev Kumar

Sometime in the first decade of this millennium, this southerner took up his first posting to Naval Headquarters, Delhi. After the initial hiccups, we settled down respectably in a rented house at Sector 28,...

  Long before the CDS and Department of Military Affairs poured the jointmanship glue into inter-service cracks, every service had a distinct way of going about their business. Sometimes contrasting cultures, ethos and traditions intersected...

      “Nothing comes from nothing; nothing ever could” — from the song ‘Something Good’ in the 1965 classic ‘The Sound of Music’ One of the many challenges any original equipment manufacturer (OEM) or vendor trying to sell...

    Two recent developments in the Indian Air Force (IAF) again brought into sharp focus the ‘indigenous versus import’ conundrum facing the service. Indigenous LCA Tejas:  IAF commissioned the second squadron of indigenous ‘Tejas’ Light Combat...

  “Are you attending the Navy Nite?, my coursemate asked me yesterday. “What’s that? I only know Navy Ball”, I replied curiously. “Arey, that only. It’s called Navy Nite now. In fact, for some years now”, my...

Recall the old proverb: ‘success has many fathers. Defeat is an orphan’. Nowhere does it ring as true as in aviation. Here, you are only as good as your last landing; even if it means...

  For Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), history defined geography in 1947. On 5th Aug 2019, that geography became history. Going Back Into History On 26th Oct 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh, the ruler of Kashmir executed the instrument...

Recently, I went bike-accessory shopping with my friend and fellow aviator Kinny. He is busy pouring money on an imported beast called Triumph Bonneville T-100 he acquired six-months ago. His accessory shopping bill is...