Off the Beaten Track .....and far from the madding crowd

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Climbing Table Mountain – My Cape Town Odyssey in South Africa

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A view of  Table Mountain from the Lower Cable Car Station. This is the start of the climb. Table Mountain is an iconic landmark to...
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Monday, 1 December 2014

The Strategic Mistakes of the LTTE

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This is the text of an article I wrote for India Today Online on 19 May 2009, shortly after the death of Prabhakaran and the bitter culmina...
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Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Tales from the Trenches - With the IPKF in Sri Lanka

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I wrote this essay five years ago based on my memories of a very significant period of my military life. In 1987 the Indian Pe...
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Wednesday, 12 November 2014

A Journey to West Kameng District

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It is here that the beautiful mountains have witnessed the most humiliating military debacle inflicted on modern India; the drive is r...
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Meghalaya - a Sojourn in the Clouds

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The abode of the clouds, so aptly named.    Do not go to Meghalaya with a plan for a hectic ‘been there done that’ kind of schedule cramme...
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A Day at Kaziranga

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The Indian One Horned Rhino   Kaziranga   National Park  is synonymous with the great Indian one-horned rhinoceros, the only place in ...
Tuesday, 11 November 2014

Personal Pocket Kit

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Here is the kit packed and ready to carry The stuff I carry in it Here are two pictures of my Personal Pocket Kit, PPK. Most f...
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Off the beaten track and far from the madding crowd is where I try to be, this blog captures my travelogues, photographs, gear that I use and the fun that I have being out of doors.
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