If Only We Could Bribe The Death
Israel paid double for vaccines and skipped the lockdown. India had the officers, the rest houses and the reach. What it lacked in April 2021 was the will.

My Personal Stories and Perspective. Short reads on soldiering, history, India and the people in it.
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Drones can sync without a commander. People can’t. Why the pyramid of command still decides who wins, and why an officer’s aura matters more than we admit.
Israel paid double for vaccines and skipped the lockdown. India had the officers, the rest houses and the reach. What it lacked in April 2021 was the will.

In 1327 a Delhi sultan moved his capital overnight and broke his own city. A satirical walk through Muhammad bin Tughluq’s decisions, and why they feel familiar.

War elephants won battles by shock, then trampled their own side. A lockdown is the same weapon: useful at first, dangerous if kept too long.

A slap, a stolen case of rum, and a question every father and son ask: who is wiser? A personal story about passing knowledge up and down the generations.

It is the Hindi word for perspective. Every story here is one man’s view of the world, told plainly and with a bit of humour. Read one, and if it makes you think, share it with someone who would argue with you about it.