Watching the dead bodies return from Kargil I started to wonder what sort of person chooses to be a soldier. I’d be too scared. More than that I don’t think my heart beats to the right sort o...
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It’s a long, long time since I last had a lollipop. In fact, so long that I had to buy one to recall the pleasure it once gave me. But now that I have I can speak with authority.

The ...
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“I must ask you something”, Madhu Trehan once said to me sometime ago. “You always thank people in your column. Why do you do it?”

At the time I laughed it off and so did she. ...
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I wonder how many of you have heard of the Raj Rif? As the causalities from Kargil come home it would seem that a disproportionate share is borne by this valiant army regiment. Major Vivek Gupta,...
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To start with there is Sod’s law. It’s the simple, predictable and unfailing principle that anything that can go wrong will. There’s also the Devil’s corollary which determines that this ...
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Do you know what I consider our worst failing? Given that we are neither shy nor retiring leave aside unduly modest it’s an odd choice but it’s also an irresistible conclusion. We don’t kno...
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It’s a long time since I was called ‘boy’. If I had been younger the term would have made me bristle. But last saturday it left me with a warm, happy feeling. For to be ‘boy’ to someon...
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Memories have a way of returning to haunt you. Often their sweet mellow recall can clash with the harsh unpleasant reality of today. But, ironically, the pain they cause can also be comforting.<...
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What makes England special? That was a question put to me the other day as I sat watching the World Cup. It immediately caught my fancy and since cricket is a tiresome game that I only watch when...
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If you believe you know Amita Malik think again. I thought I did but I now realise how wrong I was. For the real McCoy is altogether different.

Until now I knew her by her television co...
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