Category: Human Interest

Category: Human Interest

Life in a mine: how a disaster was averted

Life in a mine: how a disaster was averted

I joined Eastern Coalfields Ltd (a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, a government of India enterprise) The coal mines in India ...
My Grandmother's Daughter

My Grandmother’s Daughter

Till I was sent to a College Hostel in Darjeeling, I had never been away from the family. We lived ...
The Lost Innocence Of The Nagas

The Lost Innocence Of The Nagas

My posting, after being commissioned in to the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army in 1967 following the Young ...
Crocodiles and Education

Crocodiles and Education

When I look back on my life I begin to wonder if I have achieved anything of consequence.  To my ...
1984: Thirty-Two Years Later

1984: Thirty-Two Years Later

The passage of time has lent a surreal hue to the ghastly spine-chilling memories of 1984. Those who survived to ...
I.R.A. Activity in London - THE HARROD'S BOMBING

I.R.A. Activity in London – THE HARROD’S BOMBING

 It was unfortunate that the day our son Robert went to Harrods to buy a Christmas present for his father, ...
The Gold Watch

The Gold Watch

It was fortunate that Lilly was in the kitchen when the bomb went off. All the bay windows at the ...
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