Rediff

Do serious work but don’t take yourself seriously. The man who told me this is no more

by Nitin A Gokhale

09 Oct/14

NDTV, Rediff

Some time in 1984, in Guwahati, I was still undecided about continuing in journalism after having joined The Sentinel in May 1983. The mind was torn between giving another shot at CDS (Combined Defence Services) exam after having lost a chance to join the Indian Air Force because my graduation…

Lashkar planned to take hostages in Herat: new details emerge with photographs

by Nitin A Gokhale

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04 Jun/14

NDTV, Rediff

A Lashkar-e-Toiba hit squad was assigned to take hostages and lay siege on the Indian consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, to coincide with the grand oath ceremony of the Narendra Modi government in Delhi on May 26, security sources in the Indian establishment have now concluded after studying the pattern of…

Pakistan Army has sold a myth on Siachen

by Nitin A Gokhale

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10 Apr/14

Rediff

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No AC rooms in your city, Mr Chief Minister?

by Nitin A Gokhale

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29 Dec/13

Rediff

(http://www.rediff.com/news/column/arvind-kejriwal-this-is-the-chief-minister-to-emulate/20131227.htm) The media and social media are abuzz about the no-frills style of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Delhi’s to-be-CM Arvind Kejriwal, both very unusual politicians in today’s India. But India has not seen a chief minister like Nripen Chakraborty whose spartan lifestyle and frugal habits were the…

Many tales of duty and dedication from Uttarakhand

by Nitin A Gokhale

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28 Jun/13

General, NDTV, Rediff

Sitting amidst Indian Air Force helicopter pilots less than 36 hours after they had lost five of their buddies in the Mi-17 crash, provided an object lesson in putting duty before self. Grieving they certainly were over the loss of close friends and colleagues but the sorrow was channelised in doing…