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During 1954-55 Mr. Nehru was extolling the 2,000 years of Sino-Indian friendship. China was, at that time, surveying various routes through Aksai Chin, while India remained apparently ignorant of this. India did not even know that a route
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“troops in battle require a cause and leadership and not threats.”
― Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain Raiser to the Sino Indian War of 1962
― Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain Raiser to the Sino Indian War of 1962
“Keep fear on a leash and keep moving. Never retreat from a confrontation that might have something valuable to teach you about your situation.”
― The House at the End of the World
― The House at the End of the World
“We have been outnumbered and out-weaponed”. This phrase concedes the ineffectiveness of the policy-makers of the nation.”
― Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain Raiser to the Sino Indian War of 1962
― Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain Raiser to the Sino Indian War of 1962
“We need to keep girls and women in the game. Not only is participation good for their physical and mental health, but it’s also good for the future of the sport.”
― Girls Don't Play Sport: The Game-Changing, Defiant Rise of Women's Sport, and Why it Matters
― Girls Don't Play Sport: The Game-Changing, Defiant Rise of Women's Sport, and Why it Matters
“Anyone who has tried to walk over a moss-covered boulder, in a new pair of Army boots without studs will understand the fury of the soldier at the persons responsible. Readers will also appreciate the enormity of the crimes of those who fed the Country and the Army with tall talk of self-sufficiency in arms productions, grandiose plans to build planes and tanks, while leaving the Army short of this simple, indigenously produced item.”
― Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain Raiser to the Sino Indian War of 1962
― Himalayan Blunder: The Curtain Raiser to the Sino Indian War of 1962
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