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  • Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)

Crossing The Khalubar Ridge: A Humbling Recollection

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Each one of us knew instantly, every time a martyr passed us, that it could have been any one of us instead. It was early July 1999. In the harsh...
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Crossing The Khalubar Ridge: A Humbling Recollection

Married to the Army First!

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Over the years, she realised we had sworn allegiance to the Olive Greens well before we married our soulmates. It was the third week of August 1999. Our Assault Team...
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Married to the Army First!

A Meal Without Their Commander: Tribute to Major Satish Dahiya, Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
When passion meets courage, there’s no looking back. Major Satish Dahiya embodied both. His supreme sacrifice on 14 February 2017 reminds us that our nation stands tall on the valour...
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A Meal Without Their Commander: Tribute to Major Satish Dahiya, Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)

Chain-Pulling Captain: The Wedding Day Rescue Mission

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
The ‘Chain-Pulling Captain’ saved the day, proving that action beats delay. At 25 years and eight months, my Red-Letter Day was near—I was to marry on 8 November 1993 in...
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Chain-Pulling Captain: The Wedding Day Rescue Mission

Learning to Fall: On-the-Job Training in the Sky

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Overcoming fear and embracing adventure comes to those who keep calm and control their minds. Do you have what it takes? We gain job skills and knowledge by actively performing...
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Learning to Fall: On-the-Job Training in the Sky

Laddoos, Loyalty, and the Line of Control

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
These morale-boosting, desi ghee churma laddoos, shaped by camaraderie and esprit de corps, carried the spirit of a man who simply refused to be left out of battle. The Indian...
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Laddoos, Loyalty, and the Line of Control

Physical Reality, and not Politically Correct Rhetoric, must shape India’s Combat Policy

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
The National Defence Academy is poised to witness a historic milestone. On May 30, its first cohort of 18 women cadets will graduate - a moment made possible by the...
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Physical Reality, and not Politically Correct Rhetoric, must shape India’s Combat Policy

Marching Into Battle: Can Gender Equality Withstand the Reality of Combat?

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
The National Defence Academy (NDA) is poised to witness a historic milestone. On May 30, its first cohort of 18 women cadets will graduate - a moment made possible by...
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Marching Into Battle: Can Gender Equality Withstand the Reality of Combat?

The Elusive Terrorists: Why it Takes Time, Toil, and Toll to Get Them

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
In the 2nd and final part of this article, we explore the operational realities, legal constraints, and moral dilemmas faced by our security forces as they track, confront, and neutralise...
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The Elusive Terrorists: Why it Takes Time, Toil, and Toll to Get Them

The Elusive Terrorists: Why it takes Time, Toil, and a Toll to Get Them

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By Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
In Part 1 of this article, we explore how, even three weeks after the Pahalgam massacre, the terrorists remain at large in the forest above Baisaran. Fifteen days after 26...
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The Elusive Terrorists: Why it takes Time, Toil, and a Toll to Get Them

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