M P Anil Kumar

All stories by M P Anil Kumar

The Great Escape: India's unsung war heroes
Rediff.com21 May 2014

Three Indian Air Force officers held as Prisoners of War in a jail in Rawalipindi made...

An Indian Prisoner of War escape story
Rediff.com20 May 2014

Three Indian Air Force officers captured as Prisoners of War by Pakistan during the '71...

The Flight Cadet who never gave up
Rediff.com22 Jun 2013

Adapting to disability is perhaps one of the greatest triumphs of human evolution....

Let's salute an unhonoured hero!
Rediff.com23 Nov 2012

That Lieutenant Colonel Brahmanand Avasthy deserved a gallantry medal for his...

Don't forget the IAF's role in the '62 war!
Rediff.com22 Nov 2012

China declared a ceasefire on November 21 and kept Aksai Chin as its trophy. The sinews...

Why we must salute the heroic saga of Joginder Singh
Rediff.com23 Oct 2012

Fifty years ago this day, October 23, Subedar Joginder Singh began the battle of his...

VVS, we will miss you
Rediff.com23 Aug 2012

With Laxman unpadding, looks like cricket has seen the last of the touch artistes, says...

India must offer the Maldives statehood within the Union
Rediff.com11 Jan 2012

The Maldives will be the nucleus of future security order in the Indian Ocean. Patently...

Here's to the folks of Goa, Daman and Diu!
Rediff.com19 Dec 2011

'The 67 sorties mounted from Jamnagar broke the Portuguese's will to fight, the army...

The Flying Hero of the 1971 War
Rediff.com13 Dec 2011

Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon is the only Indian Air Force warrior to be decorated with the...

Cricketer who announced the arrival of a New India
Rediff.com18 Mar 2011

'Think big, go for it big from the beginning itself, stay focussed, dodge distractions;...

Of Brazil and memories of another Cup
Rediff.com21 Jun 2010

A young school boy is enraptured by tales of Brazilian soccer magic and falls in love...

How the govt can reform the defence set-up
Rediff.com4 Aug 2009

Will only a Kargil-like bombshell goad the languid government into reforming the...

Star trek of the hare and the tortoise
Rediff.com30 Jul 2009

'Chinese arsenal and capabilities can be swivelled against India.'

Mr Antony, what's your agenda for India's defence?
Rediff.com23 Jul 2009

'With the Chinese behemoth having revved up into a menacing juggernaut, with the US...

Let's develop a military space programme
Rediff.com10 Jul 2009

One can only hope that the defence minister will goad the lazybones and will infuse...

ISI's rogue child has turned its guns on Pakistan
Rediff.com15 May 2009

'Hoist now with its own petard, Pakistan has hopelessly snared itself in this vortex of...

The Afpak flu and India
Rediff.com15 May 2009

The time is ripe for reduction of troops in a phased manner and moving the rest of the...

US erred in blindly trusting the Pak army
Rediff.com14 May 2009

Instead of summoning President Zardari to Washington to read the Riot Act, President...

Deceit comes naturally to Pak military!
Rediff.com14 May 2009

Pakistan pocketed a cool $953 million cheque while the American establishment still...