On the Road to Tawang

Reaching Rupa

November 19th 2019
On the Road to Tawang The SUV was newly acquired Mahindra Scorpio S-11, that wife Rina nicknamed "Black Beast". Dear friend PT Bhutia & I decided to embark on a driving trip from Siliguri in Darjeeling foothills to Tawang in West Arunachal Pradesh, North East India. The mission was to drive through high altitude Sela & Bomdilla Passes and to pay obeisance to the guardian deity of Lord B ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more

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Mani K Gahatraj

Col Mani Gahatraj

An Indian Army war veteran of 1965 & 1971Indo-Pak wars, Col mani Gahatraj, born and schooled in Kalimpong, Darjeeling Hills, is an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington with Masters in Defence & Strategic Studies. Fatally wounded in the Battle of Chamb, Indo Pak War 1971, he is a Bronze Medalist from Army Cadet College and recipient of Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Medal. After 35 years of eventful military service across the Indian landscape, the veteran was a security advisor in the State Bank of India and a multinational corporation in Afghanistan. During the la... full info

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