It is Vijay Divas again, 53 years after India won the war that created Bangladesh. So, you will forgive me for reminiscing a little about my father: Sam Manekshaw, not ‘the Great Soldier’ but the ...

In 1942, a young Sam Manekshaw was shot several times during the battle at Sittang Bridge in erstwhile Burma. Seeing that the young Captain was unlikely to survive, Maj Gen DT Cowan pinned his own ...