Even while fleeing China, the Dalai Lama had a confident smile on his face, recalls the soldier who escorted him across the border 58 years ago.
Deepak Das is upset that he lost out on a big oppor-tunity. His father, Naren Chandra Das, was one of the braveheart soldiers of the Assam Rifles who escorted the Dalai Lama to safety from the India-China border as he fled from Tibet in March 1959. Deepak didn’t know that. Fifteen years ago, he had appeared for a recruitment test for the Assam Rifles and failed to clear the fitness test. He now thinks he would have had a better chance, if he had known about his father’s rare distinction. “I came to know about it on April 3 this year when the Assam Rifles took him to Guwahati to meet the Dalai Lama,”says Deepak. “Had I known earlier, I would have told the recruiting officers.”
But the father doesn’t understand what the fuss is all about. “Why should I tell them about it?” he asks. “I had thought the world had forgotten about it. But, I was wrong. The director general of the Assam Rifles went through the records and traced me. He brought me to Guwahati during the felicitation of the Dalai Lama,” says Das, 76, who lives in Baliapara village in Sonitpur district of Assam.
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Ram temple not an issue in south
Much has been said this election season about the alleged north-south divide.
Haute and sweaty
In Mumbai, where I live and work, there is a severe heatwave going on. The highest temperature this month has been 40 degrees, sweltering and humid for the coastal city.
MOVE AWAY MARY!
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CALL OF THE WILD
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CEPA and beyond
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Brash and raw
When I chanced upon Raj Narain, who humbled Indira Gandhi
Lone voice of dissent
âI am keen to invite Parakala [Prabhakar] to Mumbai⊠What do you think? Do you know him?â A friend asked. No, I donât know the man. And no, it is not a good idea to invite him, unless you want to invite trouble, I replied.
Modi and the Muslim syndrome
I have long been intrigued by the prime ministerâs desire to hug every passing sheikh and sultan and his contrasting contempt for the ordinary Indian Muslim.
Assam Rifles not trained to guard borders; need separate force for Manipur border
Imphal is blanketed in darkness. The sun has set a little too soon in the valley, but N. Biren Singh is yet to call it a day.
SPOTLIGHT ON THE SENTINELS
Manipur government wants the Assam Rifles replaced, but the Union home ministry is focused on upgrading infrastructure and connectivity before deciding who guards the state