Happy Diwali Munni!
In this poignant verse, Lily tells us the story of Diwali. Here’s her take on the Festival of Lights, in the special feature on Diwali, for Different Truths. The beauteous...
Meerut: Life in the Second Largest Cantonment Replete with History and Camaraderie
Meerut was the place where the first rumblings of rebellion against the British started in 1857. Soldiers of the Bengal Cavalry were given cartridges that were covered with paper, smeared with...
Army Life in Dinjan: The Land of Fauna, Flora, Fear and Folklore
Dinjan, the Cantonment, was famous for its airfield. It was built by thousands of plantation labourers on an Assam tea plantation, in March 1942, due to the Japanese invasion of Burma....
The Trial and Tribulations of Life of an Army Wife in Kathua District
Lily went in an auto-rickshaw to teach in Kathua town. The ride was long but she enjoyed the young vibrant faces of the college students. Militancy was rearing its monstrous head...
I met Goddess Durga as an Army Wife in Bengal and the Gorkha Regiment
The Durga Puja celebrations in Bengal were definitely very memorable as a perceptible aura of vivacity and verve presided over the holy and divine solemnity. Ladies dressed in their traditional attire...
Invocation to Mahishasuramardini
Lily invokes the slayer of the buffalo-demon, Mahisasuramardani in this verse for the Durga Puja special feature, in Different Truths. O Cosmic energy incarnate Hail Shakti, Sati, Kali, Parvati Hail...
A Slice of Army Life in the Serenity of Pune
In 1817, the third Anglo-Maratha war broke out between the British East India Company and the Marathas. The Peshwas were defeated in Khadkee, called Khirkee, by the British, and the city,...
Army Life in Tea Gardens: Where Elephant Herds Robbed and Leopards Prowled
From the deserts we moved to the eastern part of the vast Indian land. Each state has such diversity that one never ceases to be goggle eyed at the alluring...
Fun, Frolic, Magic-n- Mystery Mingled like Splendorous Peacock Plumes at Alwar
The posting at Alwar excited Lily as she had heard of the daunting forts and quaint gullies and bazaars of the towns of Rajasthan, brimming forth textiles and crafts. Alwar was...
A Slice of Life of an Army Officer’s Wife in Deolali, a Picturesque Hill Resort
Lily tells us about Deolali Camp. It was a Class 1 Cantonment built in 1869 for the rest and recuperation of World War II troops. Situated on a plateau 2000...