Oct 15, 2013: "Woh dekho upar kya hai?" Indian Roller looking up... From my archives
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
A Mumbaikar's Blogpost on the Patalpani Kalakund Ghat Section of Mhow
My friend Anuradha Shankar of Mumbai who is a well known travel writer writes on her experience of travelling on the Patalpani Kalakund Ghat Section. The journey was undertaken on 27 June. I and my photographer friend Raj Kumar Saini were with her.
It was indeed nice to actually meet a friend after so many years of 'virtual' friendship. Or may I call it e-friendship?
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Taking the train to a journey back in time
One of the four tunnels on this route. From my archives. Clicked in April 2012
It was indeed nice to actually meet a friend after so many years of 'virtual' friendship. Or may I call it e-friendship?
With Anuradha at Patalpani. Thanks to Raj Kumar Saini for clicking this lovely pic.
Click on the link below to read Anuradha's blogpost
Taking the train to a journey back in time
Pipes and Drums Band of 4/1 Gorkha Rifles Mesmerises Indore on I Day
Independence Day, 15 August 2015
Location: Regal Square Indore.
It was a solemn moment when Mrs Tripta Thapar mother of Kargil martyr Captain Vijayant Thapar (Vir Chakra) unfurled the national flag at the above venue as part of the 69th Independence Day celebrations. This function was being conducted by 'Apna Samooh,' a local NGO. The presence of an Indian Army band in sparkling white uniform was noticed by all even before the function commenced. This was the 'Pipes and Drums' band of the 4th battalion of the First Gorkha Rifles also known as 4/1 GR and nicknamed 'Fore One.'
Bandsmen in the Indian Army bands are soldiers first and they have other responsibilities too, in battle they also play the role of medical assistants and help in treatment and evacuation of casualties. All Indian Army bands are trained at the Military School of Music in the picturesque hill station cantonment town of Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh. This school is part of the Army Education Corps (AEC) Training College and Centre, Pachmarhi. The 4/1 GR Pipes and Drums has the distinction of having played at Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi.
The audience comprising of students, NCC cadets, ex-Servicemen and local gentry, was treated to the tunes of many national and martial songs. The smartly turned out Gorkha soldiers impressed one and all by playing the national anthem, the popular patriotic song 'Saare Jahan Se Achha Hindustan Hamara' and many more patriotic and martial tunes. The fifteen strong band is led by band major Havaldar Chandra Bahadur Gurung. It comprises of nine pipers, three buglers cum side drummers also called snare drummers, two tenor drummers and one bass drummer.
In a Pipes and Drums band the entire drum section is known as the drum corps. The tenor drummers and bass drummer are known as the 'bass section.'
All regiments and infantry battalions of the Indian Army have their own bands. The ‘Pipes and Drums’ or ‘Brass Bands’ are the official bands. Many battalions and regiments also have a jazz band which plays light music on social occasions.
Bandsmen in the Indian Army bands are soldiers first and they have other responsibilities too, in battle they also play the role of medical assistants and help in treatment and evacuation of casualties. All Indian Army bands are trained at the Military School of Music in the picturesque hill station cantonment town of Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh. This school is part of the Army Education Corps (AEC) Training College and Centre, Pachmarhi. The 4/1 GR Pipes and Drums has the distinction of having played at Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Republic Day Parade at Rajpath, New Delhi.
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