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KARGIL AND ITS AFTERMATH

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                                  Kargil and its aftermath Introduction                                                                   A Platoon after capturing a peak. 1999 was a very important year. Many back then awaited for the "millennium" and it was marked  by many technological advancements like the arrival and popularity of feature-phones etc.For India too,1999 was very important and many Indians associate the year with Operation Vijay or Kargil war which was a more popular name for a series of incidents which happened over a span of around two months.Generally the regiments mobilised were the Infantry battalions which were acclimatised to the area along with field artillery units.The war was made and featured in movies like LOC Kargil,Lakshya and Mausam which showed the operations executed by the IAF to some extent. The movie Mausam shows the operation Safed Sagar which was used to capture Tiger Hill. The Kargil war was an armed conflict which to

FOOTBALL AND INDIA: AN INTERESTING RELATIONSHIP

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                  :    Football    An interesting relationship                                                                          Introduction   As the whole world cheers for the finals of the FIFA World Cup   happening in Moscow on 15th of July I cannot help but be astonished and surprised as how this modest game has taken over this world in so many ways. This game has done much more than it was imagined it could.It has had humble beginnings  and a lot of history before becoming popular to this level.This post I would be writing about football its history and the affect it has had on the world. Current status- It is played by 250 million players in across 200 countries making it the most popular sport currently in the world. Lionel Messi  an Argentine football player receives a salary of 4 crore euros. The official song for the 2010 world cup- waka waka  had 1.9 billion views and  it was sung by the famous Colombian singer Shakira. A few more facts

IGNORANCE OF OUR HERITAGE

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Ignorance of our Heritage hello friends, Let us recall a few shootings sites from a few movies based on Indian History Today these two will be taken as examples to portray my idea. Let us begin... Which monument is this??                                                  Our second example will be this. Any guesses ?? Alright, let me show you these places in modern time. Introduction The places are Shaniwar Wada in Pune and the Amer/Amber fort near Jaipur. Both of these structures were built for the same purpose but were designed different with respect to factors like weather,culture and materials available in their places respectively. Due to modern times these structures are irrelevant and no longer serve the purpose they were originally built for. These forts are now icons of any city/town and portray the culture and history of the particular area. Meanwhile as foreigners prefer to spend their holidays in India,the tourism industry contri

Introduction

Hello Friends, I am  an adolescent boy living in a city in India.My name would mean famousness so that led to me starting a blog with this pseudonym. I have a lot of ideas and a lot of articles coming up which will be presented in this blog. I am new to this world of blogging and writing articles but I am sure that in a while you would like it. My blog and wine might have many similarities : They will be better after aging :0 I cannot decide the frequency of the articles but stay tuned for more updates.  Thanking you in advance.