Commanded By Destiny

`. . . for only men with courage and a sense of patriotism join the Armed Forces.'That is what General Satyawant Mallanah Shrinagesh wrote to his son Satish as he contemplated a career in the army.As one of the earliest Chiefs of Army Staff of newly independent India, he believed deeply that no institution embodied unity or nationalism more than the armed forces. Witnessing the transition of the Indian Army from a colonial force to a national one, he was steadfast in his conviction that a f...