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CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN THE TALK AND THE WALK

Indian Naval Despatch: Volume 4 No. 1 | by KP Sanjeev Kumar

Published Date: June 2023 | 8 min read | 12 Views

A series of articles in the Despatch have brought to the fore some difficult but essential conversations around morals and ethics. I make my debut in taking that conversation forward via some personal experiences, triggered by Cdr Allan Rodrigues’ insightful and moving story of his own days with 2Lt Arun Khetarpal, PVC (Posthumous) as the antagonist turned protagonist, and the wrenching and remorse that he felt about…

n Prakash’s furtherance of the discussion, I was initially hesitant to weigh-in on the subject; I can neither match the eloquence of their pens nor do I have any combat experience. On second thoughts, the same must be true for most contributors and readers today. It took Cdr Rodrigues 51 years to share his anecdote; I

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