Cantonment Chronicles

Cantonments and Military Stations are exclusive islands of inclusivity.... exclusive because they are akin to self-reliant islands landscaped to perfection by generations to whom they have been home; exclusive because they are alien to garbage piles, blaring horns and congested residential complexes; inclusive because their hallmark bonhomie and brotherhood extends to all; inclusive because they don’t differentiate on any grounds whatsoever.

A chaavni is the original prototype of a mini-Bharat which offers peaceful cohabitance to those who first and foremost identify themselves as Indians and next as members of a close-knit family called the Indian Military. And within these hallowed precincts blossom not just sagas of valour and patriotism but also heart- warming tales of a very different kind.

The protagonists of these stories don’t shoulder stars but step into the olive settlements with stars in their eyes and step out with trunkfuls of nostalgic memories.

Cantonment Chronicles dips into some of these and weaves them together to take you beyond battles, operations and missions into the unusual lives of ordinary people who have gustily entwined their destinies with the men in uniform.