'Before going to battle, Captain Anuj Nayyar gave me the engagement ring and photograph of his fiance.' 'I told him, "Why don't you keep it? It will motivate you to fight'.' 'He said he did not want the photograph to fall in the dirty hands of the enemy.' 'I wondered why he was giving it to me. Did he feel he would not return?'

'I told my commander that they were not militants, but full-fledged soldiers with machine guns.'

'It has been doing yeoman service for the people of the North East.'

The fight for freedom was long and hard and that is why it is important to go back to the monuments that celebrate those who fought the good fight.

'The entire electorate of Wayanad is joyful. Rahulji is with us and we are with him wherever he is.'

'A battery of six guns had a devastating effect because it can destroy men and material.'

'There was not a moment when the guns were out of action.'

Captain Anshuman Singh sacrificed his life saving the men entrusted to his medical care in the highest traditions of doctors that serve in the military.

'Hatred increases with every killing.' 'It sets one family against another.' 'The sooner it is stopped, the better.'

At a time when Manipur is burning, voices like Colonel Sapam's serve as a healing balm. 'These are voices that need to heard and their stories of peace and reconciliation must be retold -- over and over again.

The Agniveer passing out parade was as much about family celebration as it was a military event. Alongside the pomp, pageantry and discipline of the parade were the personal stories of families, their struggles and how far they had come.

Helicopter Pilot Wing Commander Deepika Misra rescued 47 people in an operation that lasted 8 days in flood-ravaged Madhya Pradesh.

The village in Maharashtra has continuously sent soldiers to the Army since World War I. Every other person you meet is a soldier or a retired soldier or is aspiring to be a soldier.

'For the first time since I've been following Indian politics, one heard voters talking about India's role on the world stage and the fact that, due to Modi's leadership, India was once again a great power.'

'Having India as a credible deterrent vis-a-vis Chinese ambitions in the Indian Ocean and South Asian region is a desirable short-term outcome.'

'The Modi visit will prove to be the watershed where India and the United States commenced technology trade and transfer.'

On the parade ground are sons of jawans, farmers, LIC agents, daily wage farm labourers, shopkeepers... all living their moment of triumph; their faces bright with the possibilities that lie ahead.

'China is playing the big global game.' 'Their ambitions lie far beyond the Line of Actual Control.'

'Three decades of intensive discussions, protocols and Confidence Building Measures were jettisoned one fine morning in 2020.' 'The primary lesson that has been learnt is that that there is no reliability about the Chinese.'

'We have to be prepared on the borders to withstand Chinese expansionist designs.'