tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post5213193915708204058..comments2024-03-28T16:24:00.985+05:30Comments on CYCLIC: Dead Stick In An HT-2CYCLIChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01141224220070565546noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-50699568300934055472020-06-25T07:47:37.044+05:302020-06-25T07:47:37.044+05:30Absolutely fabulous. Get well soon and get back to...Absolutely fabulous. Get well soon and get back to more of this kind of writing<br /><br />shivbennedosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537067559716764973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-60101053559299214222020-06-24T21:38:24.643+05:302020-06-24T21:38:24.643+05:30Enjoyed reading the article. As good a writer as a...Enjoyed reading the article. As good a writer as a pilot. Hope to read more where that came from.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11889890748824798846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-71097191596788017612019-06-06T10:10:42.047+05:302019-06-06T10:10:42.047+05:30Dear Wg Cdr Kartha, I am one of your ardent fans. ...Dear Wg Cdr Kartha, I am one of your ardent fans. Recently I received your article re S*** P**. I nearly died laughing. Shared it on FB. And now HT-2 Deadstick. Just too funny. Hope you are faring well. Mini MenonMini Menonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00959045728865593829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-16058093214038508522018-06-21T22:18:02.216+05:302018-06-21T22:18:02.216+05:30what I fail to understand is how 840 becomes 480 a...what I fail to understand is how 840 becomes 480 after the incredible flight - sort of displacement after you lose the engine??Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12851209671218086702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-66962254093450723572017-09-16T03:16:29.367+05:302017-09-16T03:16:29.367+05:30Dear Cyclic
Just saw an article of yours written a...Dear Cyclic<br />Just saw an article of yours written about your days at Chabua an you finding Kempy after he punched out<br />So I assume that you are my old classmate from Model High School, Trivandrum and we also met later at Chabua.<br />It would be great to connect with you again<br />Cheers, Suresh( suresh.venkita@gmail.com)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380924238598052007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-72196666390281793462015-09-27T14:13:11.854+05:302015-09-27T14:13:11.854+05:30Dear Cyclic,
It is indeed a pleasure to read your...Dear Cyclic, <br />It is indeed a pleasure to read your articles which at times I often forward to my friends. Though I'm a pure civilian I'm able to relate very closely with the content of your articles which you write so well, as my father was one of the pioneers of the then RIAF, which he joined as a "Hawai Sepoy" in 1933. <br />I has forwarded your very apt rejoinder to Chetan Bhagat, as usual, to a number of people & promptly got a few queries to check if I knew where you reside !<br />Warm Regards, <br />Prem BhaskaranAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02122256986353818082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-71113515282657034882015-08-19T22:41:40.620+05:302015-08-19T22:41:40.620+05:30Dear Sir,
Thanks for sharing the details.
You are...Dear Sir, <br />Thanks for sharing the details.<br />You are correct ,the networking syndrome is a time killer ,loads of time wasted.<br />I will get in touch with you both by email and call. <br />Regards.<br />Shalini. <br /><br /><br />writingbugghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099782603728317688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-4911037676719654762015-08-19T20:01:32.933+05:302015-08-19T20:01:32.933+05:30Dear Shalini,
You can call me any time day or ni...Dear Shalini,<br /><br />You can call me any time day or night, or send email on ugkartha@gmail.com - you are welcome !! Almost all my fans who started as ‘Anonymous’ on my blog are now personal friends, my ‘Janga Manga Vastu’ - valuable assets.<br /><br />I am from the old world, quite 3G dumb, and hence don’t subscribe to what is up or down, don’t twit, have an ass book or try to be linked in !! In fact I consider such networking a social decease. However, I do like to speak and write sensible things, make friends, do SUPW (socially useful and productive work) and things like that. So you would have to either call or send mail.<br /> <br />I have a few spare copies of ‘Camphor Avenue’ and its sequel ‘Veer Kumars Of Rajwada’, silly stories of a bunch of incredibly mischievous boys (including me) growing up in a boarding school in Dehra Dun (11-16 yrs olds), and what mischief of a different kind we did when we grew up and became soldiers. I can give you a copy of each. They have been reprinted several times but gets sold out as soon as they come off the press !! Sriav Creations at Ghaziabad, sriavcreations@hotmail.com ISBN 978-81-926790-0-6 & 978-81-926790-2-0. <br /><br />Best regards,<br />Cyclic<br /><br />CYCLIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01141224220070565546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-58262909654413227372015-08-19T17:46:17.327+05:302015-08-19T17:46:17.327+05:30Sir ,
Indeed a pleasure to read this response .Si...Sir , <br />Indeed a pleasure to read this response .Sir, that picture is mine and if you really feel that I should change it to Writing Butterfly ,I will .Sounds chirpy, cheerful and happy and as the suggestion has come from you ,I will try getting the blog registered as same . My blog is not yet registered was just writing to engage myself and the thoughts that passed by every now and then. <br />Thank you so much sir for all those appreciative words .I come from a defence background .My father is a retired Colonel from the Artillery and was a part of the 1971 war just after his YO. I am rooted to the men, the uniform and everything that has to do with them, though I could not make it there. Regrets but no regrets will find some way to be with them. <br />About the article on your friend Joe <br />Must say everyone who read it, whoever I shared with including my father were moved and thought over it before reading it back again. It was forwarded to me by a school friend who is a serving Colonel now. That is when I started searching for you online. I posted the same on my blog .It has so much to teach and learn from .But if you feel it should be removed, as you have already done I will.Please do let me know. <br />Sir, he was your friend and breathes in your reminiscences but for us he is a valiant and that is the reason for a picture. But there is magic in your writing, without a picture you could put across the message and introduce us to your dear friend Joe. That is what is incredible. After reading such narratives it is painful to see our men struggle out there for OROP in front of people who will never understand what it is to be out there.<br />I will surely get in touch with you .Do let me know if you use Watsapp ,if so then I can also add you there with your due permission .Do let me know the right time to call you . <br />Regards. <br />Shalini ( Soon to be writingbutterfly)<br />writingbugghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099782603728317688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-79787679218751087452015-08-16T21:48:27.797+05:302015-08-16T21:48:27.797+05:30Hi Writing Bugg,
If that is really your photo that...Hi Writing Bugg,<br />If that is really your photo that accompanies your by-line and blog, then you ought to change your name to ‘Butterfly’. In my humble opinion, a Bug (or Bugg) is not an appropriate pseudonym for a person with such a beautiful, articulate, brilliant mind. I too live in Hyderabad (Balapur near RCI). I sometimes get lonely. So call me, inspire me (+98102 52959).<br /><br />Late Col Joe Swittens was a great friend, a brother I still love and cherish. He died peacefully in his sleep, in Pune, about four years ago due to cancerous growth in his brain as big as a lemon. Twice the docs took it out. But it kept growing back. The third time it was fatal. About three days before he died, not aware that he was going to die, I spoke to him, invited him to come and live with me, so that I can write his life story, a story that would make a reader laugh and cry at the same time from beginning to end. He laughed it off, said ‘ my story is not worth telling’. I have never known a better man who laughed, and made other people laugh, despite the most tumultuous ups and downs of the vagrancies of life. The eulogy that you perhaps refer to was written on his first death anniversary, without any background research, just as it flowed from the recesses of my dementia. His family did not find it a befitting eulogy and hence on their request I took it off my blog. I regret that it has gone viral in the vastness of internet. <br /><br />My friends are indelibly etched in my mind and hence I really don’t bother to keep photos. I will try and search through my archives and see whether I can find a photo, there were many but I am not sure where they are. <br /><br />Best regards<br />CYCLICCYCLIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01141224220070565546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-12514873774727322532015-08-15T14:54:12.546+05:302015-08-15T14:54:12.546+05:30Gr8 writing .Sir would you have a picture of Col J...Gr8 writing .Sir would you have a picture of Col Joe, could add it to your narration on the last POW of 1971.Just a thought.writingbugghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099782603728317688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-9830017713555031212015-08-15T14:54:10.038+05:302015-08-15T14:54:10.038+05:30Gr8 writing .Sir would you have a picture of Col J...Gr8 writing .Sir would you have a picture of Col Joe, could add it to your narration on the last POW of 1971.Just a thought.writingbugghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099782603728317688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-89436798859889627422015-08-15T14:53:43.008+05:302015-08-15T14:53:43.008+05:30Gr8 writing .Sir would you have a picture of Col J...Gr8 writing .Sir would you have a picture of Col Joe, could add it to your narration on the last POW of 1971.Just a thought.writingbugghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15099782603728317688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-70073284233539907022014-11-16T10:02:04.110+05:302014-11-16T10:02:04.110+05:30Great keep writing,eagerly await your next blog.I ...Great keep writing,eagerly await your next blog.I am friend n coursemate of Anjit Bose.He has fond memories of you n Chabua<br /><br />Col AS RajanA Sunder Rajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08217401972211322674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-79640238721344547232014-04-25T21:29:35.209+05:302014-04-25T21:29:35.209+05:30Absolutely fascinating !!!Absolutely fascinating !!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06220794432791771889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-16180557552859917352013-08-05T00:41:50.771+05:302013-08-05T00:41:50.771+05:30Ahahaha!! Looks like she missed out on much!! Leav...Ahahaha!! Looks like she missed out on much!! Leave her be with her mascara wands and face pancake Sir.<br />& you take care:)<br /><br />Miss MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-18026921243314131082012-12-24T09:03:17.279+05:302012-12-24T09:03:17.279+05:30Hahahaha, the C'Garh girl. She didn't want...Hahahaha, the C'Garh girl. She didn't want to marry me, like all the girls that I proposed to in my youth. She is now a highly soughtafter, page 3 type, 'make-over artist' like the C-Eng-O in Bidar. Never met her again.<br />One of these days I should go over to her and ask whether she can paint my gully and do a make over, make me 25 again, fit me out with a new engine and propeller, so that I can fly like an HT-2, all over again !!!!CYCLIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01141224220070565546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-4457480396376921032012-12-24T01:21:31.709+05:302012-12-24T01:21:31.709+05:30Sir that account about that Chandigarh girl!!
It&#...Sir that account about that Chandigarh girl!!<br />It'd be quite something. Eagerly waiting :D<br /><br />Miss MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-60072688696724625032012-04-09T12:17:41.782+05:302012-04-09T12:17:41.782+05:30Gp Capt Unni Kartha, your writings make interestin...Gp Capt Unni Kartha, your writings make interesting reading and are well written. I recommend you also read tkstales@wordpress.. again brilliantly written like you by a senior airforce officer but a slightly earlier era onwards..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-4329432963227974572012-03-13T12:28:40.542+05:302012-03-13T12:28:40.542+05:30An absolute thrilling story Sir!!!
Speaks a lot a...An absolute thrilling story Sir!!!<br /><br />Speaks a lot about the ruggedness of HT2 and of course your piloting skills.Varunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01562190403869836014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-59223095581894595782012-03-10T18:08:28.721+05:302012-03-10T18:08:28.721+05:30Great one Sir!Great one Sir!Cdr Rajinder Gianihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369602331023492627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-75132592077529534572012-02-14T23:36:53.033+05:302012-02-14T23:36:53.033+05:30Good to hear that you are back. And from the story...Good to hear that you are back. And from the story I can see that you are raring to go.MKnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-47815602431417942462012-02-12T02:09:46.899+05:302012-02-12T02:09:46.899+05:30If then,
Pump up the volume sir!
Take care and don...If then,<br />Pump up the volume sir!<br />Take care and dont crowd the tombs yet any where,<br />you have the Joy stick! Ride it to the last!<br />Cordialament<br /><br />From La Defence Paris FranceSophia Moronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120021249865682144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-72110008587485011832012-02-08T14:27:16.174+05:302012-02-08T14:27:16.174+05:30Hey guys,
Heaven sake, stop telling me to get well...Hey guys,<br />Heaven sake, stop telling me to get well. Nothing wrong with me, my pump required a small repair, I went to the workshop, and now it is running fine. As simple as that. I appreciate your concern and love you all the more for it. Thanks & CheersCYCLIChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01141224220070565546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915751989137189583.post-54898416789123354262012-02-08T13:44:09.343+05:302012-02-08T13:44:09.343+05:30dear sir get well soon....we have many more storie...dear sir get well soon....we have many more stories to hear from youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com