Anil Athale

Why I support General Rawat's appointment

'A seniority-based system created a situation where officers in the higher rank would know, years in advance, who amongst them would be the chief at some future date and the rest would not have a shot at the highest post!' 'Out of this idiotic concoction was born the media created myth of 'line of succession', as if the Indian Army was some kind of monarchy.'

Memories of a Prisoner of War

Anil Athale, then a young captain, was captured by Pakistani soldiers two days after the 1971 war broke out.

The coming of age of the Indian-American lobby

Anil Athale: The War of Shadows

Had Netaji lived