Pinaka – Chapter 2

My first posting was in some remote corner of Assam, not far from Guwahati. Till a few years back, the area was hotbed of numerous insurgent groups due to it’s proximity with Bangladesh border. But by the time I was posted there, the terrorist movement had lost most of it’s steam. There were still a […]

Pinaka – Chapter 1

That long night, I found myself sitting under a rocky ledge on middle of a mountain trying to protect myself from the rainstorm in progress. Above me were dark clouds which had completely covered the night sky and 2 meters in front of me was a long, almost clean fall to a small mountain stream, […]

Pinaka – Story Introduction & Index

PINAKA book

UPDATE: A better edited and formatted version is available as ebook on Amazon on these links: Amazon: https://amzn.to/2YQ8GAY Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/68010729 Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1044350 Pothi: https://store.pothi.com/book/ebook-jaidev-jamwal-pinaka/ Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Jaidev_Jamwal_Pinaka?id=d6dIEAAAQBAJ You can still read the full unedited draft in the posts linked on this thread. It has several mistakes, but it is free to read. Two other stories […]

Goa Trip Day 5: Aviation Museum and Shopping

Waking up on day 4, we were shortlisting the places we could visit. There were a few day tours, boat rides and places which interested us, but they were spread all over. We decided to have breakfast outside and got ready for it. We asked hotel staff for best way for transport and they suggested […]

Indian Light Combat Aircraft LCA Tejas. Armament

Indian Light Combat Aircraft LCA Tejas Armament Guns: 1× mounted 23 mm twin-barrel GSh-23 cannon ( 220 rounds ). Air-to-air missiles: Astra, Vympel R-77 ( AA-12 Adder), Vympel R-73 (AA-11    Archer), Derby, Python-5 Air-to-surface missiles: Kh-59ME  standoff Missile Anti-ship missile:  Kh-35, Kh-31 Bombs: KAB-1500L laser guided bombs,  OFAB-500T dumb bombs, OFAB-250-270 dumb bombs, OFAB-100-120 […]