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    LT COL NOEL ELLIS   19/III/2024   As days pass by after the train hijack in Pakistan, for which the BLA staked its claim, my mind has been churning because of how coolly the Pakis shifted the blame to India.   It was no surprise when DG ISPR, without naming India, referred to their ‘Eastern neighbour’ responsible for this train tragedy. Why would India or for that matter the world buy his argument? They have no proof, none whatsoever.   To deflect the issue and shift the narrative has been their USP. Citizens of Pakistan felt happy that they had found the conspirators, not realising that the person briefing them is the biggest culprit and conniver, as he was caught with his pants down when these attacks happened.   It can never be an ‘intelligence failure’ in Pakistan. ‘Raa’ tiptoed in, did their job, wiped off all evidence and sneaked out undetected. Their Army had no role to play except they deployed protection ‘pickets’ on that train route. Ther...

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    LT COL NOEL ELLIS   17/III/2025   At the very outset, I would like to thank ‘Mr Tahir Gora Chawla’ for giving me the idea of this ‘train’ through one of his Vlogs.   In 1947 there were ‘Trains’ from and to Pakistan. ‘Human massacre’ was done for no fault of the people who chose to change platforms when this all began.   In 1948 a train was sent to Baluchistan ‘forcefully’. They had sent another train to Jammu and Kashmir previously and took a sizeable portion of the territory from India illegally, which remains a bone of contention till today.   One train first brought ‘natural gas’ from SUI to Lahore. The irony was that people of Sui never got to use that gas but the people who never saw those gas fields were consuming it. It was the start of the ‘rift’. We are told that today that gas has run out.   Trains started bringing mineral resources from the sparsest populated state to the mainland, depriving the locals of...

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  LT COL NOEL ELLIS   15/III/2025   Sunlight was showering its blessings on the Drumstick tree, lighting up the top of its canopy. Early birds were out catching worms. Some were stretching and shaking off their laziness, while others appeared a little tense tweeting at top of their voices.   As usual, I waited for my friend ‘Greeny’ the Yellow Footed Green Pigeon’. She was building her nest and would have laid her eggs by now.   Greeny arrived. Generally, she starts whistling the moment she lands. Today, she was quiet as quiet could be. A little wait and I couldn't help asking her if all was well?   She turned around and showed her backside to me. What happened? No reply. Are you cross with me? No, she said and opened the floodgate of complaints.   I am not cross with you, but annoyed with the rest of ‘your kind’. The other day we had met when I had just started to build my nest, remember. How is it going? I laid two eggs in...

  Wishing all my friends and families a very Happy Holi. Sunset and Moonrise on the eve of holi through my lens makes my 🧡 Dil Khush 🧡

  LT COL NOEL ELLIS   12/III/2025   Train jacking was unheard of and it happened in none other than Pakistan. The BLA which has taken the responsibility has done it with thorough planning and surgical operation. ISPR is silent on the incident. The buzz is only on social media through which scanty details are emerging. There has been loss of life which is unfortunate.   The official response from Pakistan is expected on obvious lines. They would scale down the casualties of both their Armed forces personnel and civilians and exaggerate the numbers of the BLA forces killed. The culmination would be that they would tell the world that this is another “RAA ki Sazish”.   I would not go into the details of the Jaffar Express, the number of bogies and passengers, the starting station and its destination, the terrain it traversed and its route. All that is on the internet. This train had been cancelled for a while but had been restarted a little whil...

    LT COL NOEL ELLIS   09/III/2025   As I opened the door to pick up the newspaper, it felt unusually chilly. It was only yesterday that we had packed our woollens. There was no choice but to pull them out again.   The dawn was breaking and the bird activity around the feeder started with it. It is the sparrows, followed by the bulbuls and then the doves. An odd finch, Taylor bird or a Sunbird may also join, but today it was not that hectic.   Birds had perched on branches warming up with the first rays of sunlight. Most of them were all fluffed up like small balloons. I rushed inside to find my jacket and shoes, before I caught a cold.   I was looking forward to a conversation with Greeny the Green Pigeon. She and her family arrive and sit high above on the Drumstick tree everyday. Greeny arrived, sat for a minute and off she flew away. I thought she would return but she didn’t. I was hoping that Greeny would pose for me which was not to be.   I...

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  LT COL NOEL ELLIS   10/III/2025   Gabbar while walking ‘on the rocks’, holding his favourite leather belt with pointed nails with which he used to give special treatment to all those who dared to disobey him, kept asking Saamba “Kab Hai Holi” ……. In the meanwhile, Jai and Veeru formulated a master deception plan on the side lines which Gabbar never imagined.   A few days before Holi, people of Ramgarh celebrated Diwali instead. Gabbar got thoroughly confused when he heard crackers and saw fireworks bursting in every village around his hideout. Folks were on the roads; the mood was festive and jubilant as if Gabbar had been put in his place.   Well, that was the state of affairs in the Blue City. The sky was lit with sparklers. Crackers and “Patakhas” came out from the reserve stocks. Celebrations lasted till well beyond midnight. The whole town and especially our colony went into a frenzy of sorts. It was party time. The whole country had uni...

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