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26 Jan, 44 tweets, 29 min read
The helicopters fly by.
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Lt. Gen. Vijay Kumar Mishra commanding the parade.

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Love watching our living #PVC warriors. #PVC Bana Singh Sir is missing. @banasinghpvc
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And the Bangladesh Army contingent goes marching by.
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And the horses go marching by....

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T-90 Bhishma. These men look like you don't want to mess with them. Ever.

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Tell me one other democracy, which would be happy with their tanks pointing guns towards their President :-)

A coup is something India can't even contemplate. Professionalism. Respect!

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Infantry Combat Vehicle - Sarath.

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And the Bramhos go gleaming by...

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Their war cry - "Swamiye Sharanam Aiyappa"

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The Pinaka Multi-barrel launchers...

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the Bridge Laying Tanks T-72

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SamVijay - Electronic Warfare system. Interesting...

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Schilpa Weapon System

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Rudra and Dhruv Helicopters

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And here come the marching bands...

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The Jat Regiment and the regimental band..

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The smart Garhwal Regiment....
War cry.. "Badri Vishal Lal ki Jai"

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The Mahar Regiment

War Cry - "Bolo Hindustan ki Jai"

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The Sikh Regimental Band... "Sarhad ke Rakhwaale"

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J&KRifles Regiment coming up next

War Cry - "Durga Mata ki Jai"

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Bengal Sappers

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Ladakh Scouts Band playing "Balidan"

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Madras Regiment Territorial Army Thambis next...

War Cry: "Veer Madrasi - Adi kollu, Adi kollu, Adi kollu"
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Indian Navy Brass Band - playing "Jai Bharathi"

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and the Naval marching contingent,

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Vayu Sena Band comes by - "Sound barrier quick match"

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Vayu Sena marching contingent.

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Heartening to see more and more women taking part / leading the contingents. Have been seeing an increase year on year.

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And Flt. Lt. Bhavana Pant. Looking very dapper and stylish. One of the first 3 women fighter pilots.

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The #LCA as part of the DRDO Tableau

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The Coast Guard Marching contingent...

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CRPF now...

Looks like the number of marching contingents is down this year... from 144 to 96 as the BH informs me.

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the ITBP band... playing one of my favourites.. "Kadam Kadam badhaye ja"

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The Delhi Police Band going by...

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Ooh.. ooh.. ooh.. I spy the camels in the background.. :-)

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Delhi Police marching contingent seems to be like Mumbai and the Ranji Trophy. Have won the best marching contingent 14 times.. well slightly less than Mumbai won the Ranji Trophy.

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And the camels are here. The camels are here. Sorry... I am a sucker for the camel contingent.

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Modiji wearing a Chatrapati Shivaji turban?:-)

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Oooh... the NSG contingent..

OK.. you really don't want to mess with these guys. They run the entire 3-4 KMs in that step... damn.. their knees, legs and core must be ridiculously strong..

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And the NCC boys go smartly marching by,,,

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..followed by the NCC girls marching contingent...

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Ok.. I am switching off now. Have no patience for the floats :-)

Happy Republic Day to all! Jai Hind!

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Bhavana Kanth* .. my apologies.

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28 Jan
Let us now look at the role the Media played.. or didn't play.
Why am I being told today that VMSingh has property worth 600 Cr? Who or what is a "gangster-turned-activist"? Why didn't the media highlight these guys? Surely there is a story there! Of course I realize that.. 1/n
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Surely the media should have done their jobs?

But then again, maybe I expect too much from our MSM. Is it any wonder that nobody trusts these news channels anymore?
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I must tender an apology today. An apology to Mr. Amit Shah and to this govt. On the 26th, while watching that yellow flag inside the Red Fort, I, like most other patriots, reacted emotionally. I felt that the Delhi Police should have pushed back harder.
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