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k-s-nair.bsky.social

Former schoolboy WW2 nut. Author, "Ganesha's Flyboys" (Anveshan 2012), "The Forgotten Few" (HarperCollins 2019), "December in Dacca" (HarperCollins 2022); & two more forthcoming. Interested in India & other under-reported areas. DP courtesy Steve Smith

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Earlier this month, had the privilege of attending & speaking at #DibrugarhUniversity's Int'l LitFest. Not the best-known of India's many litfests, but should be better known - sylvan location, great weather & AQI, bright-eyed univ students 😊 I know, I know; I am always late to these posts!! ...

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1/5: It's 15 February. In keeping with my interest area, #OTD in 1944, Fg Off (later Air Cmde) JC Verma of 6 Sqn, #IndianAirForceinWW2 & Plt Off Inder Bhattacharji, on a Tac/R sortie in support of encircled 7 Indian Div on the Arakan front, were bounced by Japanese Oscar fighters ... /2

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Hello BlueSky-ers (what's the appropriate collective noun?). Newbie here, but a few years on the "other place". Happy Valentine's Day, where appropriate; and I'll be back with more interest-specific content soon!!

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