‘It Was Baisakhi Yet Cold, Biting Cold in Siachen’—The Rest Is Frozen In Time (Part I)
It all began on Baisakhi, 35 years ago but the occasion was anything but
celebratory—altitudes in excess of 20,000 feet, rarefied air, sub-zero
temperatures, treacherous terrain and weather that could fluctuate any moment.
On April 13, 1984, Operation Meghdoot was launched—India’s longest military
deployment, one that
