This month 25 years ago, India was caught unawares as Pakistani troops in the guise of terrorists intruded into the Kargil sector. What followed was a war that eventually culminated in an Indian military victory two months later.
I was then posted in Guwahati as the Northeast correspondent for ‘Outlook’ magazine. An urgent call from the Editor’s (Vinod Mehta) office brought me to Delhi where I was told to proceed to Leh the very next day.
The onward journey began on June 2, 1999 and the areas I had never visited before would be my area of operation for the next 45-odd days. It was tough but an experience I cherish to date; I recall the journey in this episode of ‘Simply Nitin’.
