摘要:On the morning of 1 April 1960 in Shimla, I received a call informing me that I had been posted to Delhi. Before I could ask any further questions, the line went dead. I thought it was one of those April Fool jokes but, coincidentally, that afternoon in my office I received an official letter directing me to attend the first course of the National Defence College (NDC) commencing in two weeks time. ‘