Rushali Saha of the Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers interviews Colonel Naresh Rastogi, Indian Army, retired. Topics include many security-related issues facing the Indo-Pacific and India's place therein.
Commissioned in the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army in June 1957, he saw front-line action in the 1965 war, where the Pak Patton-Division was immobilized and destroyed. After fourteen years of service, he was transferred to Infantry, where, joining 8 Madras, he took active and leading part in the Bangladesh Operations in 1971, in Jessore-Khulna Sector.
Later, after the command of the Battalion, taking premature retirement, he had an eleven-year stint overseas.
Now, settled in Noida, a suburb of the National Capital, Delhi, and accompanied by his wife, he is fond of reading, writing and relaxing, especially with golf.
