Naughtical Tales: Reminiscences of Iit and the Navy Through Fifty Years

By Tushar Dutt

Naughtical Tales is a collection of writings by Tushar Duttan alumni of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, batch 1965 (entry year)put together to celebrate their golden jubilee next year, 2015.

The stories take off from when he entered the hallowed portals in 1965 as a sixteen-year-oldentertaining, inspiring, and instructional vignettes of life at IIT and beyond into navy , teaching, and much more. The book is comprised of situations that are comic, inspirational, and profounda journey that continues.

An endearing, relevant, humorous, and lighthearted yet didactic read for the teenager and his grandparent and all others in between.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Oct 27, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496992529

Tushar Dutt

Tushar Dutt graduated in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, in 1970. Subsequently, he joined the Indian Navy, wherein he served until 1991. He took active part in both the Indo-Pakistan War in 1971 and The Sri Lanka operations in 1987. He retired in the rank of Commander. He then switched to the evolving world of direct marketing and, six years later, moved on to infrastructure consultancy in roads and water projects, which he pursued until 2008. He is now into freelance consultancy and teaching of technical and management subjects. His pastimes include playing golf, playing guitar, singing, writing, meditating, cooking, and gardening. His philosophy is, “One Life, Do it All!” He is based in New Delhi, India, and has two charming daughters. He can be reached at [e-mail].

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Published by AuthorHouse 09/30/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-9251-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-9252-9 (e)

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Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

A Small Incident

CAMPUS CAPERS

Branded ‘IITian’

Adult Movie

Oh, What a Year!

Driving Times

Coming Soon!

Dirty Harry

NAVY DAYS

‘Acting’ Sub Lieutenant*

My First Brush with Command

VMT Talwar – Element Drain Pump

Convoy Commander

To Russia and Back

‘Two in One’

AFTERLIFE

Anything is Possible

Back to the Future

The Journey Is my Reward

Foreword

We entered Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras almost fifty years ago in 1965 – bright eyed, somewhat bewildered boys at age sixteen. On the occasion of the golden jubilee celebrations in 2015, Naughtical Tales is my offering.

It is comprised of reminiscences, vignettes of life on campus, and beyond, into experiences in the navy and the afterlife. Comic, inspirational, and profound situations make it an endearing and humorous but relevant read for the teenager, the grandparent, and all others in between.

So welcome aboard. Let’s journey together. Read what IIT and the navy did to me, after ‘A Small Incident’.

Cheers!

Tushar Dutt

New Delhi, India

October 2014

Acknowledgements

I wish to thank the IIT, the Navy, my friends and Authorhouse for helping me bring out this book, in good time.

Resemblance to any of the characters in the book is purely intentional.

Special thanks to my prodigious Navy colleague and artist, Admiral Ganesh Mahadevan, for giving the book a naughty ‘look’ with his sketches and cover design.

As we say in the Navy, ‘Come hell or high water’—we brought out the book!

To my loving parents and daughters,

Dipannita and Nilanjana

for the carefree life I have led.

A Small Incident

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Thank you Maam - I felt like a VIP!

I am reminded of an incident some years back – fifty two years, to be precise. I was only thirteen and in my final year at school. Being underage, as a ‘special case’, I