Unkahi Buffering Beyond the Barrel

Unkahi was initiated as an independent house of conditioned minds born in and around the fraternity of Indian warriors with an aim of uniting the creative writers across the nation. The first collection of poems from the house called Unkahi: The Unsung (2021) was curated to nestle the poetic space for the muse of veterans and young officers alike. It was successfully able to spread its influence and inspiration across the national fabric among the tri-services. The second volume, Unkahi: Buffering Beyond the Barrel has breathed a new life into the archived leaves from the diaries of multiple writers and poets. It is a jewel of creative writings embedded with organic thoughts, spiritual interventions, episodes of flirting with destiny, touching narratives, fond memories, training immersions, proud moments, excerpts from curated conversations, memoirs, lifestyle stories and poetic reminiscences of the metaphysics of what it takes to stay committed to a cause; and the cause is nothing but one’s own motherland. It is a feeble attempt to unravel fighters’ inner life and reflections in any form that twinkles between reality and imagination. The Unkahi platform has gradually turned into an engaging ode to the human emotions in uniform, the enigma behind immaculate appearances and inherent art that lies in the nurtured moments of border and beyond; all that is intangible and unfathomable to the world outside the garrison and guarded premise. It has grown and prospered by leaps and bounds since 2021.