Guptara Twins » Personal http://twins.guptara.net Suresh & Jyoti, Authors Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:31:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Swiss Armed Forces http://twins.guptara.net/2009/08/30/swiss-armed-forces/ http://twins.guptara.net/2009/08/30/swiss-armed-forces/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:57:53 +0000 admin http://twins.guptara.net/?p=124 More >]]> Because of his Swiss citizenship, Jyoti Guptara was drafted into the Swiss Armed Forces.  After scoring high marks in his recruitment tests and being awarded with the Sports Distinction, Jyoti trained in Thun with the Armoured Grenadiers (Panzergrenadier), one of the nation’s toughest units. Upon withdrawing for medical reasons, Guptara decided to do civilian service instead of switching to a less challenging unit.

Jyoti’s military service lasted from June to August 2009, during which time he wrote a weekly column for Tages-Anzeiger, Switzerland’s largest subscribed daily newspaper, about the experience of being an intellectual author in the boot camp of an elite strike force.

]]> http://twins.guptara.net/2009/08/30/swiss-armed-forces/feed/ 0 Suresh Finishes School http://twins.guptara.net/2007/07/29/suresh-finishes-school/ http://twins.guptara.net/2007/07/29/suresh-finishes-school/#comments Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:31:20 +0000 admin http://twins.guptara.net/?p=99 After four wonderful years at Bradfield College, Suresh has now finished his A-levels, scoring four As and a B (English Literature, French, German, Maths, Physics). He joins twin Jyoti in Switzerland as a full-time writer.

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