Ragda Sessions at the Officers Training Academy, Chennai
Sept 3, 2020
Nawang trained at the Officer Training Academy in Chennai. This grueling training prepared him to become an officer in the Indian Army.
To make them take on the rigours of the Army, cadets are awarded exercises called Ragda. Ragda sessions are intense to build up the spirit. Ragda are of 2 types – productive like push-ups, pull-ups, toe-touches for physical strengthening or punishment like front rolling, side-rolling.
Clothes get dirty in mud. So cadets keep them dirty and don’t wash them. Calling it – DPR – dirty physical training rig
In his letters home Nawang describes the Ragda sessions
“ The Ragda is getting a daily affair. It is all fair and fun. It is amazing how much further I can push myself and still feel no pain and enjoy it later. “