Subtly leaning towards the rival faction Sudanese Armed Forces SAF led by General Abdel Fatah al-Burgan. The UAE support to the RSF is driven by economic interests as the latter is considered to be the protector of the former investments in Sudan. Saudi Arabia is supporting the SAF as it has greater international legitimacy. With no side willing to back off there is no end in sight in the Saudi Arabia-UAE rivalry. In March this year, China had brokered a dtente between Saudi Arabia and Iran following which these two West Asian rivals restored their diplomatic ties. Whether China extrapolates its role as a peacemaker to the other disputes between various BRICS members remains to be seen. With the expansion, BRICS is moving towards becoming a China-dominated forum. Besides, the BRICS is also projected as an anti-West forum which does not fit into foreign engagements of several members such as India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. The internal contradictions among various members would be a major impediment that could affect the functioning of this grouping in the future. This is a short account on when I got an opportunity to spend half a day with a few soldiers from the Indian Army. I was keen to ask them a few questions, just to get to know more about how Army life is like and what kind of discipline these soldiers have in their daily lives. Personally, I always look for new things to incorporate in life that can help one to improve as a person. As I got this opportunity, I thought there is nothing better than asking this from those who protect us day and night at the border without any failure. The very first thing we touched upon was how does army officials maintain the high order of discipline and alertness that they have on every second basis. There is no room for casualness, laziness, and wanting to go for the comfort option. One of the Army officials shared that they wake up at 4:30 am every morning without fail. There are times when they get to sleep early and get 6-7 hours of sleep, but there are days if given an order for late night duty, then they would end up staying up very late. Whether late or early, the reporting time for all in the morning sta Subtly leaning towards the rival faction Sudanese Armed Forces SAF led by General Abdel Fatah al-Burgan. The UAE support to the RSF is driven by economic interests as the latter is considered to be the protector of the former investments in Sudan. Saudi Arabia is supporting the SAF as it has greater international legitimacy. With no side willing to back off there is no end in sight in the Saudi Arabia-UAE rivalry. In March this year, China had brokered a dtente between Saudi Arabia and Iran following which these two West Asian rivals restored their diplomatic ties. Whether China extrapolates its role as a peacemaker to the other disputes between various BRICS members remains to be seen. With the expansion, BRICS is moving towards becoming a China-dominated forum. Besides, the BRICS is also projected as an anti-West forum which does not fit into foreign engagements of several members such as India, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt. The internal contradictions among various members would be a major impediment that could affect the functioning of this grouping in the future. This is a short account on when I got an opportunity to spend half a day with a few soldiers from the Indian Army. I was keen to ask them a few questions, just to get to know more about how Army life is like and what kind of discipline these soldiers have in their daily lives. Personally, I always look for new things to incorporate in life that can help one to improve as a person. As I got this opportunity, I thought there is nothing better than asking this from those who protect us day and night at the border without any failure. The very first thing we touched upon was how does army officials maintain the high order of discipline and alertness that they have on every second basis. There is no room for