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THIS IS OUR LATEST CONSOLIDATED ACTION POST - OCT 2023 (updated)
SPARSH SOME EMERGING ASPECTS
SPARSH is the acronym used for “System for Pension Administration Raksha” and is an integrated system for automation of sanction and disbursement of Defence Pension.
GO STEADY & SLOW
Most young tree saplings spend their early decades under the shade of their mother's canopy. Limited sunlight means they grow slowly.
Slow growth leads to dense, hard wood.
But something interesting happens if you plant a tree in an open field: free from the shade of bigger trees, the sapling gorges on sunlight and grows fast.
Fast growth leads to soft, airy wood that didn't have time to densify.
and soft, airy wood is a breeding ground for fungus, disease, and ultimately a short life.
BANK MERGER - AN INSPIRING STORY
Syndicate Bank merged with Canara Bank on 1st April 2020.
With bank mergers taking place and banks losing their identity, here is a little-known story of a once-private Syndicate Bank, which started with a 25-paise deposit...
There are three reasons why Syndicate Bank is important in the evolution of India as a wealth generator and for working towards the upliftment of the masses.
EXPIRY IN MEDICINES
Before 1979 no expiry date was mentioned on medicines, this practice started in USA in 1979. An article shared by Dr Mohsin Jaffer of Florida, USA_
*DO MEDICINES REALLY EXPIRE OR ARE WE TAKEN FOR A RIDE?*
*A Family of Doctors in England & in Mumbai* have been hammering the point that *medicines don't expire....*
By Richard Altschuler
If a bottle of Tylenol, (Paracetamol) for example, says something like "Do not use after June 1998," and it is August 2002, should you take the Tylenol? Should you discard it? Can you get hurt if you take it? Will it simply have lost its potency and do you no good?
RESTAURANT - THIS WORLD IS
*यह दुनिया एक रेस्तरां*
रात मैं पत्नी के साथ होटल में रुका था। सुबह दस बजे मैं नाश्ता करने गया। क्योंकि नाश्ता का समय साढ़े दस बजे तक ही होता है, इसलिए होटल वालों ने बताया कि जिसे जो कुछ लेना है, वो साढ़े दस बजे तक ले ले। इसके बाद बुफे बंद कर दिया जाएगा।
1972 - USA
The facts Some history not to be forgotten
The year was 1971 and the month November.
"If India pokes its nose in Pakistan, US will not keep its trap shut. India will be taught a lesson"
- Richard Nixon.
"India regards America as a friend. Not a boss. India is capable of writing its own destiny. We know and are aware how to deal with each one according to circumstances"
- Indira Gandhi
PRAYER - OF KIND
*'The real reason for our blessings'*
There is a cafe near my house which is mostly full of customers & we invariably have to wait. I have noticed many times that a person comes and takes advantage of the crowd & after eating, secretly leaves without paying.
WAR-MONGRERES
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/stop-worrying-and-love-the-bomb-proxy-war-with-russia-is-sliding-toward-apocalypse/ar-AA13qHkQ?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=e85bd48d2ed149c39f68fcdd2030616e
*This article originally appeared at ScheerPost. Used by permission.*
I have covered enough wars to know that once you open that Pandora's box,
the many evils that pour out are beyond anyone's control. War accelerates
the whirlwind of industrial killing. The longer any war continues, the
closer and closer each side comes to self-annihilation.
PAKISTAN'S PROBLEM
*Pakistan's General Problem.*
How Pakistan's Generals turned the country into an international jihadi tourist resort. By Mohammad Hanif
_(Mohammed Hanif is the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008), his first novel, a satire on the death of General Zia ul Haq)_
What is the last thing you say to your best general when ordering him into a do-or-die mission? A prayer maybe, if you are religiously inclined. A short lecture, underlining the importance of the mission, if you want to keep it businesslike. Or maybe you'll wish him good luck accompanied by a clicking of the heels and a final salute.
OROP - OBSESSION
*HOW OROP BECAME AN OBSESSION ?*
By Brig BL Poonia, VSM (Retd)_
_On this issue, the govt's stand in the Supreme Court was crisp clear, that this being a policy matter, it fell exclusively within the domain of the Executive, and the Judiciary had no jurisdiction to dictate terms and conditions._
_The Ex-Servicemen's League quoted the Finance Minister's speech in the Parliament defining OROP. But the Supreme Court said, "It cannot issue a mandamus to implement a statement made in the Parliament. A minister's statement given during a budget speech is not legally enforceable, that is our judgment."_
SIACHIN DEAL
Today, the man himself who witnessed the deal between India and Pakistan has exposed the Congress's double face.
*'Shyam Saran, who was the Foreign Secretary of India until 2006,* in his upcoming book part-history-part-memoir titled *'How India Sees the World,'* has revealed that he along with his Pakistani counterpart Riaz Mohammad Khan had struck a deal on *'Orders of Congress Government to take back Indian troops and give away the Siachen Glacier to Pakistan.'*
RANKS - ARMY NEEDS TO LEARN
ARMY NEEDS TO LEARN
By
Brigadier V Mahalingam (Retired)
The pay commission has done it yet again. The Army has not been equated with the IAS. Was it not expected? The problem with the Services is, we are not prepared to change or learn. I believe, the so-called pyramid is a self-created one and the problem can be overcome only if we are prepared to change. There are two clear ways out of the problem.
I CARDS MARRIED DAUGHTERS
*Exclusion of ex-servicemen's married daughters from ID cards unconstitutional: HC*
The exclusion of married daughters for granting identity (ID) cards to dependents of ex-servicemen in terms of guideline 5 (c) of the Guidelines is violative of Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution, the High Court of Karnataka has ruled.
Justice M Nagaprasanna said this while directing the authorities to issue an ID card to Priyanka R Patil, the daughter of an ex-serviceman.
THE NEUROBICS
*The Neurobic*. Alzheimer's causes the person to lose memory and can no longer have feelings of pleasure and joy, nor control of their own organs.
The patient loses the Consciousness about his actions and his own Identity, because he will no longer be able to recognize himself. He loses character, will and power of decision, they do not recognize his friends and family, and not even his own children.
CONVERSIONS धर्मांतरण पंजाब में
पंजाब में 65000 पादरी है , जिस चर्च के 14 साल पहले सिर्फ 3 मेंबर थे -वो अब है तीन लाख 300000 सदस्य: पंज प्यारों की जमीन पर 'पगड़ी वाले ईसाइयों' की छाया कैसे.....सबसे बड़ा सवाल यह है कि पंज प्यारों की जमीन पर देखते-देखते ही कैसे 'पगड़ी वाले ईसाई' छा गए। इस सवाल का जवाब देने में जितनी देरी होगी, धर्मांतरण माफिया की जड़ें उतनी ही मजबूत होती जाएगी।
SOCIAL RULES
*SOME SOCIAL RULES THAT MAY HELP YOU*
These *Manners* are a part & parcel of the life of an Officer of the Armed Forces
*Rules*
1. Don't call someone more than twice continuously. If they don't pick up your call, presume they have something important to attend to;
2. Return money that you have borrowed even before the person that borrowed you remember or ask for it. It shows your integrity and character. Same goes with umbrellas, pens and lunch boxes.
HOME
*PERMANENT ADDRESS*
I was only 9. There was pensive silence at home when days after the happy news of my dads promotion in a nationalised bank he received orders of transfer as a branch manager to a small village in Rajasthan. We were then in Ahmedabad and this also happened to be the time he was building a house next to our ancestral home.
I had seen him struggle with numbers, adding, subtracting, circling staff loans and FDs he would break and putting a question mark against a few empty spaces in the total.
DESTRUCTION OF A NATION
*SELF DESTRUCTION OF A GREAT NATION*
*MUKUL DEV*
India is the only country where there are 400+ Lt Gen rank wearing police officers (Army has 83 Lt Gens, though being 1.3 million).
Out of 400 plus DG and ADG post officers, 40 plus are drawing salary equivalent of Army Comander from 25 years of service till they retire( even DG NDRF having strength less then 5 infantry battalions draw Army commanders salary).
CYBER CRIME ALERT
CYBERCRIME ALERT..
Today I wish to alert you all about the devastating effects of AI in our every day life, subjecting one to financial and other frauds, based on my personal experience. I always used to believe that nothing would happen to me and used to listen to all such stories with a pinch of salt.
Old days
THOSE WERE THE DAYS 😊
My mum used to spread butter on bread to make sandwiches, chop eggs, vegetables & fruits on the same cutting board with the same knife, but we didn't seem to get food poisoning.
Our school sandwiches were wrapped in paper in a brown paper bag, not in ice pack coolers and stayed that way till lunchtime but I can't remember anyone getting E. Coli.
WEDDING IN RUSSIA
*WEDDING IN RUSSIA:*
By Sudha Narayan Murthy,
Wife of Mr Narayan Murthy, Infosys )
She writes:
"Recently I was in Moscow, Russia. The Day I Went to the Park, it was a Sunday.
It was Drizzling and Cold, though it was Summer.
I was Standing under an Umbrella and Enjoying the Beauty of the Place... when Suddenly, My Eyes Fell on a Young Couple.
SIKHS
AMAZING HISTORICAL FACTS - SIKHS IN DELHI
If you are a North Indian and especially if you are a delhite , You must be aware of some popular places in Delhi such as : Mori Gate, Tees Hazari, Mithai Pul, Moti Bagh (Nanak Pura) etc.
Now please go through this write up to know the history behind these names:
LONGEWALA - GOD & LUCK
NARRATIONS ON BATTLE OF LONGEWALA AS EXPLAINED BY VARIOUS OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN THIS BATTLE INCL THE CO OF 38 CAV (PAK ARMY)
AND A TRIBUTE TO BRIG KS CHANDPURI
Battle of Longewala (4–7 December 1971) was one of the first major engagements in the western sector during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, fought between assaulting Pakistani forces and Indian defenders at the Indian border post of Longewala, in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan state in India. (CONTINUE READING MORE)
KARTARPUR SAHIB
CELEBRATING 550 SALA PURB OF GURU NANAK DEV JI'S AND VISITING KARTARPUR SAHIB IN PAKISTAN.
** ੴ ··· ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ·· ੴ☬ ਸਤਿਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਪ੍ਰਗਟਿਆ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਧੁੰਦ ਜੱਗ ਚਾਨਣ ਹੋਇਆ **
** सतिगुरु नानकु प्रगटिआ मिटी धुंधु जगि चानणु होआ । **
** सतिगुरु नानकु प्रगटिआ मिटी धुंधु जगि चानणु होआ । **
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MCTE
SHORT FILM ON "A WALK THROUGH" - MILITARY COLLEGE OF TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
1. It is a matter of great honour and utmost pride that MCTE, Mhow , An Elite Institution, celebrated its Platinum Jubilee on 01 Oct 2021. Its a glorious Alma Mater, of not only Signals but also of All Arms and Cadets as of today, training them into higher levels of technology absorption, based on operational necessities and emerging challenges of future wars.
2. Many Signals and All Arms officers have been part of its journey as a student, faculty member or on staff, in building the edifice, brick by brick.
SOLDIER'S VOYAGE
A SOLDIER'S VOYAGE OF SELF DISCOVERY - E-BOOK (PDF)
1. We thank Maj Gen VK Singh to share this book with the Veterans of this Parivaar, which may be downloaded or printed.2. Gen KK Tewari , PVSM, AVSM, Signals, had written the autobiography, A Soldier’s Voyage of Self Discovery which was published by Auroville Press in 1995. His experiences of war are mind-boggling.
SAGA OF
Dear Friends,
Signals Parivaar has great pleasure in introducing a unique compilation of thought provoking articles written by Lt Gen SRR Aiyengar with what he experienced during his journey of life for 81 years. We are grateful to the general for his consent to share his web compilation with our Bigger Parivaar of the Armed Forces Veterans.
As a prelude to the introduction let us reflect over few questions like
CYBER FRAUDS
Why analysing user behaviour is key to addressing cyber fraud
That Nagpur man who never got an SMS that new beneficiaries were added to his account before losing Rs 21 lakh; the Bangalore techie who lost close to Rs 3 lakh after she tried to sell a cot in a reseller platform; and the journalist who never got the Harvard job despite months-long exchanges with an account that mimicked the varsity — are all victims of some kind of cyber fraud. The first two are cyber frauds for financial gain, while the third is social engineering, to defraud or to launch a targeted cyber attack.1962 - TRAGEDY - MESSED UP
How Nehru's proteges messed it up
Claude Arpi
This article is dedicated to all those who died during the 1962 Sino-Indian war; to those who suffered for months in the PoW camps in Tibet; to those who were humiliated for no fault of theirs; to their families.
Let us hope that what happened in 1962 will never happened again, prays Claude Arpi
GEN HARBAKSH WHO SAVED PUNJAB - 1965
The general who saved Punjab in the 1965 War
By Gurmeet Kanwal September 7, 2015
Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh, GOC, Western Command, disobeyed the then army chief and took on a superior Pakistani armoured column. The Indian Centurion tanks outgunned the more modern Pakistani Patton tanks in the battle at Khem Karan, that proved the turning point of the 1965 War.
Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd) salutes the Soldiers' General.
Some war images stick permanently in the mind and that of Lieutenant General Harbakhsh Singh, the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, standing atop the Haji Pir Pass after its capture by India during the 1965 war with Pakistan, is one of them.
HOW CHINA PREPARED FOR 1962 WAR
Revealed: How China prepared for 1962 war
From March 1959 to March 1962, the PLA fought 12 major battles in central Tibet which was seen as an opportunity to train China's soldiers, notes Ajai Shukla.
In pathbreaking research into the Tibetan uprising between 1956 and 1959, and the lead-up to the 1962 war, Chinese scholar Jianglin Li has accessed Chinese Communist Party documents and interviewed People's Liberation Army veterans from that war to present critical new aspects of that period's history.
SALUTE - REZAG LA HEROES
Why Every Indian Must Salute The Heroes of Rezang La By KULPREET YADAV
It will never be possible to recreate an exact account of this epic battle to remember and honour other brave jawans, but one thing the nation will always do is to bow down their heads in respect and reverence at the war memorial at Chushul called The Rezang La War Memorial -- Ahir Dham.
HEROES WHO SAVED LADAKH
The Heroes Who Saved Ladakh For India
By CLAUDE ARPIVisiting the Rezang La Memorial, one has a feeling of super-humans defending Indian territory against the Chinese onslaught, says Claude Arpi on the 60th anniversary of the heroic battle of the 1962 War.
Several years ago, I had the opportunity to interview one of the most renowned Indian mountaineers, who had chosen to live like local folks in the Himalaya.
CHINA RELEASED PWs
Exclusive! How China released Indian troops after the 1962 War
By CLAUDE ARPIAll PoWs recounted that one of the worst aspects of their captivity in Tibet was the constant attempt at brainwashing by Chinese Communist propaganda,' reveals Claude Arpi.
UNSUNG HEROES - 1962
The Unsung Heroes of the 1962 War
By CLAUDE ARPI
The Chinese admitted that they had suffered the maximum casualties fighting in the first battle on October 20, 1962, and these casualties had been inflicted mostly by 2 Rajput.
Claude Arpi salutes Major B K Pant and his fighting force of 112 men, 82 of whom lost their lives in the Battle of Namkha Chu, and whose courage must never ever be forgotten by a grateful country for who they laid down their lives.
NEHRU HINDUTVA
Beneath Hindutva right-wing's hatred for Nehru lurks a very deep fear'
By UTKARSH MISHRA'Under the more strident Modi version of Hindutva, Nehru has almost become a contemporary political figure.'
NEHRU JAIL - MERCY PLEA
Did Nehru write mercy plea to get out of jail?
By UTKARSH MISHRASocial media posts and articles falsely suggest that Jawaharlal Nehru 'signed a bond' or 'used his father's influence' to escape from serving a prison term in Nabha in 1923.
Utkarsh Mishra reveals the true story.
KAIDARNATH - केदारनाथ मंदिर
केदारनाथ मंदिर एक अनसुलझी पहेली है I
केदारनाथ मंदिर का निर्माण किसने करवाया था इसके बारे में बहुत कुछ कहा जाता है। पांडवों से लेकर आदि शंकराचार्य तक।
आज का विज्ञान बताता है कि केदारनाथ मंदिर शायद 8वीं शताब्दी में बना था।
यदि आप ना भी कहते हैं, तो भी यह मंदिर कम से कम 1200 वर्षों से अस्तित्व में है।
एक तरफ 22,000 फीट ऊंची केदारनाथ पहाड़ी, दूसरी तरफ 21,600 फीट ऊंची कराचकुंड और तीसरी तरफ 22,700 फीट ऊंचा भरतकुंड है।
इन तीन पर्वतों से होकर बहने वाली पांच नदियां हैं मंदाकिनी, मधुगंगा, चिरगंगा, सरस्वती और स्वरंदरी। इनमें से कुछ इस पुराण में लिखे गए हैं।
जिस दिशा में इस मंदिर का निर्माण किया गया है व जिस स्थान का चयन किया गया है I ये ही प्रमुख कारण हैं I
क्या केदारनाथ उन्नत भारतीय वास्तु कला का ज्वलंत उदाहरण नहीं है?
तथा भारतीय संस्कृति हमारी धरोहर है और उसी आस्था व विश्वास पर भारत को गर्व है जिसे सम्पूर्ण विश्व अचरज से देखता है किन्तु अधिपत्य स्वीकार करने से बचता है अनेक बार हमारी संस्कृति विश्व को झकझोर देती है किन्तु विश्व गुरू मानने से परहेज करते है ।
हमारी विरासत हमारी संस्कृति,आस्था व विश्वास है जो सदैव मजबूत व बुलंद रहेगा ।
परमात्मा मूर्ति नही जो तुम्हे मंदिर में मिलेगा..
परमात्मा इंसान नही जो तुम्हे समाज में मिलेगा..
"परमात्मा जीवन है जो तुम्हे अपने भीतर मिलेगा ।
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INDIA's SHAMEFUL DEBACLE
The Rediff Special/ Neville Maxwell
After the 1962 war, the Indian Army commissioned Lieutenant General Henderson Brooks and Brigadier P S Bhagat to study the debacle. As is wont in India, their report was never made public and lies buried in the government archives. But some experts have managed to piece together the contents of the report. One such person is Neville Maxwell, who has studied the 1962 war in depth.
REZANG LA - MEN WHO FOUGHT TO THE LAST
MEN WHO FOUGHT TO THE LAST BULLET AND LAST BREATH
By ARCHANA MASIH - November 11, 2022
'Rezang La was a unique battle.'
'It was not a large scale battle like the Battle of Kohima which involved a large number of troops.'
'Here there was just a company that fought it out till the last man.'
HOW THE EAST WAS LOST - 1962
The Rediff Special/ Neville Maxwell
After the 1962 war, the Indian Army commissioned Lieutenant General Henderson Brooks and Brigadier P S Bhagat to study the debacle. As is wont in India, their report was never made public and lies buried in the government archives. But some experts have managed to piece together the contents of the report. One such person is Neville Maxwell, who has studied the 1962 war in depth.
CHINESE PoW - 1962
The Soldier Who Was A Chinese PoW For 7 Months
November 22, 2022 16:24 IST
'I was exhausted, hungry, unshaven and despondent.'
'My mouth was full of sores due to dehydration.'
'My clothes were in tatters due to walking through bushes and sliding down thorny slopes,' Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi
DALVI
'No man can do more than give his life for his country'
By ARCHANA MASIHAt this time, sixty years ago, Brigadier John Parshuram Dalvi and his men were captured as prisoners of war by the Chinese during the 1962 War.
**The men led by him fought against incredible odds, outnumbered 20:1.
Brigadier Dalvi served seven months as a PoW in Tibet.
His son Michael Dalvi, 77, has preserved his father's memory and the story of the gallant men of the 7th Infantry
NEHRU -1962
'If Nehru had declared his intention to attack, then the Chinese were not going to wait'
A section of the confidential Henderson Brooks report that critically reviewed India's defence preparedness and strategies during the 1962 war with China has been released online by Australian journalist Neville Maxwell.APJ - THE MAN
APJ
*By Wg Cdr Nasir Hanfee (Rtd)*
This was way back in 1998. Our PSLV missile program was in full swing . But it was being done clandestinely to avoid detection by US spy satellites . The program director was Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who we did not recognize at that time .
The cryogenic engines used were secretly shipped to Chennai port from where they were airlifted by our heavy lift helicopter..
LESSONS
We have learnt no lessons from the 1962 defeat
By Virendra Kapoor
March 21, 2014 11:41 IST
More than half-a-century after humiliation in the 1962 war, India is still not prepared to take on the Chinese dragon.
Do they ever learn?
Within minutes of the top secret Henderson Brooks report into the 1962 Chinese debacle being posted on a Web site, the government moved fast to block access.
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