TEN ACTIONS ON DEMISE

ADVISORY FOR VETERANS: TEN ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY THE SPOUSE/NOK ON DEMISE OF AN ESM PENSIONER

When an ESM Pensionerrexpires, there are certain actions to be taken by the Spouse/NOK. Commencement of family pension, entitlements and updating of records at all levels will depend on timely and correct intimation of the death.

 Some Important Actions to be Taken by Spouse/NOK

 1. Obtain Medical Certificate for cause of death and Death Certificate.

NAFRAT - WHY

हाँ ये सच है देश में मुसलमानों के खिलाफ नफरत फैल रही है। लेकिन आप जानते है ये नफरत क्यों फैल रही है ???

दो दिन पहले एक फल विक्रेता ने बताया कि एक महिला ने फल खरीदने से पहले उसका नाम पूछा। चूँकि युवक के नाम से उसका धर्म स्प्ष्ट नही था तो महिला के पूछने पर उसने जवाब में बताया कि मैं मुसलमान हूँ। जिसके बाद महिला ने फल नही खरीदे।

LEARNING - CYCLING

सात्विक विचार   ------------------

हमारे जमाने में साइकिल तीन चरणों में सीखी जाती थी , पहला चरण कैंची और दूसरा चरण डंडा तीसरा चरण गद्दी.......

तब साइकिल चलाना इतना आसान नहीं था क्योंकि तब घर में साइकिल बस पापा या चाचा चलाया करते थे. 

तब साइकिल की ऊंचाई 24 इंच हुआ करती थी जो खड़े होने पर हमारे कंधे के बराबर आती थी ऐसी साइकिल से गद्दी चलाना मुनासिब नहीं होता था।

"कैंची" वो कला होती थी जहां हम साइकिल के फ़्रेम में बने त्रिकोण के बीच घुस कर दोनो पैरों को दोनो पैडल पर रख कर चलाते थे।

SECOND LIEUTENANT (2Lt)

2/Lt in army was a unique creature. Fresh from academy, in his early twenties, he thought no end of himself in terms of military knowledge and wisdom of the world. It is a different matter that he was not consulted and neither his advice or suggestions sought by any one in the battalion from a JCO to the Commanding Officer on any issue military or non military and that hurt his ego in a big way. And if 2/Lt was appointment holder in the academy the hurt was more. The only way to assuage the ego was when he passed by the troops and was saluted by the rank and file. That is the only time he had realization that he continued to remain an officer and 'all is well' a la three idiots. 

TABLIGHI JAMAAT

What is the Tablighi Jamaat?

"There is a culture of secretism in the organization, which develops suspicion," once said Ajit Doval, current NSA. "The movement was never viewed adversely by the government."

The Tablighi Jama'at was founded in 1926 in Mewat, India, by Maulana Muhammad Ilyas, an Islamic scholar and teacher. The movement began as an effort to counteract the activities of Hindu revivalists in India, who at the time were attempting to convert Muslims to Hinduism. 

PROUD INDIANS

A prayer to my countrymen 

For decades there had existed a very strong international lobby which along with few moles in India never wanted India to remain at slot no 4 at the time of our independence. India did go down in ranking but not the Indians. 

We rose to 1948. We rose to 62. We rose to 65, 71, Kargil and what have you. We rose to nuclear power and space. We rose to disasters. We rose to global slow downs. We rose to help others across the globe. We have gone through it all, though with love hate relationships. 

DEFENCE PENSIONS - WHY HIGHER

The Truth about Rising Defence Pensions

There is considerable commotion in media over the rising defence pension outlay which has touched Rs 1.33 lakh crore.  There are headlines like "General Rawat Favours Pension Cut, Colonial Bungalows to go Away" as if the two are connected and auction of colonial bungalows will supplement pension bill, defence budget or money for managing cantonments – which will never happen as proceeds will go into union coffers as clarified by the defence minister, now heading Ministry of Finance (MoF) That being a separate issue, rising defence pension outlay no doubt is cause for serious concern

CHOO CHOO

This is not 1962 and Rajiv Gandhi Foundation does not look after our war efforts. We have an edge over you and a big one at that Land Forces - you have 175,000 troops for entire Western Theatre including Russia and Central Asian nations. Lets say you commit all of them vs India. You will have none for Xinjiang and Tibet pacification. Even if you commit all. You cannot supply them because G219 is very far from LAC in many areas except Askai Chin. G219 supply lines are 500-1000s of km. You have nothing with which to supply them in Tibet

RAVAN'S AERIAL ROUTE

 सत्य उद्घाटन :

रावण द्वारा सीता हरण करके श्रीलंका जाते समय पुष्पक विमान का मार्ग क्या था ?

उस मार्ग में कौनसा वैज्ञानिक रहस्य छुपा हुआ है ? उस मार्ग के बारे में लाखों साल पहले कैसे जानकारी थी ?

पढ़ो इन प्रश्नों के उत्तर #वामपंथी इतिहारकारों के लिए मृत्यु समान हैं |

भारतबन्धुओ ! रावण ने माँ सीता का अपहरण पंचवटी (नासिक, महाराष्ट्र) से किया और पुष्पक विमान द्वारा हम्पी (कर्नाटका), लेपक्षी (आँध्रप्रदेश ) होते हुए श्रीलंका पहुंचा | 

LOST CITIES OF PUNJABIs

1. Lost Cities of Punjab - Ancestral Home of Punjabi Communities

   Punjabi Ignorance

   We, the Punjabis historically have not been documenting our own history. The Muslim Punjabis have almost forgotten their genetic ancestry and now try to connect their gene pool to the Arab aristocracy of Sayeds and Qureshis. The Pakistan government ignorantly names its missiles after the Islamic invaders who dispossessed their ancestors from their land. The Hindu Punjabis have written off their own ancestors, warriors kings, and Gurus and relate more to the Middle-India heroes such as Rama, Krishna, and Shivaji,

SIACHEN = LT GEN KULKARNI

I Landed In Siachen With The Thought – It Must Be Held At All Costs

Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (Retd)

Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni, PVSM, AVSM, SC, SM, VSM (Retd)

New Delhi. 23 April 2020 . The year was 1982 and I met Col Rao the Commanding Officer of Karakoram Wing in Partapur, incidentally he was my Tac Instructor in YOs. He was busy launching a Long Range Patrol (LRP) to Siachen and I was lucky to be shown around in a MI 8 Sortie   unbelievably beautiful 76 Km long  Siachen Glacier surrounded by some of the most scenic peaks of Karakoram. When we approached Indira Col I could see the Second  Highest Peak in the World, the K2. From Indira Col I could also see the Shaksgam Valley which was ceded to China by Pakistan in 1963. The Lovely peaks of Apsara Ranges were being attempted by Foreigners, on explicit permission from Pakistan and it was to prevent this Cartographic Aggression, the Karakoram Wing of Ladakh Scouts under Col Rao was tasked to lead the LRP to Siachen. My battalion 4 KUMAON meanwhile was busy taking over the Area of Turtuk which included Chalunka and Tyakshi , the areas captured in 1971.

GEETA COMPLETE

*श्रीमद्भागवत गीता के सभी* 

*अध्याय एक साथ*

*सभी सुने और आगे भी शेयर कर पूण्य के भागी बने*

गीता अध्याय 1

https://youtu.be/n5rMuYur1U4

गीता अध्याय 2

CANCER DISABILITY PENSION

The following question was put to Maj Navdeep Singh by Shivani Sharma" Query: is Special family pension granted to military personnel who pass away from diseases like cancer?"

The answer from Maj Navdeep Singh is very illuminating and educative. Here it is..." Very good question, especially in view of the latest tragedy of Col NS Bal. During

GALWAN

TUTORIAL ON GALWAN EPISODE OF NIGHT 15/16 JUNE REVISITED 

By Col Rajinder Singh, 3 Bihar

In the fog of war, a lot of misinformation flies. Ill-informed but self styled defence experts and politicians always push through home made theories . Some of these so called experts had perhaps never ever seen high altitude terrain in their entire life or service careers. But they must appear on TV channels to narrate true lies . This is what had happened about the scuffle that ensued between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan valley of Eastern Ladakh on 15/16 June 2020. 

DOGRAI

Don't miss Col Hayde's reply to a correspondent who asked him what makes soldiers fight such gruesome wars.  Brigadier Desmond Hayde, Maha Vir Chakra

The Hero of the Battle of Dograi Brigadier Desmond Hayde, who adopted the Jat Regiment as his home, was awarded the Mahavir Chakra, the second highest honour in battle, for winning one of the toughest battles ever fought by the Indian Army.In a brilliant and gruesome assault, what he and his men of 3 Jat achieved that September 50 years ago had never been seen before.

Archana Mashi salutes the maverick soldier's soldier.

MAJ GEN GD BAKSHI

Of late, much is being discussed about Maj. Gen. GD Bakshi having used *MC* word during a panel discussion on TV.   Who is this brave officer who dares a hoot about niceties on public platforms? 

Here is some info about Gen. Bakshi-   Here are some glimpse of his credentials:

1 ) Family Associated with erstwhile Royal family of Kashmir (Maharaja Hari Singh), a Mohilyal Brahmin with tradition of soldiering dating back to the time of Ashoka (even before that to parshuram). His community is known as "Bulldog of the borders" (and was first to engage all the invaders which tried to enter India from north west frontiers from 1000s of years, his ancestors defeated the invading Arab armies 1000s of years back, even fought the famous battle of Karbala).

KAME GOWDA

*Weekend Reading*

Last week, Hon. PM Narendra Modi in his "Mann Ki Baat", spoke about this person. Kame Gowda the Pond man of Mandya 84 year old Kame Gowda is an illiterate shepherd from Dasanadoddi village in Malavalli Taluk, Mandya, Karnataka

He had done some thing which even many Governments haven't done While our greed in cities are killing all the ponds and building concrete jungles on them

VIRTUAL MEETS (IMP POINTS)

 Subject: " VIRTUAL GET TOGETHER(GT) (VERY IMPORTANT NOTES)

The points mentioned below are very very important , Please read and grasp

them so that we have a memorable Virtual Meet on the 15th.

 

We have been able to cover enough ground by holding practice sessions and

are quite confident that our Virtual meet on 15th will be smooth and without

any confusion. Imagine if all the 55 plus in the Meet begin to talk, it will be

utter confusion.

The key to Success of any video meet is to maintain high order of communication

discipline among the participants. Therefore the host (anchor) of the meet

has to exercise control and every one is requested to cooperate with him.

 

HINDI ALPHABETS

Many of us may not even know that the alphabet of Indian languages ​​is full of science.  Each letter of the alphabet is logical and placed sequentially with precise calculations.  Such a scientific view is not ingrained in the alphabet of other foreign languages  e.g.  See:

 *क ख ग घ ઙ* - This group of five is called *kanthavya* because the sound comes out of the throat while pronouncing this.  Try pronouncing.

 

Ek OM

Subject: There is only One Supreme Reality for the entire mankind . Wise me describe Thee with different Names.(Rig Veda)

 "Hari aagya hoye paap puniya vicharya" With the aagya (order ) of Hari (God) Vedas were revealed so that human beings can decide what is Virtue and what is Sin. (Guru Nanak Dev ji)
   Rig Veda mentions that the greatest service to God is to spread the spirit of Vedas with honesty, straight-forwardness, without deceit of any kind, for all to enjoy true and spiritual happiness.
  
"OM Khamm Brahma" OM Thy name is God who is "Ek OM kar"- the only One God, Wise men describe Thee by many different names, including Vishwakarma- the Great  Architect of the Universe..

SOLDIER VS CIV

*Why a soldier and a civilian cannot be compared.* 

My dear folks, 'Robert Greene' wrote in his book - *33 Strategies of War* - that the best way to motivate men in war is not through reasons, but through invoking emotions. Manipulation of human emotion is the art of military leadership.

Normally human-beings are defensive by nature, often logic makes them meek. If soldiers start reasoning the consequences of their actions during an attack, they will succumb to their own fears.

JRD TATA

When JRD Tata was just 25 years old, an interesting news item in the London Times newspaper caught his attention. A unique air race had just been announced, by His Highness The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, to popularize aviation and flying in India. The announcement read :

"The Aga Khan has offered through the Royal Aero Club, a prize of UK Pounds 500, for the first flight from England to India, or vice-versa, by a person of Indian nationality. It must be a solo flight, completed within six weeks, from the date of starting. The prize will remain open for one year from 1st January 1930."

HISTORY RAM JANAM BHOOMI

While  many may  feel  jubilince  over RAM temple as   political  act to  seek  hindu vote bank...See the history of Hindu struggle for the Ram Janbhoomi temple below: it is nothing less than Freedom struggle...( histotical facts as presented in SC  with no Twists)  

"Alexander Cunningham, in the Lucknow Gazetteer speaks about the carnage that Mir Banki, a governor under Babur, unleashed on Ayodhya. Over 1.74 lakh Hindus who had gathered to protect the Shriram temple site were ruthlessly slaughtered; their bodies piled high and wide. Mir Banki's canons fired into the temple and reduced it to rubble.