ECHSITIS
Written by Cdr R W Pathak with inputs from Members of ECHS Oversight group
In the Navy when equipment became faulty or something went wrong we would often say the cause must be "Fingeritis".
After reading the Convening order 8608029/2/A (Coord) dated 25 Sep 2020 (Review of Medical cover for ESM) and 17 Jun 2019 for BOO (Examine Requirement of ECHS PCS in MH stations respectively) I noticed that both the letters are originated by Southern Command without any such requirement being indicated by any higher authority or the MoD at least in the convening orders and the word Fingeritis came to my mind and that is the genesis of the title of this piece.
ECHS-ites
CHINESE ATTEMPT AT BRINKMANSHIP
THE CHINESE ATTEMPT AT BRINKMANSHIP
By General Deepak Kapoor (Retd) , ex COAS
For the sixth month running, the Indo-China confrontation in East Ladakh is keeping the nation on tenterhooks in the midst of an increasingly difficult COVID-19 situation and feeble national economic revival reports. While the jury is still out on what exactly impelled the Chinese to undertake the Ladakh adventure and what they wanted to achieve by it, most agree that they have not been successful in their endeavours despite best efforts. However, certain aspects of the ongoing confrontation stand out, which we would do well to remember for the future.
INDIA - INDEPENDENCE AND AFTER
Something that all those with an interest in Mera Bharat Mahan should introspect. Read the following:
A brilliant answer by Bala Senthil Kumar to the question put to him that was:
What is your view on the saying "Congress has looted India for 70 years?"
It isn't the looting of wealth that bothers me so much as the sheer fact that the Congress merely replaced the Brits in some ways - they just became masters of the same, broken, weak people, who were simply willing to suck up to authority. Nobody gave India confidence! This is the part that bothers me so much, especially with MK Gandhi's style of 'winning' us freedom by giving the enemy higher moral ground.
What is your view on the saying "Congress has looted India for 70 years?"
It isn't the looting of wealth that bothers me so much as the sheer fact that the Congress merely replaced the Brits in some ways - they just became masters of the same, broken, weak people, who were simply willing to suck up to authority. Nobody gave India confidence! This is the part that bothers me so much, especially with MK Gandhi's style of 'winning' us freedom by giving the enemy higher moral ground.
LAWs GOV INTERFAITH MARRIAGES
What every Hindu Girl marrying a Muslim should Rather MUST know:
Inter-faith marriages are getting common in India. It is important for both, especially the girl, to know her rights post marriage, what is the law in case the marriage does not work out and how would marriage affect inheritance.
Recently, a 30 something Gujarati Jain girl (say Nitya-MBA in Finance), wanted to discuss a very personal matter. She said that she was "going steady" with a Sunni Muslim colleague and both of them are seriously contemplating marriage. She comes from a conservative Gujarati family, her parents are against the idea but she believes that post wedding they will come around.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEFENCE OF INDIA
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEFENCE OF INDIA? Not the Army Chief, nor Air Force, nor of the Navy!!!
India's Ministry of Defence (MoD) is unique in most aspects. No other country can boast of such a set-up. Responsibility for India's national defence is discharged through MoD, which provides the policy framework and wherewithal to the armed forces. MoD has five Secretaries heading different departments.
1. Department of Defence (DoD). According to the Allocation of Business Rules of the government, the Defence Secretary heads DoD that is responsible for the defence of India and every part thereof, including preparation for defence and all such acts as may be conducive in times of war. In other words, he is tasked to ensure the defence of the country. Surprised? Yes, it is his responsibility and not that of the Service Chiefs, nor of the President or PM.
IMA-1932
An interesting write up on IMA, received from Maj Gen DN Khurana, AVSM.
HOW IMA BECAME FUNCTIONAL IN SEPTEMBER 1932
While October and December are very important months in the history of the Indian Military Academy the month of September is of great importance too as it was in this pleasant autumn month that the first batch of Cadets joined the Indian Military Academy eighty five years ago.
WANT TO BE A PILOT
WANT TO BE A PILOT..?
Pilots are people who drive airplanes for other people who can't fly. Passengers are people who say they fly, but really just ride.
Fighter Pilots are steely eyed, weapons systems managers who kill bad people and break things. However, they can also be very charming and personable. The average fighter pilot, despite sometimes having a swaggering exterior, is very much capable of such feelings as love, affection, intimacy and caring. (However, these feelings don't involve anyone else .)
Flying is a hard way to earn an easy living.
WHY AM I AN INDIAN
I thought it is fitting to reproduce what a man by the name of Khushwant Singh wrote in his Editor's Page of 'The Illustrated Weekly of India' 50 years ago. It makes sense, and I believe is a must-read for all Indians in the present political situation. Don't miss the last para!
On Feb 15, 1970 Khushwant Singh wrote under the headline
'Why I am an Indian'.
I did not have any choice; I was born one. If the good Lord had consulted me on the subject I might have chosen a country more affluent, less crowded, less censorious in matters of food and drink, unconcerned with personal equations and free of religious bigotry.
LIFE 50 YEARS AGO
THOSE WERE THE DAYS MY FRIEND..... I THOUGHT THEY WOULD NEVER END !!! ................SU
COURSEMATES
#BAND OF #COURSEMATES: A bond forged out of shared hardship - Brig Sandeep Thapar (Retd)
If there is one bond which defies any definition, it is that of a coursemate — someone who has had the misfortune of training with you in a defence academy! It's an association that lasts till your grave. Unlike other relationships, this one does not wax or wane according to the weather. To put it simply, coursemates are your brothers from different mothers.
MUSINGS OF A MILITARY MAN
Musings of a Military ManLt Col Saroj Chadha
I was born in a military family a few months before the partition of India in 1947. Early years were spent in military cantonments and at the age of nine, I was packed off to a residential school that resembled a miniature version of our esteemed National Defence Academy. Strict discipline at every step, special focus on physical and outdoor training with high-quality education supported by a variety of extracurricular activities dominated the eight years in school.
जोधपुर के महाराजा ऊमेदसिंह जी
जोधपुर के महाराजा ऊमेदसिंह जी अौर उड्डयन विभाग :-
भारतीय वायु सेना के प्रथम हिंदुस्तानी एयर वाईस मार्शल थे महाराजा ऊमेद सिंह जी जोधपुर । महाराजा को मारवाड़ मे हवाई अड्डो का निर्माता कहते हैं जिन्होंने १९२४ से १९४५ तक २४ हवाई पट्टियों का निर्माण करवाया जो ब्रिटिश काल में किसी रियासत में इतने हवाई अड्डे नहीं बने थे ।
FINAL SETTLEMENT
*EK THA COLONEL*
By Amit Sangwan
1. Following is a true story. It is about a relative who retired as Col from infantry regiment in 2005.
2. He started making a house in 2003 on a huda plot which he had got alloted in 90 s. I advised him to make a house in Gurgaon . He said his village is in Rohtak and mother is also there so he will not want to go
to Gurgaon.
JALEBI - राष्ट्रीय मिठाई
🙏जलेबी, हमारी राष्ट्रीय मिठाई है, ध्यान से पढ़ें, क्यों??🙏🙏🤤🤤
जलेबी पर कोई पोस्ट पढ़ना या देखना थोड़ा सा अचंभित होना स्वभाविक है, किन्तु वास्तविकता यह है कि जलेबी हमारी संस्कृति का हिस्सा है जो की औषधि के साथ साथ बहुत ही स्वादिष्ट मिष्ठान भी है जो काफी गुणकारी भी है। आज आपको जलेबी के विषय में कुछ रोचक और दुर्लभ जानकारी देते हैं....
दुनिया के 90 फीसदी लोग जलेबी का संस्कृत और अंग्रेजी नाम नहीं जानते? सुबह जलेबी के नाश्ते में है बहुत गुणकारी, साथ ही जाने…. जलेबी से जुड़े दिलचस्प किस्से…..
PUNJAB LOST CITIES
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, The Sikhs have done a better job in staying connected to their roots but their historical reach is limited just to the Sikh period. Punjab history has to be taken as a whole,Veterans
*We are Veterans....*
_(A beautiful story of each & everyone of us Army, Navy and Air force)_
We Are Veterans.
Most of us left home as teenagers for an unknown adventure.
We loved our country enough to defend it and protect it with our own lives.
MEDICINES EXPIRY
_*Do Medicines really expire or are we taken for a ride?*_
*A Family of Doctors in England & in Mumbai* havebeen 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?
1971 NAVAL OPS
..........How Indian Navy operated a secret commando group and spooked Pakistan in 1971. Operation Jackpot's success on 15 August 1971 gave a huge boost to Mukti Bahini forces in Bangladesh.
CAPTAIN M.N.R SAMANT and SANDEEP UNNITHAN 24 August, 2019
The officers behind Indian Navy's successful Operation X in Bangladesh |
FOND MEMORIES OF OUR NDA DAYS
POONA TO PUNE !!!
Army School of PT (ASPT)was the Eastern edge while Kirkee was a suburb and Shivaji Nagar the western edge.
INTERESTING PICs
VERY INTERESTING PICTURES.
An Ottoman supply train still lays where it was ambushed by Lawrence of Arabia on the Hejaz railway during World War I.
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An Ottoman supply train still lays where it was ambushed by Lawrence of Arabia on the Hejaz railway during World War I.
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Holy Roman Emperor Maximillian I wore these armored gloves from 1508
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