SPARSH - LATEST DETAILS

 

SPARSH - LATEST DETAILS & SUBMISSION OF LIFE CERTIFICATES

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 

07 DEC 1971 – BATTLE ENDED AT LONGEWALA WITH DECISIVE INDIA VICTORY

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 । **

ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ  ਸ੍ਰੀ ਕਰਤਾਰਪੁਰ ਸਾਹਿਬ

The Union Cabinet passed a resolution on 22 November last year to celebrate the historic occasion of the 550th birth anniversary of Sri Guru Nanak Devji in a grand and befitting manner, throughout the country and across the globe. It includes opening of Kartarpur Corridor to connect the Dera Baba Nanak shrine in Amritsar District (Punjab) with Darbar Sahib in Narowal district of Pakistan's Punjab province. Kartarpur Corridor will go operational for passengers on November 8 as scheduled as India and Pakistan signed the agreement on Thursday the 24th Oct 2019 to this effect. The on line registration of the pilgrims has already started. We at Signals Parivaar are happy to bring you the procedure to ease up your registration and pilgrimage in this web post.. 

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