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THE BIG FIGHT IS FOR ‘IZZAT’ Maj Gen Surjit Singh, AVSM VSM ( surjiteme@gmail.com ) “If the leash on military leaders gets too tight, they will not be able to bite; nor even bark, when the balloon goes up” A Dark Chapter in Indian Military History The only thing common between 16th Dec 1971 and 16th Dec 2008 is the date and the month on the calendar. For the rest, these two days are poles apart. On the first of these historical dates, the Indian soldier was on cloud nine. He was the cynosure of all eyes. But on the 37th anniversary of the “Vijay Diwas” the same soldiers who had done the nation proud, were biting dust; breathing polluted Delhi air and reduced to begging for equitable pensions. A brave heart, who was once a 3-star general slept on a bug infected mattress to fight for justice. This demonstration was initially planned for six days, because no one believed that they could muster enough volunteers for a period longer than that. Events tell a different story today: On 19 Dec,

Infrastructure vision- Best of allby Omkar S. Tiwari on Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:03 pm Friends, I downloaded the BJP's infrastructure vision yesterday and read it. According to me this vision is an excellent piece of work by the BJP. Earlier, I had criticized the manifesto as it had lacked accurate figures and possible steps in a particular direction. This infrastructure vision is highly detailed and gives information on how the BJP will proceed. I am a science student and teachers always told us- Be specific, don't beat about the bush. Be ready with points and exact figures. I find that this infrastructure vision is highly specific.I liked the following points very much:-Increase in power output by 1,20,000 MW.-Comparison between china and India is also good with best figures.-1,00,000 crore investment in power sector.-20% power from non-conventional resources.-Eliminating theft of Power. Indian electicity boards are suffering losses only because of two reasons- line loss and power

BJP'S FINAL ASSAULT - Let's Pitch in ! by Rita Pandey on Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:26 pm Dear Bloggers/Forum members & all of us who are true Indians,Election 2009 is very important for us and it has reached nearly halfway mark. Now BJP and its leaders should harp on basics. Party agenda is very attractive to all section of society as there is some sops /concession to them. So leaders of BJP may devote almost 70% of election speech on highlighting the party manifesto for the welfare of the people, 20% time to the local issues/problems faced by the people and assurance to the people for solution of problems and 10% time for attacking the policies of opponents. In urban area, where middleclass is facing rising inflation,youth is facing retrenchment in employment and unemployment. Retired govt servant is getting meagre pension and lower range of incometax limit means, a portion of this meage amount is being taken away as incometax.Education is made costly. Bijli,pani and sadak are n

Dear Friends,Following are the Key Points of BJP's Manifesto for the ongoing General Elections to make India a Prosperous, Developed & a Stronger Nation.PUTTING POOR FIRST:1. All BPL families to get 35kg of rice or wheat every month at Rs 2 per kg.2. Ensure farm loans at a maximum interest rate of 4 percent.3. Initiate special schemes for the urban poor, such as loans at 4 percent interest to poor vendors. ECONOMY GROWS, INDIA PROSPERS:1. Generate employment through massive public spending on infrastructure projects. Complete the implementation of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s dream projects: National Highway Development Project by building 15-20 km of new highways every day; and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, to link all villages with over 500 people by all-weather road.2. Exempt personal Income Tax for those earning up to Rs 3 lakh per annum. For women and Senior Citizens, the exemption will be Rs 3.5 lakh per annum. This will benefit over 3.5 crore people.3. Take firm steps

Muslims and Christians should Vote for NDA by RSBAHETI on Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:56 pm I feel it is high time now that all minorities should vote for NDA if they want to see their over all development along with others,As congress and now upa had done nothing but a vote bank politics in the name of secularism.All indian muslims and christians should understand , what they got in the 60 years of congress rule,they kept on voting congress party in the hope, of there development and upliftment, but that has not happened,all hollow promises made by congress year an after year to minorities for vote bank politics, RSBAHETI

Muslims and Christians should Vote for NDA by RSBAHETI on Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:56 pm I feel it is high time now that all minorities should vote for NDA if they want to see their over all development along with others,As congress and now upa had done nothing but a vote bank politics in the name of secularism.All indian muslims and christians should understand , what they got in the 60 years of congress rule,they kept on voting congress party in the hope, of there development and upliftment, but that has not happened,all hollow promises made by congress year an after year to minorities for vote bank politics, RSBAHETI

Josy Joseph Saturday, April 18, 2009 3:38 IST .New Delhi: While security forces and intelligence agencies perceived a threat to the poll process from Islamist terrorist groups based outside India, it is the home-grown naxalite violence that threatens to disrupt the general election. And the establishment says it can't do much to contain the menace. At least 48 security force personnel have been killed in 100 naxalite attacks since the election was announced on March 2, 12 of them during the first phase of polling on Thursday. Of the 48, 30 are from the Central Reserve Police Force, 11 from the Central Industrial Security Force, and the rest from the Border Security Force. This figure is higher than the number of security force personnel killed in the corresponding period in Jammu & Kashmir and the Northeast put together. With four more phases of polling still to go over the next month, the reach and scale of the naxalite attacks suggest that this general election will go down a

This was posted on http://broadbandforum.in/politics/45052-nexus-media-politics-and-entertainment/picture courtesy - bharat-rakshak.com (indian military think tanks discussing open source int since 1997)-----------------------------Here are the associations between individuals and organizations that influence Indian politics and discussions in Indian public space.____________________________________________________________________Suzanna Arundhati Roy is niece of Prannoy Roy (CEO of NDTV)Prannoy Roy married to Radhika RoyRadhika Roy is sister of Brinda Karat (CPI(M))Brinda Karat married to Prakash Karat (CPI(M) - General Secretary)CPI(M)'s senior member of Politburo and Parliamentary Group Leader is Sitaram Yechury.Sitaram Yechury is married to Seema Chisthi.Seema Chisthi is the Resident Editor of Indian ExpressBurkha Dutt works at NDTVRajdeep Sardesai was Managing Editor at NDTVRajdeep Sardesai married to Sagrika GhoseSagarika Ghose is daughter of Bhaskar Ghose.Bhaskar Ghose was D

Congress deserves to lose India’s electionsBy Razeen Sally , The Financial Times, LondonPublished: April 15 2009 21:55 Last updated: April 15 2009 21:55Indians will from Thursday begin heading to the polls in a month-long election for a new government. The Congress party is standing on the record of the government it has led since 2004. But polls are taking place when the Indian economy has taken a sharp turn for the worse, in a climate of global economic crisis. This exposes the do-nothing, zero-reform record of Manmohan Singh, prime minister, and his government. More generally, it lays bare India’s huge reform gaps and its brittle, decaying institutions. Finally, it deflates the “India hype” peddled by smooth-talking upper-caste politicians, ambassadors, businessmen, management consultants and some academics. A word about India hype. It highlights high-end services, and now manufacturing sectors, with their globalising, world-beating companies. But it overlooks reform deficits in ag

The Tribune Thursday, April 16, 2009, Chandigarh, IndiaIt is true that the defence forces have their conduct rules and are known to those who intend to join the services (Letters to the Editor, “Veterans’ agitation” by Neeraj Kishore Sharma, April 7). But does it mean that the armed forces have to be mute spectators to their continuous degradation in status and pay vis-a-vis other government employees as has been happening in India over the past decades? The Sixth Pay Commission was the proverbial last straw on the camel’s back. Serving in defence forces may not be mandatory but so is the case in other departments of the government. If the civilian employees can indulge in agitations on flimsy grounds, why can’t the retired defence personnel take recourse to peaceful protests to highlight the injustice and humiliation being routinely heaped on them? Are they bonded slaves or lumpen elements to be shooed and snubbed at will? “One rank, one pension”, the main demand of the veterans, is a

An Answer to Congress on Kandahar by ravilochanan on Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:20 pm I simply do not understand as to why Advaniji and the BJP is unnecessarily going on the defence on Kanadahar issue. Why is Advaniji saying that he did not know about the release of terrorists? It is NOT a proper answer to the criticisms.The plane was hijacked from Kathmandu (NEPAL) not from Indian soil. Therefore, it was not a security lapse on the part of the Indian government. After that, the government did its best to safely bring back all the passengers.But what about the following episodes during the Congress rule:1. Did not Congress exchange terrorists for the life of a SINGLE lady, the daughter of M.M. Sayeed? Considering that Sayeed and his family do not have an inkling of patriotic feeling towards the Indian nation, how can it ever be justified? Atleast the BJP government brought back the 'TRUE' citizens of this nation not some secessionist.2. What about the Hazratbal incident? Why did the Co

I was born in a small village called Gorur in Hassan district of Karnataka. My father was a poor school teacher and a farmer as well. I went to a Kannada-medium school till Class V after which I was selected at the Sainik School in Bijapur which had just been set up to cater to students in Karnataka. Incidentally, I failed the first time I appeared for the entrance exam as the paper was in English of which I did not know a word. My headmaster, however, was a very determined man and he wrote to the defence ministry asking them how they hoped to recruit boys from villages in South India if the paper was held in English and not in their mother tongue. I was able to appear again for the exam, this time in Kannada and that's how I got selected. After completing school, I got selected to the NDA (National Defence Academy) and went on to be commissioned in the Indian Army where I spent the next eight years and fought in the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation war. I quit the Army to come back to m

NGOs, Teesta spiced up Gujarat riot incidents: SIT14 Apr 2009, 1213 hrs IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra, TNNNEW DELHI: The Special Investigation Team responsible for the arrests of those accused in Gujarat riots has severely censured NGOs and social activist Teesta Setalvad who campaigned for the riot victims. In a significant development, the SIT led by former CBI director R K Raghavan told the Supreme Court on Monday that the celebrated rights activist cooked up macabre tales of wanton killings. Many incidents of killings and violence were cooked up, false charges were levelled against then police chief P C Pandey and false witnesses were tutored to give evidence about imaginary incidents, the SIT said in a report submitted before a Bench comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, P Sathasivam and Aftab Alam. The SIT said it had been alleged in the Gulbarg Society case that Pandey, instead of taking measures to protect people facing the wrath of rioteers, was helping the mob. The truth was that he

One of the reasons why the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) had substantially raised the salary for chairmen of all the regulatory bodies was to make that job a little more attractive for professionals and experts from the private sector. The time has now come to check out if the government has indeed used the better pay package for its regulators to widen the choice and attract private sector people. A few weeks ago, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government selected Dhanendra Kumar, a retired IAS officer, as the chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). There were many candidates in the fray, but most of them belonged to the civil service. Once again, a large number of the candidates in contention for the Trai chairman’s job are civil servants belonging to the IAS. Only one of the candidates belongs to the private sector. Will the government’s search committee make a departure by recommending a non-IAS officer for the job? This appears unlikely. Civil servants get upset

Tuesday, April 14, 2009 SCPC: Anomalies Aggregated by Successive Pay Commissions to Dupe the Defence Forces Ex-Servicemen Being Denied their Rightful PensionsThere are three glaring omissions by the Ministry of Defence which affect a vast majority of Ex-Servicemen and others, which the Ministry is not prepared to listen.. Since these are detrimental to defence personnel and our representations to the all in the channel including our Hon’ble President the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces has not yielded any results, we have been compelled to air it through you to public so that they may know as to what treatment is being meted to the Defence Forces who give the best years of their life in service and security of the Nation and progressive development wherever called for and now even their genuine grievances are not being redressed.The three points are as follows:1. The 4th CPC granted Military Service Pay, called Rank Pay, over and above the normal Pay, for the peculiar Service con

Reservation for Religious minorities - Time I became One ! by disputedbug on Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:19 am Due to some reason I failed to reach in IITs after my 10+2 (though I worked very hard, but was not brainy enough) and I failed to reach IIMs (because I am not that good in English), I will ensure that my next generation doesn't face such a problem. I always wished that I were a student from reserved category.I can't change my caste, but I can surely change my religion. And believing that Congress led UPA will win this election and will implement what they have said their manifesto (Oh come on dude!! they have a record of 62 years behind them..They have always done what they said..They hataoed all the 'garibs' from the face of India)I have started going to Church and know more about the God's word. I think even if God doesn't hear me, Congress will. Another friend of mine has met a Maulavi to know more about Islam. And Godwilling (I am not sure about pre-electio

Reservation for Religious minorities - Time I became One ! by disputedbug on Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:19 am Due to some reason I failed to reach in IITs after my 10+2 (though I worked very hard, but was not brainy enough) and I failed to reach IIMs (because I am not that good in English), I will ensure that my next generation doesn't face such a problem. I always wished that I were a student from reserved category.I can't change my caste, but I can surely change my religion. And believing that Congress led UPA will win this election and will implement what they have said their manifesto (Oh come on dude!! they have a record of 62 years behind them..They have always done what they said..They hataoed all the 'garibs' from the face of India)I have started going to Church and know more about the God's word. I think even if God doesn't hear me, Congress will. Another friend of mine has met a Maulavi to know more about Islam. And Godwilling (I am not sure about pre-electio

Congress deserves punishment, not a second innings; 3rd and 4th Fronts are irrelevant; BJP-led NDA is the only alternative In three days from now, Indian voters will participate in the first phase of polling in the elections to 15th Lok Sabha. In exactly a month from now, on May 13, the fifth and last phase of polling will be over. It is becoming clearer by the day that the main contest for forming the next government in New Delhi is between the BJP-led NDA (which is the only cohesive pre-poll alliance at the national level) and the Congress (whose own UPA alliance has disintegrated). The so-called Third Front and Fourth Front are irrelevant as far as forming the next government on their own under their leadership. They are opportunist platforms, having neither a common platform nor a common leader. The CPI(M) is trying to be active in both to hide its own growing irrelevance. The people of India know that a 3rd Front or 4th Front government would be disastrous. The contrast between th

Why this Exhortation this time Karan Thapar? Why not you exhored when Armed Forces were ill treated by the Babus and Netas alike in implementation of SPC.Why he didnot show solidarity with ESM at Jantar Mantar all this time.Mr Advanis assurence came much after.Grant BJP that they have better brains than Congress and Jokers of UPA.If what BJP promise Soldiers moon,Thapar can you get them anything by yourself or from so many political parties except the BJP.It is the BJP and NDA which started reform process in defence services,congress could not continue that reform for its own interest as arm twisted by Babus.So let soldiers feel happy and support BJP if they have so decided,what it is to you.”Sanu Ki”

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