MELROSE HILL

A HILL CALLED MELROSE

"May I have a light?" I looked up to see a Japanese – more or less my age – with an unlit cigarette in his hand. I reached for my lighter. He lit up. We were on a train travelling from Berne to Geneva in the autumn of 1980. "Indian?" he asked. "Yes" I replied. We got talking.  He was an official in the UN and was returning home and his headquarters was at Geneva. I was scheduled to lecture at the university. We chit-chatted for a while; he gave me some useful tips on what to see and where to eat in the city. Then, having exhausted the store of 'safely tradable information', we fell silent.  I retrieved my book – 'Defeat into Victory', an account of the Second World War in Burma by Field Marshal William Slim. He opened the newspaper. We travelled in silence. After a while he asked "Are you a professor of Military History?" "No" I replied- "just interested. My father was in Burma during the war". "Mine too" he said.

AGING - NO RETURN TICKET

Enjoy the ride. There is no return ticket.  

George Carlin on aging! (Absolutely Brilliant) 

IF YOU DON'T READ THIS TO THE VERY END, YOU HAVE LOST A DAY IN YOUR LIFE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED, DO AS I AM DOING AND SEND IT ON. 

George Carlin's Views on Aging 

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions. 

'How old are you?'  'I'm four and a half!' You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key. 

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. 

KARGIL (TOLOLING) - TURNING POINT

Turning Point in Kargil

AN EXCELLENT AND ONE OF THE VERY FINEST ARTICLES ON KARGIL (TOLOLING)

http://www.historynet.com/turning-point-kargil.htm

First published in Military History Magazine's July 2017 issue.

BY PARAAG SHUKLA 
 
02/06/2017 • HISTORYNET, MAG: MILITARY HISTORY 
FEATURED, MILITARY HISTORY MAGAZINE

In the summer of 1999 one infantry battalion secured a hard-fought victory for the Indian army in its bitter mountain conflict with Pakistani forces.

FIRs IN TIMES OF AFSPA

FIRS IN TIMES OF AFSPA
By Lt-Gen Harwant Singh ( Retd )

              Armed Forces Special Powers Act ( AFSPA ) has repeatedly come under criticism and call for its abrogation made too often, both in the North East and in J and K. Government of India has a plethora of central police organizations: besides the state police. They all are well armed. So it is not for want of resources to combat lawlessness and insurgency that call is made to the military for help.  So why is the military called out so often!
            

WHEAT BELLY

*Do You Have A "Wheat Belly"?*

Read this article it will change ur life, If you remove all the (wheat) bread; roti, cakes, biscuits, pizzas, Samosa etc from your diet.
*Do You Have A "Wheat Belly"?*
A renowned cardiologist explains how eliminating wheat can shrink your belly and save your health.
*Cardiologist William Davis, MD, started his career repairing damaged hearts through surgical angioplasty and stents.*

ONLY THE BRAVES

ONLY THE BRAVE

     Gen. Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army had predicted a violent summer, two months back. It is now unfolding before our very eyes. Yes, we had wished that the prediction would prove untrue, but then the general speaks with decades of experience. He also has on-demand access to technology and intelligence that most of us cannot even begin to imagine. A snap of the fingers and satellites begin to triangulate in deep space. A friendly phone call to Naval HQ, and a nuclear submarine starts transmitting data to his encrypted smartphone, via secure servers. A request to Air HQ sees AWACS (Airborne Warning & Control Systems) peek hundreds of kms inside Pakistan or China.

WHO WILL JUDGE THE JUDGES

*Who will judge the Judges?* by *Aditi Kumaria Hingu*
*http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/1201501/The-New-Indian-Express-Chennai/10-05-2017#page/10/2            

*The Republic of India has a federal government, comprising of the
Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches. This structure is based on
the Constitution of India. The Constitution framed a system of governance
in which the powers conferred by the people are not vested in either a
single person or a single institution. Therein came the principle of
‘Separation of Powers’ among the three pillars of democracy – the
Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary. *

ON NFU FOR DEF

AN INDIVIDUAL VIEW POINT BUT WITH PERTINENT DETAILS

    by brig Pathak

This is with reference to the statements made by the chief at Pune.
The author feels that he had  spoken out of turn and doubts that he had the concurrence of the other two chiefs on this statement. To that expend he hopes that these were his personal views and not those of the three service Chiefs.
  There have been some adverse reaction and comments on the statement and some of them are reproduced here.

MOBILE - MUST KNOW THESE

¶मोबाइल  से  जुडी  कई  ऐसी  बातें  जिनके  बारे  में  हमें  जानकारी  नहीं  होती  लेकिन  मुसीबत  के  वक्त  यह  मददगार  साबित  होती  है ।

; इमरजेंसी नंबर ---
              दुनिया  भर  में  मोबाइल  का  इमरजेंसी  नंबर  112  है । अगर  आप  मोबाइल  की  कवरेज  एरिया  से  बाहर  हैं  तो  112  नंबर  द्वारा  आप  उस  क्षेत्र  के  नेटवर्क  को  सर्च  कर  लें। ख़ास  बात  यह  है  कि  यह  नंबर  तब  भी  काम  करता  है  जब  आपका  की  पैड  लौक  हो।

            

GENESIS OF MILITARY RANKS

AN INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE GENESIS OF MILITARY RANKS, OR RATHER ARMY RANKS.
       Rank Insignia Comments
                       Field Marshal http://www.alanharding.com/Military/ranks/field_marsh.gif The rank evolved from the title of marescalci (masters of the horse) of the early Frankish kings. The importance of cavalry in medieval warfare led to the marshalship being associated with a command position.
          

INDIAN TO CORE

The Ambedkar They Don't Want You To Know About Aravindan Neelakandan Apr 14, 2017, 9:44 am

   Maybe Baba Saheb's ideas were first ignored and then misrepresented precisely because the intelligentsia knew that those ideas would not fit into the 'left-liberal' narrative. Being a prolific scholar and a patriot, Dr Ambedkar recorded his observations on a myriad of topics, events, problems and debates of his times. Here are seven aspects of those which the Old Media and the leftist academic cartel do not want Indians to know about.

INDIA AWEs THE WORLD

Consumers set for heady days as world's richest find India too alluring to ignore

Tech development in India will be unpredictable, but the potential payoff could be too huge. Expect the billionaire battle in India to continue.

Some of the world's richest people also happen to be combatants in the expensive war over the future of technology in India.

AADHAAR BENEFITS

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Benefits of Aadhaar are real but so are fears of biometric theft. Here's why

By Shelley Singh, ET Bureau | Apr 13, 2017, 06.31 AM IST

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Technology could make Aadhaar vulnerable. It needs to be further strengthened as devices can be compromised to extract biometrics if the target is high value.

Big Traffic Reform:

All you need to know about Motor Vehicles Act

As far as identification technology for citizens goes, nothing in the world rivals or even comes close to Aadhaar. The biometric-based (fingerprints and iris scans) 12-digit unique identity, now used by almost 1.1 billion Indians, is the most advanced of its kind. Jaijit Bhattacharya, partner, strategy and economics, KPMG India says, "India is at least a decade ahead of any other country in terms of using biometrics as an identity."

SMART HOMES

 HOW SAFE ARE SMART HOMES

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It would be clicked to begin this article by saying sci-fi  visions of the past have now become real. Everybody knows that, and the world of sci-fi has also started dreaming up something else for tomorrow. It would be more useful if we began by showing you around a smart home filled with connected devices and the associated benefits, problems and loopholes.

A modern home may be guarded by just a smart door lock or a more complex security system. At the simplest, a  smart lock equipped with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) or some other wireless communication technology will be able to recognise the pres­ ence of a phone with an authorised digital key in its vicinity and unlock the door. More complex systems use biometrics like finger­ prints, heartbeat patterns, facial features or iris matching to recognise the owner.

RELATIONSHIP MAGUNGA LEFT

 My brother started sending messages again. You know something major is going on in Nim's life when he starts sending inspirational messages every so often. The internet downloaded ones that have a backdrop of a sunset, or something with flowers or some shit like that. He wishes you a good morning. Asks how your day is going at midday. Hopes that you had a good day. Then sends you to bed with a goodnight text…I am sure if he could come and tuck me in he would – complete with a bed time story and a kiss on the forehead.
  

THREE TYPES OF DEF PENSION - TAX FREE

3 Types of Pension to Armed Forces is Completely Tax Free!

By        Prashant Thakur      

July 1, 2014

Armed forces of this country –be it Army, Navy, Air Force or CRPF or BSF and others are doing great service in the most difficult circumstances. As a mark of respect to them, this blog publishes article on tax issues and completely free to read.  I have already published two of the related posts – disability pension to armed forces and Pensions received by certain awardee. However, the kind of feedback, it is considered necessary to post a consolidated post on the subject of tax free pensions to Armed Forces Personnel.

TALE OF TWO ISLANDS

Very Interesting. It reminds one of the jokes "The world cannot end today, it is already tomorrow in Australia"

Above photo shows two islands in sea facing each other silently. These are not ordinary islands. They are located in Bering Straits. They belong to two Super Powers - Russia and USA and represent two different days of calendar at any given time. They are just 2.4 km apart from each other.

TO LIVE AND DIE - KHUSHWANT SINGH

How To Live & Die
Very nice article by Late  Khushwant Singh. Preserve this .

I've often thought about what it is that makes people happy—what one has to do in order to achieve happiness.

1- First and foremost is good health. If you do not enjoy good health, you can never be happy. Any ailment, however trivial, will deduct something from your happiness.

SIACHEN SELLOUT

Fauji India - Timeline

UNTOLD STORIES: Grudges from the Siachen sellout

Vishwajeet Singh

Day before an article by Kunal Verma on the situation in Kashmir went viral on social media. Writing in the context of the latest incident in the Valley in which Major Dahiya and 5 soldiers lost their lives, the author has done some plain speaking. By holding up a mirror which has no partisan political leanings, Kunal has stated in no uncertain terms what today is the general feeling among the young officers and men. Frankly, sometimes it takes a lot of courage to stand up and tell the truth. And if you are willing to stick your neck out, you will get trolled which is fair enough, and most readers are astute enough to know which comments are motivated and which are genuine.

METRO NOIDA 2 GREATER NOIDA

First Noida Metro may run in Dec Vandana Keelor   Noida:   29.7km Aqua Line Will Be Fastest Metro Project To Be Built In India, Says DMRC The first Metro train from Noida to Greater Noida could run as early as this December, three months before the March 2018 commissioning date. The 29.7km corridor is racing to the finish line and, according to the DMRC, will be the fastest Metro project built in India. The Aqua line, as this will be called, is also setting another benchmark -of being the most economical Metro project to be built in the country , DMRC chief Mangu Singh said on Thursday . Originally assessed at Rs 200 crore per kilometre, the actual cost of the project could eventually be around Rs 150 crore a kilometre or even lesser, officials said. To put the figure in perspective, Delhi Metro's Phase 3 is being built at a cost of Rs 552 crore per kilometre. But it has both elevated and underground sections as opposed to the Aqua line, which is uniformly above the surface level.

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BABUDUM IN INDIA

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BABUDUM IN INDIA

By an unknown author :

Who is Defense Secretary and what is his accountability...??

The whole of India is being fooled . Constantly we are taken on a ride to nowhere by these all-powerful Babus. Even the politicians are vulnerable, but never our IAS Babus . 

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THE DADA-DADI, NANA-NANI SHIFT

THE DADA-DADI, NANA-NANI SHIFT

By Gouri Dange, Pune Mirror | Feb 28, 2017, 02.30 AM IST

http://punemirror.indiatimes.com/columns/columnists/gouri-dange/the-dada-dadi-nana-nani-shift/articleshow/57379985.cms

Once these pensioners return to their homes in India, there is the whole rigmarole of starting up the house again, and picking up the threads of their lives ( REPRESENTATIONAL PICTURE)

The new tour of duty, post-retirement, is to baby-sit in foreign lands
Pensioner's Paradise did someone say? That sobriquet for Pune is now passé. Not only are many pensioners now hard at the task of baby-sitting on a daily basis, many have one more call of duty: baby-sitting right across the globe somewhere. It involves closing your house down for months at a stretch and flying to where your grown kids now live, looking after their new baby and possibly an older child, while the young parents both return to work.