280: WORDS OF WISDOM

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On Success

“There is no formula for success—you just begin and then you continue”.

 – Cameron Esposito

(Standup comedian)

My Take: There is no short cut to hard work.

 

 

A simple recipe for success

“Think of many things. Do one.”

 – Portuguese proverb

My Take: Ideate, ideate and ideate.

 

 

On Courage

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues. Without that virtue, you can’t practice any other virtue with consistency.”

-Maya Angelou

(Poet and Author)

My Take: Both Physical and Moral Courage are important.

 

 

On Change

“Change may not always bring growth, but there is no growth without change.”

-ROY T. BENNETT

(Author)

My Take: Change the environment. If You can’t – change your attitude.

 

 

On Responsibility

”It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”

-MOLIÈRE

(French playwright, actor, and poet)

My Take: Have broad Shoulders.

 

 

On Knowledge

 “In life, there isn’t a single person that knows everything and there is no person that knows nothing. It’s not too late to learn”.

-Marie-Christine Gasingirwa

(Director at the Ministry of Education in Rwanda)

My Take: Never stop learning.

 

 

On Greatness

”Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

 -William Shakespeare

My Take: First be great human then a great professional.

 

 

On the importance of enhancing what already works.

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked”.

-John Gall.

(Physician and author)

My Take: Improve what already exists.

 

 

On the trap of self-pity

“Nobody’s going to do your life for you. You have to do it yourself”.

 – Cheryl Strayed

(Author)

My Take: Get up and get going.

 

 

And The Best

 “Never converse with a man who has written more than he has read.”

 –        Samuel Johnson

(Playwright, poet, and writer)

My Take: Never argue – work in ‘take it or leave it’ mode.

 

 

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270: 1965 IND0-PAK WAR (LEADERSHIP, MORALE, TRAINING & TACTICS MATTER)

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The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 (also called the Second Kashmir War) was the second major war fought between the two countries after the partition in 1947.

 

The genesis of the Indo-Pak wars lies in factors like the British colonial misrule, religious differences, and cold war geopolitics. The fate of India, and that of Kashmir, had been sealed in 1919, when Britain’s India Office, prepared a plan to partition the Indian subcontinent based on religion. After independence and partition, the region became part of the larger cold war struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union.

 

The 1965 war was a culmination of skirmishes that took place in the preceding months. The seventeen-day war (06 Sep – 22 Sep 65) caused thousands of casualties on both sides.  India had the upper hand over Pakistan when the ceasefire was declared and the conflict was seen as a strategic and political defeat for Pakistan.

 

Prevailing Circumstances.

 

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269: FIERY THOUGHTS

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Burning public property and violence will not solve any problem.

 

Agni veer on Agni path: Questions galore

 

  • Is the Agni path scheme good for armed forces?
  • Is the scheme good for defence aspirants?
  • What are its advantages?
  • What are the drawbacks?
  • Do the accrued benefits outweigh the  disadvantages  ?
  • What will be the effect on defence preparedness?
  • What will be their utility during the limited period?
  • What after four years?
  • Are we borrowing ideas from abroad and blindly implementing them?
  • In trying to solve one problem are we creating many more?
  • Is the cure deadlier than the disease?
  • Is it being implemented haphazardly?

 

Flaming Thoughts

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