The Army is not the nation’s conscience keeper

The Army is not the nation's conscience keeper.

India's armed forces are as good, or as bad, as the rest of society.

https://scroll.in/article/827697/the-army-is-not-the-nations-conscience-keeper

Sometimes soldiers lie, cheat, steal, rape, pillage and run away in the face of danger. They mutiny, kill their comrades, betray their country and commit suicide. And sometimes, they also misuse privileges.
Any Army in the world, including the Indian Army, has such instances amongst its ranks. The key is to appreciate the infinitesimal occurrences in comparison with the rest of society, and the swiftness and severity with which the Army deals with such breaches.

FlightAware: Flight details at your fingertips

FlightAware: Flight details at your fingertips
Yazdi Tantra 13 January 2017

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FlightAware.com is a free flight follower which tracks commercial and private aircraft across the world. Founded in 2005, FlightAware has become the leading source of flight information the world over.

 

Visit the site, enter the airline's name and flight number and you can see the current status of the aircraft—even if it is mid-air. You may browse flight data by operator, aircraft type and airport. The interface is easy to understand for the layperson, while advanced options are available for the geeks.

51st ANNIVERSARY OF 1965 WA - WHY INDIA QUIT

1965 War : Why India quit when it was winning?​

2 September 2015 RAKESH KRISHNAN SIMHA

On the 50th anniversary of India's 22-day war with Pakistan, we examine Russia's role in the peace agreement, Shastri's mysterious death, and why India agreed to end the war when it was close to a decisive victory.

 In May 1964, India  Defence Minister Yashwantrao Chavan made a visit to the Pentagon, the HQ of the American defence department. Chavan, who was trying to rapidly modernise the Indian military, requested the Americans to sell India the F-104 Starfighter – the most advanced jet fighter of that era.

THE PILOT WHO STOLE A SECRET SOVIET FIGHTER JET

When pilot Viktor Belenko defected 40 years ago, he did so in a mysterious Soviet plane – the MiG-25. BBC Future investigates the far-reaching effects of one of the Cold War's most intriguing events.

·         By Stephen Dowling

5 September 2016

On 6 September 1976, an aircraft appears out of the clouds near the Japanese city of Hakodate, on the northern island of Hokkaido. It's a twin-engined jet, but not the kind of short-haul airliner Hakodate is used to seeing. This huge, grey hulk sports the red stars of the Soviet Union. No-one in the West has ever seen one before.

The jet lands on Hakodate's concrete-and-asphalt runway. The runway, it turns out, is not long enough. The jet ploughs through hundreds of feet of earth before it finally comes to rest at the far end of the airport.

ELDERLY NEED SO LITTLE

The elderly need so little, but they need that little so much. My Uncle Manohar Singh ji and his wives my Aunts had no children of their own, so they Like   Tweet   Pin   +1   in   The elderly need so little, but they need that little so much. My Uncle Manohar Singh ji and his wives my Aunts had no children of their own, so they adopted me as their own son. I grew up spending much time with them. I was doubly fortunate for I have had two sets of parents to love and guide me. 'Bei ji' my paternal grandmother, a very tough but loving lady also stayed with us and greatly doted upon by my Uncle.

WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO DEFEAT PAKISTAN

An excellent article analysed beautifully with the right conclusion , ie ,  we have to help Pakistan to  self-destruct .

Madhav

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To Win J&K, We Have To Out-Think Pak Army; Here's What They Could Do Next

R Jagannathan - September 07, 2016, 10:55 am http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/no-free-lunch/

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SNAPSHOT

The best thing to come out of the all-party delegation that went to Jammu & Kashmir a few days ago is that it had egg on its face.

J&K can simmer down with talks, but its core issue will never be "settled" as long as Pakistan exists. 

To deal with the Pakistan problem, we have to think (and out-think) the Pakistani army – its Deep State which includes the ISI and jihadi elements beholden to the army - and meet it measure for measure.

CHINOOK IN NORTH SEA

Chinook in the North Sea We say that the hour of death cannot be forecast, but when we say this we imagine that hour as placed in an obscure and distant future.  It never occurs to us that it has any connection with the day already begun or that death could arrive this same afternoon, this afternoon which is so certain and which has every hour filled in advance.  ~Marcel Proust
It is excusable if you thought the Chinook was a warm wind that blew over the Canadian prairie, melting snows and raising temperatures. After all, that was what we learnt in geography at school, and few, if any of us, have had occasion to add another 'Chinook' to our vocabulary. But Boeing has been making a helicopter called the Chinook since about 1962. In fact, the Chinook-47 is perhaps unlike any helicopter you may have encountered either in real life or the movies, because it can carry up to 47 persons on board.  

MOTHER'S DREAM

A heart-warming story that should make every Indian proud.

The write up below show not only the best of soldiering - but also the camaraderie, the  self-sacrifice and traditions which make the Armed Forces so special. Do remember that  the selfless efforts put in by all the course-mates of 2/Lt Joseph to make life memorable for his family have been voluntary and self motivated! And, a special thanks to Indigo Airlines which rose to the occasion.

 

How would you feel if you were a Mother who loses her only son at his prime age of 21, and then be unable to be present for his last rites and never be able to visit her son's grave for a lifetime? Some pains can be forgotten, some forgiven, but for Mrs. Thressiamma Joseph from Kerala, this one riled her for over 25 years.