I am ready to bet that these facts will surprise you and I am sure you were not aware about it.  1.        Major Kuldeep Singh Chandpuri was the company commander of one of the companies of 23 rd Battalion of Punjab regiment which took defences in Longewala. It was a detached company which implies that rest of the battalion had taken up defences far away from the location. 2.        The distance between Longewala and the 23 Punjab Battalion location by road was approximately 26 kms. This meant that in case Longewala was attacked then it would be difficult to reinforce the Longewala defences on time. 3.        Tactical commanders considered Longewala as less important location, and this was the reason to employ just one detached company. 4.        Pakistanis entered India from a place called Ghotaru which is 40 kms by road away fr...

As a manager you happenstance diverse kind of people with exceptional nature. None of them is same and handling them is not easy. It becomes more difficult when you do the conventional mistake of putting them in friend zone. The key to handle lies in your command and control over your subordinates. Command and control is an art and to master this knack there is a simple rule of REWARD and PUNISHMENT. It comes to your wisdom that when to reward someone and when to punish someone. It is not necessary that somebody is working just fine and you will reward him. It is also not necessary that if somebody is not at all working then you will punish him. Interesting, isn’t it? Reward and punishment is a game, in which your main objective is to play with the reactions and psychology of your subordinates. Remember one thing, you cannot lose. Defeat is never acceptable in any game which you play as a manager on the professional front. To give you superior insight of this key to command, ...

This afternoon, I was sitting on lunch table and fervently waiting for my lunch plus conversing with one of the army officer, Captain K10. We were conferring about my previous blog post and our banter went on to OROP (one rank one pension scheme) which followed by Chetan Bhagat’s interpretations. He accentuated that Army clan is not much happy with this veteran Army Brat and his comments inspired by lack of research. This blog post is fundamentally the result of the hassles made by Captain K10 to write something on Chetan Bhagat and OROP. So sir, here we go, this blog post is only and only for you. By the way, Chetan Bhagat if you can try to steal lime light by speaking meaningless statements about OROP then as your junior why I should remain behind. So this is my deliberate efforts to steal the lime light. I am aware that I cannot be so perfect in stealing lime light as Chetan does, but kindly appreciate my efforts. Answers to Chetan Bhagat from random Army Offic...

Yesterday, Prime Minister of India, Narender Modi had interaction with numerous IT magnates of United States such as Facebook, Google and many more. He deliberated his vision of digital India and flourished to persuade these world leaders of information technology to contribute to fulfil his vision of digital India .  Suddenly, in evening the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg changed his Facebook profile picture to a new one in which tricolour of Indian flag was part of it. He did this in support of digital India , which implies a direct support from the one of the most efficacious IT giant. In his support, Prime Minister Narender Modi also changed his profile pic with the new picture of tricolour in it. Raul Sodat Najwa in support of Digital India In middle of all these events, I sustained to perform like an untaught and completely unacquainted about digital India. My prying led me to the probe and lots and lots of reading to find about digital India. ...

Life is a war and deity has flung us in the combat precinct. India has inhabitants of more than 120 crores, which implies the level of antagonism among each other is enormously high. Fewer jobs but applicants are more than that. Not only this, even the industrialists are contending with each other in this country as possessions are comparatively lesser than the number of industries trying to capture and utilize it to produce higher profits. In 21 st century, setbacks are certainly not conventional. Therefore, every single soul wants to attain brilliance. But what is the formula to achieve attainment? Many people are looking for the methods and keys which will unlock the door of triumph in their life. In this article, we will mainly discuss about the first step towards winning a war. Primary Estimation. Before contending in any field, you should know your competitors. If you are industrialists then you have to be aware in a detailed manner about your enemy/competitor....

It was another slothful sunrise, when I opened my eyes and looked on the wall clock. Wall clock was sniggering on me and said ‘You can only dream to wake up up early, but the will from inside has died!’ I flouted my make-believe friend and continued to adore the cosiness of my blanket. Yes, I am languid and I delight in sleeping till late. I know you are not interested to know about my lifestyle but this saga is very much allied with my sleep. I was on a visit and got the privilege to stay in army guest room. There was a knock on door, and I was alert that my room attendant must be waiting to apprise my room with all the necessitating stuff which I may use. I told him that door is open and he is very much welcome inside till the time he is not going to spoil my laziness. The attendant entered and I saw sheen on his uniform. I was surprised; he was not the regular room attendant. I was staring at his uniform. He was rank of nayak (equivalent to corporal) and he was loo...