tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post7091505493268301556..comments2024-03-29T05:44:18.835-07:00Comments on Broadsword by Ajai Shukla - Strategy. Economics. Defence.: MoD's farewell to welfareBroadswordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076780076240598482noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53218511880550395642013-02-12T01:02:21.564-08:002013-02-12T01:02:21.564-08:00The office of ex-servicemen Department should be m...The office of ex-servicemen Department should be manned by ex-servicemen only. This the Defence Headquarters should prevail on the Govt. A little bit of training and our ex-Defence personnels can learn the job in no time and will prove more professional. This will ensure a fairness to the ex-servicemen.<br /><br />Also a separate Pay Fixation Committee should be the norms for the Defence forces.Amrenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13078054754702299344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-38826898817629102892013-02-08T07:21:03.462-08:002013-02-08T07:21:03.462-08:00Dear all,
The whole bad work is being initiate...Dear all,<br /><br /> The whole bad work is being initiated by Mr Harbans Singh OSD Pensions and Ms Malathi Narayanan Under Secretary to Government of India who are sitting at Department of ex Serviceman welfare is totally against the welfare of Ex Serviceman and enemy for welfare of Ex Serviceman I consider that to kick out these basterds from chair and replace good and well minded man to be sitted.<br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-53261295161176113342012-06-30T12:10:05.579-07:002012-06-30T12:10:05.579-07:00We can keep writing such blogs, it will make no di...We can keep writing such blogs, it will make no difference to these babus or politicos. But let these issues be debated over television media by Arnab/Rajdeep/Barkha over two three days and watch the reaction.<br />Are we naive to expect that such blogs will effect the beaureaucrat! The whole parliament stood up in unison when someone stated facts about the number of criminals being members of the august house to protect its honour. So let ex servicemen be damnedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-43868466208377887782012-04-12T07:07:51.554-07:002012-04-12T07:07:51.554-07:00Some comment on the several times the Solicitor Ge...Some comment on the several times the Solicitor General does not appear, due "prior commitments" or "personal reasons" in which he represents the petitioner in IA.9/2010 of TC (P) 56/2007 i.e. Rank Pay Case. <br /><br />Air Mshl (retd) S Y Savur PVSM AVSMOneTopic at a timehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16052358433998476861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-10567757198175798532012-03-29T06:53:28.091-07:002012-03-29T06:53:28.091-07:00Dear Receiver
First up all I wish to say that...Dear Receiver<br /><br /> First up all I wish to say that in India if one of the most useless President of India, the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces is ruling but she do not have any time to see the welfare of Indian Armed Forces and Ex serviceman but she have sufficient time to visit Foreign countries and having tea parties with cricket team at Mumbai and not at New Delhi, if she takes little interest on the issue of OROP the matter is resolved for a long back, I also wish to say that the Patti (Dog) Chidambaram is a Union Home Minister(American sided Man), one of the most useless Prime Minister of India we could not expect any thing as he is always at Foreign Countries (Abroad) no time to sit at India to resolve the issue of ex serviceman and serving personnelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-31144529581067119832012-03-03T10:14:07.614-08:002012-03-03T10:14:07.614-08:00Can this article be emailed to all the Hon'ble...Can this article be emailed to all the Hon'ble Members of Parliament -both the Houses, and their Chairmen and Deputy Chairmen, as also to the Hon'ble Chief Justice of India and Attorney General. This will surely make some impact, rather than simple comments in our own computers. This may be forwarded through e.mail,respectfully. Regards,Gurdip SinghGurdip Singhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-47069743976011042972012-02-26T20:20:10.630-08:002012-02-26T20:20:10.630-08:00All the Babus starting from the IAS cadre to the l...All the Babus starting from the IAS cadre to the lowest in the echelon, treat their jobs as a "Kursi" to support for their holy arses from 9 to 5 (that is only for those who have some time discipline). work comes very low in their priorities. They have so much to do otherwise; gossiping, local office politics, power mongering, self image building,side businesses, money making, etc...etc.<br />Where is the time for doing any thing good for the society at large (tax payers providing their respective salaries and pensions), let alone the armed forces.<br />We in the armed forces also are responsible partially, by eroding our own values and getting into the Babu's shoes' or domain of bribery and corruption.<br />Babus do not care whether the service person being blocked from getting some legitimate privilege by them is an upright gentleman who had gone through enemy fire or is just another man without a face.<br />"Kursi" is dear and as long as the tax payers pay for the same, they will do anything to hold on to that "Kursi". Long live the Babus who try and thwart every move for providing some legitimacy to the three Services claims towards welfare. Let them live in hell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-89061556882851054972012-02-25T05:48:32.775-08:002012-02-25T05:48:32.775-08:00Well done Ajay
Keep pushing genuine intrests of ES...Well done Ajay<br />Keep pushing genuine intrests of ESM. Sometimes even our own serving brothers stonewall ESM. I am sure even in the case you mentioned there would be many comments in files by uniformed men supporting civilian thinking and against the intrest of we retired. If we are able to gain full support of serving uniformed men, MoD will have to follow suit.47 DSSC matenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-33403195733650275312012-02-24T06:53:39.196-08:002012-02-24T06:53:39.196-08:00CIVILIAN CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES IS NOT CIVILIAN B...CIVILIAN CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES IS NOT CIVILIAN BUREAUCRATIC CONTROL OF ARMED FORCES...........Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-59307206045049662602012-02-24T06:04:04.054-08:002012-02-24T06:04:04.054-08:00I am convinced now that the Politician is not the ...I am convinced now that the Politician is not the "cancer" but the bureaucrat. He always was and will continue to be. British India was always ruled by the bureaucrat and the ICS extended this legacy with the IAS doing a brilliant job in the past 60 odd years to bring our country to this state.I have yet to fathom why an IAS officer ( can you really consider him a professional?) lords over ESM welfare. The Democratic Leader of the world presently USA has a retired General or Equivalent heading that organisation.<br />Our country is amazing.Ajay I hope your next project would be the hugh amounts that accumulate at the CSD and how they are distributed or whisked away.OGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16958032501349563441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57349370839680262352012-02-23T21:15:09.873-08:002012-02-23T21:15:09.873-08:00sad and makes me wonder why do soldiers continue t...sad and makes me wonder why do soldiers continue to fight for us....?? dont you??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-11886346517886665402012-02-23T21:09:41.471-08:002012-02-23T21:09:41.471-08:00Very good work giving publicity to such (shameful,...Very good work giving publicity to such (shameful, frankly) issues. BTW the following two (very old!) Rediff articles nicely capture how this permanent meddling problem of civil-bureaucrats-screwing-up-the-military in the Indian armed forces is a legacy of our dearest first prime minister Nehru and his protege (and architect of the 1962 debacle) Krishna Menon:<br /><br />http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/dec/18chin.htm<br /><br />http://ia.rediff.com/news/2004/may/27spec1.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-67378104380399385192012-02-23T14:17:50.905-08:002012-02-23T14:17:50.905-08:00Colonel,
Good job ! It is not enough to b...Colonel, <br /> Good job ! It is not enough to bristle with indignation; we must do as much as we can, as you have done!<br /> A relentless campaign that effects electoral prospects must be drummed up ! The next step is to get the major political parties include these "grievances" of the ESM in their election manifestoes. All the Best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-89874928109639483372012-02-22T20:10:32.759-08:002012-02-22T20:10:32.759-08:00Good cause taken up Colonel... kudos for itGood cause taken up Colonel... kudos for itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-39468333039190405652012-02-22T20:06:13.847-08:002012-02-22T20:06:13.847-08:00The more critical we and media gets, babudom will ...The more critical we and media gets, babudom will get all the more thick skinned. If the political class can push for conscription, maybe it will lead to greater sensitivity. Otherwise it will be a failed case and with total bankruptcy in governance, rebellion is not far awayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-19346370221816648842012-02-22T20:05:05.847-08:002012-02-22T20:05:05.847-08:00And the Supreme commander of India's Armed for...And the Supreme commander of India's Armed forces is oblivious to this apathy towards her army or is she too daft to understand the negligence. She should at least of out shame and as a propoganda for herself, take shelter in the supreme court ruling in favour of the armed forces personnel with regards to 6th pay commmision , comment or beg the defence ministry to stop its trickery and fraud.<br /><br /> Is the PM, Defense minister etc capable of understanding the consequences of such fraud committed by the ministry of defense.We are already facing shortage of personnel in the armed forces due to such frauds committed openly. The babus only claim to fame is to butcher justice against the armed forces personnel, cause their inertia and wisdom cannot make them uphold anything when dealing with real agenda vis a vis foreign relations,politicians and their real job.<br />Add to this the insult of idiotic maneuvers like banning the AFSPA and aiding separatist and pseudo secualarist like Miss Roy etc.<br />I dont think India deserves any armed forces, cause starting from the top, her supreme commander is a mute, dumb and an irresponsible person who does not even know her job profileRustomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-10953859268287851132012-02-22T10:01:07.115-08:002012-02-22T10:01:07.115-08:00Just walk down few steps on the side of millennium...Just walk down few steps on the side of millennium pier on the bank of Thames bang opposite to London eye, you will find a small but sober memorial built to remember those who have sacrificed their lives for the nations or listen to any speech of President of America they never forgets to mention their brave soldiers fighting to secure the future of America. these are the two examples from two very powerful countries of the world and they very rightly deserve that place, not because they have brave soldiers nor is the case that only there soldiers are brave but because they are the people who remember those who have fallen in the line of the duty, they are the on who celebrates armistice day more than Valentine day and strange it may sound but its true. Here we have a bunch of love crazy people so crazy and so idiot that they don't even understand the simple marketing concepts, and in this carpet bombing done by Bollywood and greeting card companies, soldiers are left behind and it is 26/11 or Kargil that wakes us up. At times I tend to thank Pakistanis for there mistakes as they managed to remind us our nationalism which in every case is very short lived.<br />Now, nation and nationalism has become a matter of shame and if you to feel it, ask any youngster if he ever listens to his national anthem or any other patriotic song like he does other bollywood number and if he can tell you the true reason, it would be because he is scared of the fact that people might laught at him or listening a patriotic song "out of season", and like everything else, even patriotism in India has shrunken to seasons and market, we have a patriotic movie every at the interval of every five years because there is enough space for ti to make money, we have candle light vigils in burst, first for Jessica, after a while Arushi then certain Anna moved in and took the stage and believe it or not country gets what it deserves, not what it wants.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-82513424465827328702012-02-22T02:30:05.558-08:002012-02-22T02:30:05.558-08:00To the point and very short comment "Kangress...To the point and very short comment "Kangress the bastardo..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-36592622674053702242012-02-21T23:05:03.360-08:002012-02-21T23:05:03.360-08:00Nice and touching articles. Please publish this ne...Nice and touching articles. Please publish this news papers and in other websites.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-11571902306151425652012-02-21T21:03:45.817-08:002012-02-21T21:03:45.817-08:00A very insightful article about the very crass and...A very insightful article about the very crass and morass-ridden attitude of the babooos who have no inkling into their own work ethos.<br /><br />Those dimwits would fit perfectly in any insurance company which without fail looks into loopholes to deny payment. The morally bankrupt officers in the MOD would lie or even look for non-existent clauses in the collective agreements to deny the very jawans what is due to them. <br /><br />More articles exposing all the filth that has insidiously crept into MOD would be most welcome as eye openers which would hopefully create the much needed pressure to wake up these nincompoop baboons in babudom.the terminatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-9483527523822758522012-02-21T20:25:13.891-08:002012-02-21T20:25:13.891-08:00I believe it is not worth serving the country (in ...I believe it is not worth serving the country (in any form) where corrupt, inept and insensitive people rule us. Only individual skill, bravery and sacrifice has kept this country together and I also believe will continue to keep it together in future too. Thankfully we have a facade called democracy where similar set of people get opportunity to loot in turns. The rulers still have colonial mindset in spite of being Indians once they taste power, they tend to think they are superior beings and think they belong to East India company and have eternal rights to loot.<br />It is at most important to be financially savvy and make hay where when possible. If a corrupt system wants to play ball, it is worth being more corrupt than the system. So called moral and ethical ideals are not relevant when the fence eats the field.Ganeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01671274543897909474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-57778398790644539832012-02-21T16:23:35.426-08:002012-02-21T16:23:35.426-08:00That's how the system has become, babus who do...That's how the system has become, babus who dont know any thing soldiers & their suffering just take a decision in stroke of non time which changes lives of veterans. Change system of decision making. Just move the Head Office of Welfare board to JK or NE from Delhi. to even work frm the town their they will find it hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-63110212774338368922012-02-21T10:53:52.994-08:002012-02-21T10:53:52.994-08:00Maybe our leaders are short-sighted, in that, they...Maybe our leaders are short-sighted, in that, they do not read and learn from lessons in history. A nation which ignores its armed forces, generally suffers defeat from external threats, as well as internal revolts. I wonder why stupid Indian citizens keep electing year-after-year the same political party to the center. That is the major cause of worry. Leaders are as confident as their constituencies allow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-56060410585269326822012-02-21T07:19:37.276-08:002012-02-21T07:19:37.276-08:00MOD is a brainless wonder.But everything should be...MOD is a brainless wonder.But everything should be considered in perspective. The ruling elite is like that. They will splurge on CWG & Kalmadi will make crores. But when it comes to paying a few lakhs they act have an ostrich attitude.<br /><br />Army should fight out his cause. Otherwise who is going to fight for this country. Let China, Pak & everyone else come & breakup this country & our govt will play NeroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8726844009873922462.post-20178557674110260542012-02-21T06:36:00.256-08:002012-02-21T06:36:00.256-08:00Col. Shukla-
Very good article, sir. Thank you for...Col. Shukla-<br />Very good article, sir. Thank you for standing up for ex-servicemen.<br /><br />I know this probably sounds very naive; but is there some way you could get this article seen by our parliamentarians and such? <br /><br />Is there some way you could get an investigation started into DESW's lies to our parliament?Heberiannoreply@blogger.com