It would not be often that a guy has a close brush with death. As an Army man in general and an Infantryman in particular one can increase the chances of such situations. In the Defence Services we often do not need any enemy to create high risks; we are quite capable of doing so…
Aspirants waste a lot of time trying to excel in the WAT test. They learn wrong tips about the test from numerous websites and other sources. Often I find that aspirants find it difficult to write a sentence in 15 seconds. Given below are sentences written by one of my students (all inside 10 seconds). This…
In 1987 I was due to attend the Battalion Support Weapons (BSW) Course at Mhow. The course had three legs: 81 mm Mortar, MMG & Rcl. I also got an opportunity to undergo some kind of pre-course training along with Capt Jamwal [(my immediate junior) Jimmy]. Naik Balak Ram was assigned the responsibility of training…
In my view our “Fitness Guide” is fairly comprehensive as regards helping our students formulate realistic fitness goals and plans to accomplish them. Students are still keen to know what my goals are and how I plan to accomplish them. Sharing this information can be of some help in our students formulating their goals and…
KICKSTART YOUR CAREER! Want to build a dream career but don’t know where to begin? Had a career gap and wanted to get back on track? Confused about the right requirements and path to switch to your desired profession? If the answer to either of these questions was a YES, then this is for you!…
WHAT IS THE SRI LANKAN ECONOMIC CRISIS –The Sri Lankan economy is undergoing a twin crisis: debt and foreign exchange crisis. –The total current external debt for Sri Lanka stands at $45 billion. –However, in February 2022, the country only had $2.31 in foreign exchange reserves. Due to low foreign exchange reserves, the country is…
Discipline I was well aware of my reputation of being very strict and it had provided immense benefits as the best thing possible is that potential offenders are deterred from committing offences. I did not want to be overly harsh and also appear to be not too harsh. Thus, I made a policy. It had…