I left Kohima, a far mature person than the one who had reported there. 20 PUNJAB was in North Sikkim (Tibet Plateau), a super high altitude area, considered tough by a lot of people. Walking in rarified atmosphere can be difficult. My battalion headquarters was at a height of 17000 feet. The tree line finished…
I attended the SC Course from Sep to Nov 98. It was a very educative course. Important memories from the course are as follows: Brig, Squash Player Just about one week into the course I had gone to play Squash and met a Brig instructor. He told me that he had been posted at the…
An average guy may not be able to run one km in 3 min. I definitely cannot. To be able to run 42.2 km in 2 hours means a speed of one km in 2.84 min. If you walk or jog on the tread-mill, then the top speeds you will note there would be 16…
Dhoni led Chennai Super Kings (CSK) lifted the IPL title for the fourth time. Dhoni has been one of the most successful captains in the field of sports in the world. He is my favourite sports leader. For all those aspiring to be good leaders here is my list of qualities that make Dhoni a…
Covid hit me in Sep 20. It took me two months to be able to walk 10 km in approximately 2 hours & 15 min. By Dec I had restarted playing Tennis and exercising. By Mar 21 I was feeling fairly fit. Then at the end of March, I had a right shoulder injury and…
–On September 15 2021, the heads of the government of Australia, the UK and the US announced the formation of a trilateral security pact, to be known as ‘AUKUS’. –The US and Britain would share with Australia, intelligence and advanced technologies in areas like artificial intelligence, cyber-warfare, quantum computing and nuclear submarine construction. –There is…
INDIA’S PALM OIL IMPORTS: –India barely produces about 1.5% of its palm oil while importing about 9 million tonnes from Southeast Asian countries, particularly, Indonesia and Malaysia. India is one of the world’s largest vegetable oil consumers but remains heavily import-dependent. The import dependence also impacts food inflation. –It is also used in various forms…
I wrote an answer to a similar question earlier. It is reproduced here: Why will selectors not select the best talent? Since there is no logical answer to this question, the question is obviously baseless. You may have seen some examples of bright students who lacked all round development being rejected by SSB. This is…
GEOGRAPHY: Afghanistan is a landlocked country surrounded by Pakistan, Tajikistan, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and China. Despite holding over $1 trillion in proven untapped mineral deposits, Afghanistan remains one of the least developed countries in the world. HISTORY: — In April 1978, Afghanistan’s centrist government was overthrown by left-wing military officers, which had little popular…
Procrastination is a major problem with a lot of people. A large number of my students wanted me to write on the subject to improve their understanding of procrastination and evolve strategies to overcome this problem. Putting off things for the future can have various reasons or a combination of reasons. It is thus a…