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2021 – THE YEAR OF HOPE   Gunners Shot wishes all of you a very happy 2021.  May the  new year bring peace and happiness to you, your family , your friends, near and dear ones.  May it be the best year of our lives. May it fulfil all your hopes . On behalf myself and my entire family I would like to thank many of you for the wonderful wishes you have sent to us for this year of hope.    'Gunners Shot’also thanks all its readers for the fantastic support it has received.  Without such motivation and support, it would not have grown to this extent.  I am happy and immensely satisfied that as the year ended,  the blog has had 1.2 million views  and the number keeps growing.  At times it overwhelms me.  I hope I can live up to your expectations in future also.    The two major challenges faced by the world in 2020 have emanated from China - the Virus and an unprecedented level of aggressive ambition to be numero uno post haste. Both have wrecked the world in more ways than one. While t

IT GIVES ME A GREAT SENSE OF PRIDE THAT ' GUNNERS SHOT ' HAS HAD ITS  'MILLIONTH VIEWER'  TODAY MORNING.  PLEASE SEE THE TABLE BELOW.                                 I STARTED THE BLOG IN MARCH 2019 WHEN SOME OF MY ARTICLES WERE REJECTED BY NATIONAL MEDIA AND REPUTED PLATFORMS. THEY PROBABLY FELT THAT MY  ARTICLES DO NOT DESERVE  SPACE IN THEIR PUBLICATIONS. HOWEVER I THANK THEM FOR NUDGING ME TO STRIKE OUT ON MY OWN.     SO I SET MY OWN STANDARDS.    I ALSO COULD NOT COMPROMISE IN PUTTING ACROSS MY VIEW POINT THE WAY I FELT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW. I CHOSE TO BE UNBIASED AND EXPRESS WHAT IS GOOD FOR INDIA WITHOUT ANY COLOURING.  I HAVE ALSO FELT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT FOR EVERY INDIAN TO KNOW WHAT IS RELEVANT FOR OUR SECURITY IN AS SIMPLE TERMS AS POSSIBLE. IT IS ONLY THEN THAT HE WILL BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE AND SUPPORT THE ARMED FORCES IN THEIR ENDEAVOUR TO PROTECT OUR NATION. OUR MEN AND OFFICERS WHO ARE SERVING ARE THE BEST AND DESERVE OUR GRATITUDE FOR

बौद्धिक मध्यस्थता की बिल्ली को घंटी बांधना By     Lt Gen P.R Shanker   Posted on  2 weeks ago 0 second read     0   19   Share on Facebook     Share on Twitter     Share on Reddit     Share on Pinterest     Share on Linkedin     Share on Tumblr https://www.aajsamaaj.com/editorial/विचार-मंच/tying-a-bell-to-a-cat-of-intellectual-mediation श्री मोहन गुरुस्वामी द्वारा लिखित लेख मिलिट्री मेडियोरिटी – हू विल बेल द कैट शीर्षक से एक लेख सोशल मीडिया के चक्कर लगा रहा है। यह भारतीय सशस्त्र बलों के नेतृत्व को खराब रोशनी में चित्रित करता है। वर्तमान में सशस्त्र सेनाओं के नेतृत्व पर आकांक्षाओं का नेतृत्व करना आम लोगों के मन में संदेह पैदा करता है। क्या राष्ट्र की सुरक्षा, सुरक्षा और भलाई के अधिकार में है? मिस्टर गुरुस्वामी का सैन्य नेतृत्व पर बौद्धिक प्रवचन जुलाई 18 में उनके पहले के डायट्रीब का शीर्षक है, जिसका शीर्षक है ‘मिलिटरी इनकंप्यूटेंस – हू विल बेल द कैट’। इन लेखों में क्या अंतर है? ‘अक्षमता’ को दो वर्षों में ‘औसतता’ द्वारा बदल दिया गया है। भारत को बधाई! आपके सैन्य नेतृत्व ने अक्षमता से मध्यस

Also published @ https://thedailyguardian.com/belling-the-cat-of-intellectual-mediocrity/ An article titled  ’Military Mediocrity – Who Will Bell The Cat ’ by Mr Mohan Guruswamy  is doing the  social media rounds.(  published in the citizen.in). It paints the Indian Armed Forces leadership in poor light.  Casting aspersions on the leadership of the Armed Forces, at present, sows doubt in the minds of common people.  Is the safety, security and wellbeing of the nation in the right hands? Mr Guruswamy’s intellectual discourse on military leadership is a reproduction of his earlier diatribe titled ‘ Military Incompetence – Who Will Bell the Cat ’ in Jul 18 (also published by the citizen.in).  What is the difference between these articles? ‘Incompetence’ has been replaced by ‘Mediocrity’ over two years.  Congratulations India! Your military leadership has graduated from incompetence to mediocrity while Mr Guruswamy and the Citizen are belling the same old cat.  This new article with a few

Col Manoj Asthana is from my regiment. He was the Second in Command  of my unit when I was a battery commander. He is a great one at coming out with some lovely stories which amplify life in the services and its uniqueness. That uniqueness is commonly known as adventure/ romance/ daredevilry. This story has a bit of all. It gives a feel of  life in the forces and why all of us who have worn an uniform would like live a life again in uniform given another chance , despite everything! The young Pilot was standing next to his Alloutte Helicopter, morose at having been put down in the morning medical before flying. As he returned from the dispersal murmuring some expletives, he had a quick cup of coffee in the tea room, kickstarted his Jawa with the look,that a mongoose reserves for a snake and roared off, a la Tom Cruise in Top Gun. Next day he was again in the first detail, a quick ATC & Met briefing followed by the sortie profile by the Flight Commander. As the Airforce Jeep a

THIS IS A NARRATION OF A REAL LIFE HERO BY LT GEN SATISH DUA (RETD) WHO WAS HIS CORPS COMMANDER 'Sir I want to be with the boys' said a 24 year old officer, refusing to go home on sick leave when I met him at Base Hospital at Srinagar with a jaw broken by a stone pelting crowd, as he was returning with his team after a successful encounter with terrorists. Bemused, I looked at this young 24 yr old boy, who wanted to return to his 'boys' each of whom were trained Special Forces Soldiers, all older than him and more experienced. He was younger than my younger son, and impulsively I  broke protocol and ruffled his hair and said 'Happy Hunting Son.' Within a week, I saluted his mortal remains in a casket. I was overwhelmed. It was huge operation. The biggest hostage situation during my tenure as GOC Chinar Corps in Kashmir, where terrorists had occupied a six storeyed building in Pampore on the outskirts of Kashmir. These BRAVEHEARTS rescued over 60