1/n @adgpi@pmo Since 2016 I am writing on #OneArmyOneUniform Read thread of 2016 here👉🏻and second thread in 2020 at trail👇🏻 here. Each year I have brought this up. I read Indian Express
2/n #OneArmyOneUniform If @adgpi and @PMOIndia does not take concrete measures today, you will pass in history as people who knew I was talking truth but you did not have courage to implement. 1. Ask any cadet who reports for training in NDA, AFA, NA, IMA, OTA....
3/n #OneArmyOneUniform if they know how to ‘read’ a uniform. Unless with past experience, all are clueless. The day Army cadets are commissioned their eyes become eagle-sharp. They know lanyards, belts, logos, black, brass, colour code, cane, pouch belts- EACH is seed of NEPOTISM
4/n #OneArmyOneUniform Now read my 19 Mar 2016 tweet thread again. I will continue thereafter.
6/n @adgpi This has to be taken seriously. Cosmetic changes to mess dress is the LAST thing required. FIRST CHANGE is at Academy. Let next Passing Out Parade be in one uniform. The cadets must all wear same uniform. Start change from bottom upwards. Stop all silly accoutrements
7/n #OneArmyOneUniform Nepotism of lanyard is root cause of merit being smothered. Let cadets grow in OneArmy environment. It makes no difference what Brigadier and upward wear. They are in any case superannuating. Make it mandatory for unit downwards. CO downwards is the teeth.
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CORONA ruined my three trips in 2020 to meet my unit widows and few army widows. I start my road trip travelling to their villages in remote Punjab, Himachal and J&K on 19 Mar. I will give you actual life of forces widows. Four days, 2000 km, own expenditure & no favours.
2/n #MeetingForcesWidows#RoadTrip Day-1, 19 Mar, Left Delhi by road on my thrice-a-year pilgrimage to meet Forces Widows and their school-college going children. Missed 2020 due to Corona else since 2006 never missed meeting them each year. A 260 km drive to first destination.
3/n #MeetingForcesWidows#RoadTrip With no-touching-cash, we reimburse 100% tuition fees to the widows and ensure that no child discontinues education up to post graduation. The unique Benefactor to Beneficiary model ensures 100% money is transferred by donor to widow DIRECTLY.
#CyclingTips I qualify to give cycling tips after picking up cycling at 57, breaking a shoulder at 60 and resuming cycling at 61. Will give tips to cyclists with just one aim, SAFETY. If I can pick up at 57, you can too. #Tip Start with personal gear. More later. Gyara Murti
2. #CyclingTips Your personal gear is NOT FASHION. It is necessity. Wear skin tight leggings or shorts, reflective and fluorescent shirt, shoes with laces rolled and tightly tucked inside shoe, hand gloves-half gloves in summer (palms sweat and slip off), HELMET is mandatory.
3. #CyclingTips This gear is necessary since your exposure to road is a 1000 times more than when not cycling. Each metre cycled must be safe. If you want ADD elbow and knee guards. Cycling shorts/leggings are special. They have thick padding for bums and crotch. It is required.
1/n SUNDAY-FUNDAY Bringing you 14 MILITARY TALES for sheer fun of reading and enjoying. 1st-
BOLE SO NIHAAL-SAAT-SRI-AAKAAL colsanjaypande.com/bole-so-nihaal… Many years in Punjab have made me more 'Sikh' than most Sikhs. 'Nit Name' & 'Ardas' are part of my daily prayers from last 30 years
2/n SUNDAY-FUNDAY Bringing you 14 MILITARY TALES
2nd - RISING SUN AND A MILLION DOLLAR SMILE : ARUNACHAL PRADESH : MENCHUKA 1987 colsanjaypande.com/rising-sun-and… Adi tribe was spread over the mountain slopes. Widely interspersed by distances. Small rivulets joined the main river..
3/n SUNDAY-FUNDAY Bringing you 14 MILITARY TALES
3rd-WILD ELEPHANTS : POOP THAT SHOOK ME colsanjaypande.com/wild-elephants… How close have you been to a herd of wild elephants? I never desired it but….the smell of wild elephants….
1/n colsanjaypande.com My effort to continuously improve your experience on my website, which has large number of varied topics, I have added 'TAGS" that will help you read just what 'you' want to read and not everything I write.
The website has six categories.
2/n Each category deals with a specific subject. All articles are held category wise. You did not have a choice earlier to sub divide as per subjects. The reader experience has been taken a step higher by introducing 'TAGS". Each Tag is a specific subject and regardless......
3/n of which category it belongs, the tags pick up similar topics from all six categories. I will explain it with help of one Category.
1/n SAMMAAN AUR JUBAAN - HONOUR AND COMMITMENT-Happy Diwali to all of you. May this festival bring out the goodness in each one of us.
I launched something today and pray to God to let me succeed.
A Twitter friend is developing an app for “Sammaan Aur Jubaan”. Contd...,
2/n SAMMAAN AUR JUBAAN - HONOUR AND COMMITMENT-Keeping the Honour of Forces Widows and Commitment given by good human beings, Sammaan aur Jubaan is about being HUMANE. Happy Diwali to all of you. May this festival bring out the goodness in each one of us. We believe that :
3/n We believe that : 1. There is no dearth of good human beings. 2. These good human beings are always ready to help needy. 3. They don’t know how to help and if they donate does it ever reach the intended person? 4. They simply sit tight.
1. MoD Secretary No.1-Department of Defence (DoD). The “Defence Secretary” heads DoD responsible for the defence of India, preparation for defence and all acts .....
....all acts as may be conducive in times of war. He is tasked to ensure the defence of the country and not that of the Service Chiefs, nor of the President or PM.