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Sep 23 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
1/ #DecolonisingIndianArmy @PMOIndia is ‘decolonising Indian Army’. Why should PMO step in? See this clip which was part of my YouTube video uploaded on 22 Jun 2022. Army was just not interested. Why? The resistance to change is deep.
2/ Any veteran criticising the ‘decolonising’ Indian Army is a beneficiary of the system and hence naturally expected to criticise. I have written extensively on ‘lanyard nepotism’, ‘killing of merit’, ‘dominance of the mediocre’, ‘rank race’ resulting in killing of merit.
3/ All of this happens due to the (British) Indian Army carrying on with British traditions where all those Brits who killed Indians retained names of their regiments post independence. The Infantry domination ensured that a mediocre Infantry officer can harbour dream to become
4/ a Lt General but the most brilliant non-Infantry officer struggles to become even a Brig/Maj Gen and mostly such brilliant officers opt to leave Army. @PMOIndia must hammer those criticising the move.

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Sep 15
1/ 200 books packed after QC Check, 287 books to be packed today. ‘Under The Sun’ is BEFORE TIME. Credibility maintained at 100%. I had promised ink signed authors message and signed books PLUS your name printed on back cover for all books booked upto 27 Aug. It is done.
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Sep 15
1/ Galwan actually is the ‘history’ taken over by BJP Government & Mr.Modi. Till Galwan it was Congress mindset hammered into heads of bureaucracy, military, politicians, experts,writers, journalists etc. The habit of looking at every event through this jaundiced eye hasn’t died.
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Sep 15
1/ Indian citizens cannot make head or tail out of ‘negotiations’ with China with regard to actual claims of both countries and state in ground. To all those interested in China, I recommend you read 6/7 articles on my blog colsanjaypande.com which will cover 500 yrs to
2/ stop at 15 Aug 1947. This is the minimum requirement for anyone interested in China to know. Once you know that, be sure you know what 1. India claimed and published maps in 1947-48 period as its borders with China in Ladakh. 2. What China claimed to be its claim.
3/ Once you are clear on these two, you should read developments in 1952, 1959 and eventually the 1962 war. Post 1962 war both countries had a stand off line which at places had troops in posts and at places vast areas with no troops. Few patrols in a year would go upto standoff
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1/ #SelfPublishing also means complete 360 degree management. Today is ‘sorting out’ day. 467 books to be sorted out for each reader with specific requests. Once sorting in batch of fifty books is done, I will take list of first fifty preorders and check each for ‘personalised’ Image
2/ name printed on back cover. Sorting out of book ‘Under the Sun’ in progress👇🏻. Left with 50 books to be piled up in respective bundle of fifty. Once list is double checked, we start printing name and addresses on envelopes. Next job is to put each book in correct envelope!
3/ Next job is to format excel file for e-com aggregator. I must mention here that one of the finest professionals and a human being I met in this torturous journey of self publishing was Akshat, my printer, friend and guide. He keeps trust in humanity alive. That’s him Image
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1/ #UnderTheSun What a wonderful feeling seeing my own book printed and stacked for ‘final cutting’. My book ‘UNDER THE SUN’ finally sees light of the day. All copies ready for delivery as I write this tweet. We commence the ‘logistics’ part now and prepare for dispatch.
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