Food For thought

Unable to reach political negotiation on disputed territory along the 3,225km long Himalayan border (The Mc Mahon Line and the south of Karakoram Pass), the Chinese attacked India. September 1962 witnessed India’s major political drawback in handling the warfare in its useless “ lullaby way ”. 9 divisions of army were deployed along the Himalayan Borders. None of them were up to its full troop strength, and all were short of tanks, equipment, artillery, and even adequate and proper clothing and snow glasses. The defending Indian forces were easily ejected from their posts in the area of the Karakoram Pass, from most posts near Pangong Lake, in Assam and Leh, the Chinese forces advanced easily despite efforts at resistance. Chinese were set aback in Ladakh and had to retreat from NEFA (North East Frontier Agency) due to Indian Defence. It was not until November 21 st did China declare a Unilateral Cease Fire . . By then, they had accomplished all of the land that they had planned, and ...

Who’s our saviour? That would mostly depend on the religion that I belong to. If am a Christian, I will take my saviour to be Jesus, if Muslim, I will enchant Mashallah!! Or if I am Hindu,...........................................???? Well, that calls for a lot of explanations, though, the name to enchant would simply (!) depend on various factors like my caste, sub caste, and which name and mythological heroics that I am influenced with. But despite all this, if for all the Hindus, there should be some common thought when it comes to God and that is none other than Lord Krishna. Lord Krishna, the hero of Mahabharata, transcends to a story of good versus evil, of families in turmoil, of jealousy and betrayal and at the heart of it all, a quest for the truth. It is a theme based story line that all of mankind can relate themselves to, at one point or the other, for believing that the Truth always triumphs, (“Satyameva Jayate”). Bhagavad Geetha talks of Krishna as a philosopher who e...