“Some goals are so worthy, it is glorious even to fail” – Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey, Param Vir Chakra (Marnoparant).
This day in 1999, a young Captain by the name of Manoj Pandey was going gung ho, clearing Pakis in Khalubar.
Little would he have known that he had just about 43 days more in this mortal world, before he attained martyrdom and at the same time, immortal fame.
He led the most difficult tasks assigned to 1/11 Gorkha Rifles in the war, with full confidence in his fellow Gorkhas to deliver.
Here is a letter he wrote from the battlefield to a friend.
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As can be seen in the words he wrote, he knew the task was big, but also that it simply HAD to be done.
And that he was not afraid of what lay ahead.
His moment of glory would come on the night of 02/03 July in Khalubar where he singlehandedly cleared four bunkers out of six that had held up the Indian Army’s advance towards the LoC in that sector.
In the process, he met a glorious death. But even as he fell, mortally wounded, the last grenade in his hand found the last remaining Pakis in the fourth bunker. Even in death, his task was utmost in his mind.
His last words, his last command to him boys in fact was – “Na Chhornu” (Don’t leave them).
The maddened Gorkhas ensured that their fallen leader’s last command was obeyed without any pity or remorse towards the enemy. With their khukris flashing, they ensured not one Paki saw the next dawn.
When dawn finally broke, Paki dead lay littered on the battlefield. But the joy of victory was dampened by the loss of Manoj and six other Paramvirs of 1/11 Gorkha Rifles. One Param Vir Chakra and three Vir Chakras were bagged by the battalion that night on their Path of Glory.
Mr Gopi Chand Padey, a humble gardener from Lucknow would soon find himself on the Rajpath, receiving the PVC earned by his son.
Even normally drably worded official citation couldn’t hide the sheer madness of that night.
God bless this Param Vir and his parents who raised him to become one.
Here’s a short, five minute video of his parents talking about him. The mother actually knew that her son was no more even before anyone told her. Try and watch the video till the end without choking up if you can.
Sharing some snippets from his young life in the succeeding paras.
Photo: Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC (P) at the battlefield with fellow officers of his Paltan. A rare pic.
Manoj Pandey with his parents, possibly during, or sometime immediately after his training years.
The final homecoming of Capt Manoj Kumar Pandey, PVC (P), for his last journey on shoulders of his fellow Gorkhas, Lucknow, 07 July 1999
A documentary on Manoj Pandey. Totally worth the 15 minutes of your life it asks for. Footage worth gold. A MUST SEE
Sergeant Manoj Kumar Pandey, Mike Squadron, National Defence Academy
Junior Under Officer Manoj Kumar Pandey, Indian Military Academy
A young Manoj Pandey at his village Kamlapur, near Sitapur, about 60km from Lucknow
Last photo of Capt Manoj Pandey clicked during his last leave, 15 Mar 1999. He left for Kargil on the 16th.
Khalubar – the last battlefield of Capt Manoj Pandey. Was unconquerable, but for Manoj & the hundreds like him
Story of Capt Manoj Pandey for kids, a wonderful effort. My elder one has read it more than 20 times
Photo: A bust of Capt Manoj, being presented to the IMA next month by veterans on their 50th year reunion.
Folks, yesterday marked the 309th anniversary of the day when the Sikhs, led by Banda Singh Bahadur entered the city of Sirhind. Here’s a short blog on the events leading up to this significant victory for the Khalsa Panth.
Sirhind was the unfortunate witness to the martyrdom of the two younger Sahebzadas of Guru Gobind Singh at the hands of its Governor Wazir Khan, who’d vowed to finish the Sikhs after the battle of Anandpur Saheb in 1704.
Sahebzadas Fateh Singh and Zorawar Singh were just 9 and 6 years old respectively, but stood firm to their faith like a rock.
They chose martyrdom over conversion to Islam, along with their grandmother, Mata Gujri, the wife of Guru Teg Bahadur, who too had earned the title ‘Hind Di Chaddar’ for his sacrifice.
Enraged at this dastardly act, the Sikhs vowed revenge.
Soon, in 1708, Guru Gobind Singh too was murdered by assassins thought to have been sent by the same Wazir Khan. However, the Guru had, shortly before his death, baptized a young ascetic, Madho Singh and given him the title, ‘Banda Bahadur.’
Realizing that he was mortally wounded and wouldn’t be able to punish Wazir Khan himself, Guru Gobind Singh sent Banda Bahadur for the job shortly before he left for his heavenly abode.
In Oct 1708, Banda Singh Bahadur marched towards Punjab with 25 Khalsas and a ‘Hukumnama‘ enjoining Sikhs to gather under his banner. As Banda reached Delhi, thousands had gathered around him, raring to avenge the Guru and his Sahebzadas.
Sonepat, Samana, Shahbad, Mustafabad, Kapuri and Banur were soon subjugated. Now Banda Singh Bahadur marched towards Sirhind to give battle to Wazir Khan, who too had marched out to meet him.
The Khalsas and the Mughals clashed at Chappar Chiri in Kharar Tehsil on 12th May 1710. The Mughals fielded cannons and cavalry whereas the Khalsas fought with swords, spears and small arms.
It was not an easy battle. Far from it, in fact.
Wazir Khan fielded a strong army, bolstered in numbers by a call to Jihad issued by him.
In initial stages of battle, they prevailed over the the Khalsa, with their artillery causing many casualties.
Realising the criticality of taking out the Mughal arty, the Sikhs charged towards the guns.
Many fell enroute, but the remaining finally silenced the Mughal artillery.
Now started a hand to hand fight.
Here too, the Mughals had an upper hand due to their numbers.
At this stage, Baaj Singh, the second in command of Banda, who was sitting atop a mound to observe and direct the battle, approached him and requested him to join the battle.
Banda Bahadur moved to the forefront of his army to give battle to the enemy.
In words of Sohan Singh,
‘Then rose he (Banda) like a hungry lion from his cave & sprang upon the army like a bolt from the blue.
His appearance very much encouraged the Khalsa, whereas it struck a general terror among the enemy.
The irresistible Banda, with a single sally changed the whole scene.’
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Encouraged by the sight of their leader, the Sikhs fell upon their enemy with renewed vigour. Many a Mughal were dispatched by the Khalsas without any pity or remorse.
In the words of Khazan Singh, ‘When the battle was raging, a strong storm set in and with that the Singhs rushed at the enemy and put them to flight.’
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‘Money and baggage, horses, elephants, fell’ said Khafi Khan, ‘into the hands of the infidels (Singhs) and not a man of the army of Islam escaped with more than his life and the clothes he stood in.’
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Outnumbered, out-gunned and under-equipped, yet the Khalsas prevailed over the enemy.
Wazir Khan himself fell to the sword of Fateh Singh.
After a bloody battle lasting two days, the Singhs finally raised the victory cry and Banda Bahadur took formal charge of Sirhind, which had borne the brunt of the final stages of battle as the Mughals fled Westwards from Chappar Chiri.
On 27th May 1710, Banda Singh Bahadur held a huge ‘Diwan’ in Sirhind city and proclaimed the Khalsa rule and the end of Mughal tyranny.
With this victory, ‘Khalsas of Gobind’ now controlled all land between Sutlej and Yamuna.
This was the first Sikh kingdom in the Land of Five Rivers, established after innumerable sacrifices. It didn’t last very long, but a start had been made. A lasting Sikh Empire was but a matter of time.
God bless the souls of those that perished in those days.
Fateh Burj (Victory Tower), constructed in Chhappar Chiri to commemorate the epic battle that the Khalsas fought there under the stewardship of Banda Singh Bahadur.
Looks like Shri Ganpat Rai has made Pakistan his permanent home!
But jokes apart, NEVER trust Terroristan, ESPECIALLY when they offer ceasefire / de-escalation. What this statement from Pakistan means is that they are really hurting due to the relentless whacking by the Indian Army since Pulwama / Balakot.
Of course, being practically bankrupt, plus an IMF which is making them grovel for bakhsheesh like never before helps too.
THIS is the reason why they are suddenly smoking the peace pipe, in addition to the dope that they are otherwise addicted to.
And this is not the first time they are doing so, mind you.
On 12 January 2002, the world saw a mightily shaken up Musharraf come on television and ‘promise’ that no Pakistani territory would henceforth be used for terror against India.
You know what prompted this?
It happened when he realized that this time India meant business.
It happened when he saw the way the Indian Armed forces had mobilized in the immediate aftermath of the Parliament Attack, all set to teach Pakis a good lesson once and for all.
Interestingly, by making this statement, he more or less acknowledged Pakistan sponsored terror.
Btw, it was the same Musharraf who had PUBLICLY felicitated terrorist Ilyas Kashmiri for bringing the head of an Indian Army soldier from the LoC not very long ago.
It was the same Musharraf who has been repeatedly humiliated by the Indian Army
Here are a few more tweets on Musharraf and his baptism by Indian fire in 1965. This thread was tweeted on the occasion of 50 years of the 1965 war. Here’s theLINKto the relevant part of that thread and a screenshot below:-
It was the same Musharraf who had told a group of retired military officers in April 1999 that “Taliban are my strategic reserve & I can unleash them in tens of thousands against India when I want” (LINK).
So what happened in 2002?
Did he realize his ‘folly’ and become a reformed man?
Nope.
Far from it.
The reason for this cosmetic change of heart was that India was finally on verge of calling Pakistan’s bluff. How much sincerity lay behind his words was aptly demonstrated when Pakistan sponsored terror killed unarmed women & kids in Kaluchak 5 months later.
Pakistan react ‘fast and furious’ by arresting Hafiz Saeed after Vajpayee talked about Aar Paar ki Ladai.
The same was repeated after the 2008 Mumbai Attacks!
Such is the irony of the terror infrastructure in Pakistan that today Hafiz Saeed, Masood Azhar and Lakhvi roam freely, while Musharraf is hiding in the Middle East!
This brings me back to the basic premise behind this blog – Pakistan offering an olive branch.
We’d be fools to be taken in by it.
Just as their proxies come back stronger after every ‘Ramzan Ceasefire’ in the Valley, so will the Pak Army.
This offer is not that of a ceasefire, but a tactical retreat instead.
A tactical retreat because their bankrupt economy can no longer sustain such prolonged engagements.
A tactical retreat so that they can go back to licking their wounds.
A tactical retreat so that once their wounds heal and logistics replenished, they can go back to being .. well .. themselves.
A tactical retreat because the much anticipated baksheesh from IMF is taking a tad bit longer.
Let’s be clear folks – this ‘offer’ is not due to a change of heart, but is more about making a virtue out of a necessity because they just cannot carry on any longer.
This is not the time for us to repeat past follies and show magnanimity yet again.
Throughout our history, we’ve pardoned an inexcusable number of Ghauris an inexcusable number of times. And we all know what we have to show for it – Zilch. One often wonder what might have been, had we NOT been magnanimous even one of those times. Here is a tweet from about four years ago (LINK):-
This ‘peace offer’ by Pakistan is because they’ve once again realized that the GOI is damn serious about de-panting their brown pants spanking their brown bottoms good.
Bottomline: This is not the time to smoke the peace pipe.
On the contrary, this is the time to let the dagger thrust in their backsides, remain their, if not pushing it deeper. The enemy is hurting. The Valley is relatively calm, despite the onset of summers. Let it remain thus.
Fast, brutal and unforgiving, the MiG-27 is a formidable Soviet attack aircraft that continues to serve with the Indian Air Force. Hush-Kit spoke to former MiG-27 pilot Anshuman Mainkar about flying and fighting in this ferocious machine known locally as the Bahadur.
What is the best thing about the MiG-27? “She was built for low level flying. No doubt about it, she offered a silk smooth ride down low. And she was fast….I remember a live fire exercise mission flows in card with two French Mirages trailing. On being given a call to push, we engaged afterburners and pulled away from the Mirages, who couldn’t catch up with us after that.”
“She was very fast at low-levels, and her ability to hold steady was superb. With wings swept back fully and speeds exceeding 1000 km/h at low levels, the wings waggled and the noise and vibrations…
IF PAKISTAN DOESN’T STOP TERRORISM, WE WON’T HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION BUT TO STOP RIVER WATER: NITIN GADKARI
So I came across this news report earlier today (LINK)
This is BIG, folks! Don’t dismiss it as a mere political statement in middle of an election season. Let me explain how ..
Firstly, this is the first time someone as high up the decision making chain as a Union Minister has talked about the Indus Water Treaty in this manner.
He’s not talked about optimally exploiting waters of the three Eastern Rivers which in any case are ours as per the treaty. Neither is he talking about utilizing the waters of the Western Rivers to the extent the treaty permits India to do. (In fact, we STILL aren’t utilizing the Western River waters that are we are permitted, even though some steps have materialized in that direction)
What he talks instead is about stopping the flow of river waters into Pakistan. Now by this, one can safely assume that he is definitely NOT talking about the three Western Rivers because stopping their flow is more or less impossible due to geographical constraints.
What he means is about the three Eastern Rivers, and amongst those too, the Ravi. Now why Ravi?
Because the Beas in any case merges with the Sutlej well within Indian territory and the Sutlej itself is practically a trickle by the time it crosses the border into Pakistan.
Now as far as the Ravi goes, there has been a steady build-up by this govt regarding diverting excess water that flows into Pak & use it for own consumption. I blogged some thoughts about the same some months ago. Do have a look for a better understanding –On Ravi River Waters Flowing Unchecked into Pakistan
As far as the Sutlej and the trickle that still flows into Pakistan goes, the day Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal happens, that too will be history.
But then, I see this statement of the Minister not for what I have written in the above. What stands out in the above statement is this phrase – PEACEFUL RELATIONS AND FRIENDSHIP. Here’s a screenshot of the same:-
Now before I elaborate upon that, let me tell you about the circumstances in which the Indus Water Treaty can be abrogated by any party – THERE ARE NONE!
Para 3 of Article XII of the Indus Water Treaty states: “The provisions of this Treaty may from time to time be modified by a duly ratified treaty concluded for that purpose between the two Governments.”Unquote
Para 4 of the same article says:“The provisions of this Treaty, or the provisions of this Treaty as modified under the provisions of Para 3, shall continue in force until terminated by a duly ratified treaty concluded for that purpose between the two Governments.”Unquote
So basically, there is just no exit clause for the treaty. It can never be unilaterally abrogated but instead, only be replaced by another treaty for formalizing the sharing of waters.
Now THIS is where the choice of words by the Minister is so significant.
‘Peaceful Relations and Friendship’ is what he said. Now where did this come from? For answers, refer the screenshot of the Preamble of the Indus Water Treaty below. The treaty was signed ‘In a Spirit of Goodwill and Friendship’!
In case the provisions of the treaty don’t permit unilateral abrogation, then lack of ‘Goodwill and Friendship’ could technically provide a way out. In case the very spirit behind the treaty is no longer existent, can the treaty itself hold?
Like I said – Technicalities!
And when a person of the stature of a Union Minister uses the same language, I’d prefer to believe that the same has, at the very least, been debated at the highest levels of the Govt.
Post Uri, the PM had even remarked ‘Blood & Water can’t flow together’. And today comes this statement about terror & water.
So, in a hypothetical scenario, wherein the GOI actually cites this lack of ‘goodwill and friendship’ and actually abrogates the treaty, what might happen?
Contrary to what some might say, or want, flow of the Western Rivers into Pakistan simply cannot be stopped! The Indus and Jhelum flow inside valleys flanked by huge mountains. The only outlet for their waters is towards Pakistan.
Even the Chenab, though only flanked by the Pir Panjal Range to its north, flows through deep valleys and drops as much as 24 metres per kilometre, making it too very difficult to divert.
So like I said, the Western Rivers will continue to flow into Pakistan.
What WILL happen in case the treaty is unilaterally abrogated / suspended by India is that own projects on the Western Rivers will no longer be forced to adopt sub-optimal designs due to whims of Pakistan leading to time consuming litigation / arbitration.
What WILL happen is that own projects will not suffer needless delays while we try to ‘satisfy’ Pakistani whims.
What WILL happen is that we shall no longer be bound to share the designs of own projects, making them further vulnerable to terror.
What WILL happen is that we will no longer be bound to abandon / modify own projects due to Pakistani ‘objections’.
What WILL happen is that we will no longer be bound to ensure a minimum flow in the Western Rivers as our big dams fill up and even thereafter.
Most importantly, what will happen is that Pakis will never be sure about their water supply. The Ravi in any case brings floods to them every monsoon, what will now happen is that the Indus, Chenab and Jhelum can also bring droughts every summer / sowing season.
THIS is why the use of the words – ‘Peaceful Relations and Friendship’ – by the Minister is so significant. It is a warning to Pakistan that things might already by in motion and the cost of sustaining their terror apparatus is about to go significantly higher.
Continued from PART II, published some weeks ago. Didn’t realize then that there would be so much new ‘content’ so soon. Anyhow, here’s chronicling the same ..
So what if stats don’t agree with us .. we’ll MAKE them agree! The numbers indicate an increase, but the graphs disagree!
गिर चुका है ये चैनल! 😀
Oh, and how can anyone forget the #NDTVGirl ask the IMF Chief .. yes the IMF CHIEF .. whether Hindu Males alone benefit from India’s growth!
Yup, being ‘Legally Vetted’ indeed .. if only some fact checking had been done b4 actually publishing it .. but then, you can always vet it later!
Godawful &repulsive indeed .. esp the way the insult is turned on its head
Oh, the outrage! Especially since Heckling = Terrorizing! Oh, btw there are no terrorists in ‘India Controlled’ Kashmir (refer PART I of this blog series, or THIS tweet), merely ‘Separatist Guerillas’, allegedly!
This one is awesome! Pic 1: Get called out for what might have been a genuine mistake. Pic 2: Refuse to acknowledge & offer gratuitous advice Pic 3: Get called out for the liar that you are Pic 4: STILL refuse to see reason and offer a juvenile excuse! Welcome to #NDTV, folks!
This one is unique NOT because of the wrong mathematics (aisi galtiyan to hum se hoti rehti hain 😇), but for the fact that the tweet is still there as it was, un-amended, and more importantly, RT’ed by the @ndtv handle as well!
Ye kaisa ‘Leaving’ hua bhai? Or are they implying that the PM is a fan of Swargiya Shri Michael Jackson’s ulti chaal wala moonwalk? 😀
#NDTV – Where middle school mathematics makes our brains hurt! . . Or are they finally making an effort to improve the mathematical skills of their employees so that 26*2=62 doesn’t happen again (Refer tweet 77)? 😂
British MPs are passe (Refer tweet 24) .. with a former POTUS himself insulting us, we are in a league of our own! Now, if only the current POTUS would oblige us .. 😀
And who’d have thought we would have the grace to accept the free ‘publicity’. No way! How can we not let the whole world know what our agenda .. err .. question was? 😀
Oh no .. I should have avoided the word ‘agenda’ in the above tweet. On that note .. plz DON’T pay any heed to this video, I implore you! In fact, as per a commentator on YouTube, #NDTV themselves too have taken down this video!
Oh, and btw, we WILL question constitutional authorities that have been entrusted as the custodians of this great democracy of ours .. no bias here, mind you .. so what if there exists no solid evidence of that!
While we are on the topic, what is a zero between friends .. that too on an election morning, hain ji? Fact checking is secondary .. ‘breaking news’ is what we live for!
Then there is the quintessential editorial ‘oversight’ .. or maybe they think one of these two gents is a PM / CM in India by day and a minister in Sri Lankan govt by night! (Screenshot from @ARanganathan72‘s TL)
The interesting thing about statistics is that they can tell just about whatever you ‘want’ them to tell .. ‘single quotes’ and U-Turns et al!
And in the quest for ‘victimhood’, what is a few crores here and there?!! 😀
Oh, DAMN the mirrors that ppl keep shining in our faces!!
And this one I leave here without any comment 🙂
This reminds me of a dialogue from the game GTA II which I used to play sometime in the last decade – ‘REMEMBER, RESPECT IS EVERYTHING’! Oh, and the single quotes for ‘respect’ .. if that cannot make you fall in love with the good folks manning the #NDTV offices, nothing will!
Sometimes I wonder would an allegedly renowned media house so proudly quote ‘Foreign Media’ in the main headline IN ADDITION to the usual disclaimer at the end of the report.. But then I tell myself, it is #NDTV!
Disclaimer: The screenshot on ‘Abusive Handles’ is in no way related to the screenshot of a couple of tweets of the #NDTV anchor. I just felt I should post them here together, on a whim. Seriously!
Facts are facts .. however, what is a few words in Queen’s English here and there if it suits our narrative, this time about the role of the State as represented by it’s police force, hainji?
If only ‘Jumping to Conclusions’ were an Olympic event, we’d never have any dearth of medals!
This screenshot, I’ll just leave over here in this thread without any comments
Ah, this one reminded me of the hashtag #HafizKiBarkha, and the outrage it caused – both secular as well as communal! Thank God for Twitter!
Aise editorial errors ho jaate hain kabhi kabhi!
A brutally polite lesson in tolerance!
Incidentally, I’m unable to find the original tweet of Barkha Ji that triggered this convo .. it might be my browser, or the tweet might have been deleted for all I know!
I wonder what triggered this hashtag about #NDTV .. but some of the responses are truly ‘hilarious’!
It is no secret that the Pakistani establishment is not very happy with @TarekFatah, but #NDTV too???
Hawwww!!
But, trust @TarekFatah to give it back in his own way!
It was allegedly a bug which caused this on the #NDTV website! 🤣
Damn those ‘editorial gaffes’ .. they never stop! But the best part is that this tweet by #NDTV STILL hasn’t been taken down and amended! Well, atleast they give image credits at the end of the tweet!!
The #NDTV tweet quoted by @muglikar_ might indeed be yet another ‘innocent editorial error’ for all we know, but then, he is not the only one calling it otherwise!
PAID audience? Now whoever heard about that! 😀
Sab miley hue hain ji .. this is not fake applause .. there is a perfect explanation for it given more than a century ago by Shri Hermann Minkowski Ji: TIME IS THE FOURTH DIMENSION!
THAT is how the fellow is asking the ques & clapping at the same time!
Here in #NDTV we very strongly believe that behind every silver lining there is a dark cloud!
I can almost see the next headline – ‘Banana Planters Go Out Of Business After Bridge Connects Village To School’!
(Refer two screenshots above)
Yo NDTV so patriotic that they don’t give a damn about Chinese boatsmen! Their concerns only concern Indian boatsmen!
We in #NDTV will go any lengths to get you a breaking story .. Heck, if we are unable to find one, we will CREATE one! Even if it comes at the cost of our reputation .. because .. well .. What Reputation?!! 😀
#NDTV Talking about reputations! Btw, you might want to go thru the replies to the tweet quoted below (LINK)
To be fair, #NDTV probably wouldn’t be the only one that confused ‘Osama’ with ‘Obama’.
But that doesn’t mean I’ll not put this ‘editorial gaffe’ here for archival purposes!
Our editors have managed to defeat the Matrix by successfully introducing a ‘glitch’ that converts a drug addict into a drug addiction! Here’s proof!
Refer PART 1 of this blog series. Whenever we type the word ‘TERRORIST’, our computers automatically change it to a more ‘humane’ word. In this case our computers chose to convert Terrorists into Citizens!
This one is offered without comment, our of sheer respect for their allegedly unbiased reporting!
Talking about inadvertent editorial gaffes .. THANK HEAVENS they only made him ‘Sardad’ Patel and not ‘सरदर्द’ Patel! Because had they done it, one can only imagine the kind of reactions they might have received! Shukr hai bach gaye! Kasam Se!
This time a guy trained to kill Indian citizens gets branded a Worker! Looks like the message that the ‘T’ word will NOT be used has really tickled the creativity bug in some good folks!
Btw, such a glamorous ‘representative’ photo of the alleged ‘worker’ made me do a google search. Sure enough, the report on a terrorist’s arrest carries a cropped / photoshopped photo of police officers!
Ah, Statistics! We love them soooo much, ‘coz they can always be suited to tell what we have on our alleged agenda! Over here, #NDTV seems to be implying that govts in India are formed / felled based on vote percentages and NOT the absolute numbers of MPs!
Yo #NDTV so secular that a Pakistani Flag automatically changes to a flag RESEMBLING Pakistani flag! This, when their OWN report says it is a Pakistani flag in the VERY FIRST SENTENCE!
^^ Heck, even the headline of the report says Pakistani Flag! But, looks like the worker bee sitting on the twitter handle of our dear #NDTV didn’t get the ‘correct’ message, Allegedly!
^^ Btw, ANI tweeted two pics with their report on the incident. Guess which one did #NDTV choose to use for their own report! (With due attribution to ANI, of course!)
VIRAL indeed! Aur iss desh ke baaki maa baap toh apne bachchon par sirf chaabuk hee chalaate hain!
How in the world did the good folks at #NDTV manage to do this still baffles me! My alleged conspiracy theory begins with the sentence, “One night an NDTV intern was feeling bored, so he went online and ..”
God bless the person who allegedly created the word ‘ALLEGED’! Even @KanchanGupta ji agrees, allegedly!
BREAKING NEWS IS OUR DHARMA .. Fact checking comes secondary!
Murdered! Somehow, I have my doubts the ‘govt hand’ actually used that word. But then, he is and will always be anonymous, no?
Talk about reputations!
While we are on the subject of reputations, I guess this thread too has earned a bit, allegedly .. or would you say purportedly?
To be fair, she wasn’t the only one who celebrated the deaths of soldiers, in their blind hatred of a certain group of politicians. But what are the odds that having served her two weeks of penance, she is back working for #NDTV?
^^ Just for the sake of archiving, here are the screenshots of what Nidhi Sethi, Deputy News Editor at #NDTV said in the aftermath of the #PulwamaAttack. A truly sick mentality, this.
And then there was the time when the good folks at #NDTV turned Robert F. Kennedy into a Chinook helicopter! Sheer magicians, I tell you!
Agenda ooncha rahe hamara!
But I have a confession to make .. I sometimes stay awake at night wondering if I am wasting my time chronicling the allegedly ‘unique’ brand of journalism of #NDTV, esp when NO ONE watches it in the first place!
‘ll leave this blog here for the time being with a screenshot of this tweet by @shivanginipatha! Jai Hind!
Far too many ‘coincidences’ in terms of ‘editorial oversights’, no? Or is there a method in this ‘madness’? I’ll leave it for you to decide.
Well folks, this is it for the time being, allegedly!
So THIS statement by the Prime Minister of India has set a lot of knickers on fire, unsurprisingly, on BOTH sides of the border.
In light of this, I’m some thoughts on calling Pakistan’s Nuke threat.
There was a recent spate of statements from Pakistan, threatening pre-emptive use of tactical nukes against Indian forces even as they might be in their barracks / staging areas.
Firstly regarding the preferred delivery mode – the Nasr missile. With a diameter of just about 30cm,I find it laughable that Pakistan actually has a working bomb of such dimensions. I may be wrong out here, but would be willing to hedge my bets on this account due to the fact that they’ve not tested since 1998, and are working at best, on unproven designs.
Secondly, despite a stated first use policy, they’ve been silent on what constitutes their red lines. In case of a stand-off that might play out on lines of Op Parakram, wherein strike elements actually moved in close to borders, a pre-emptive use by a panicked field commander might lead to a bloody war instead instead of what might instead have been mere posturing.
And mind you, I am not even contemplating a Jihadist in Khakis, and there is no dearth of those, mind you! Just read THIS piece before proceeding ahead. I insist.
Here’s a quote from the Brigadier: “We should fire at them & take out a few of their cities: Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta,” he said. “They should fire back and take Karachi and Lahore. Kill off a hundred or two hundred million people” Unquote
And he had unfettered access to the Paki PM, btw.
Thirdly, in case a Pakistan justifies a pre-emptive strike on account of a threat in being of an Indian attack, can the same premise – an imminent nuclear strike, as proclaimed by Pak – not be used as a premise for a ‘pre-emptive retaliatory strike’ by India, as part of its NFU doctrine?
Btw, I just realized I had tweeted this phrase ‘pre-emptive retaliatory strike’ on 25th Oct 2015, nearly three and a half years before the IAF actually did the Balakot Strike (See screenshot below)! Let me take a few moments to pat myself on the back, before I continue!
Ok, enough back-patting .. back to the blog now!
Fourthly, if Pakistan Army truly believes that even a dozen sub kiloton nukes can actually stop the might of Indian strike forces, they are going to be in for a rude shock. They know it too. And if they don’t, well @bennedose explains it quite well in this video below
That brings us to the next question – ‘What Next?’
Stated Indian Nuclear Doctrine doesn’t differentiate between tactical nukes or any other type of nukes. Massive retaliation is the stated response that will visit them soon thereafter.
Being a military which has such strong survival instincts that it is not beyond sacrificing its own pimps in Kashmir, Kargil, AfPak & elsewhere; to expect Pak army to risk its very existence is a fallacy.
They’ve demonstrated it each and every time after each and every defeat.
The Brown Panted ones WILL sue for peace when on the verge of defeat. And then spin it as a victory for the consumption of their gullible masses. The latest example is the Balakot Strike and the F-16 loss the next day.
Now coming on to the conventional nuke threat – with designs that are presumed to be indigenous to Pakistan, and NOT supplied to them by their Chinese friends. Why I say this? Well, here is why :-
The entire world knows that conventional nukes are for deterrence, and NOT for use in a war because .. well .. in case that happens, no one lives to celebrate victory.
But our dear friends in Pakistan have been fed on a steady diet that their valorous brown panted ones WILL nuke the kafirs to their East in case of a war.
The number of Pakis talking about nukes so casually is a stunning pointer to how far down the drain they’ve gone. At some level, this can be justified. Justified by the glaring disparity in conventional forces of India and Pakistan, the bluster of Brown Pants, esp their Propaganda-in-Chief of ISPR notwithstanding.
Till 25th Feb 2019, the Brown Pants were firm in their belief that a nuke umbrella gave them a ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ Card when it came to poking India.
It was demonstrated right after the nuke tests of 1998 when that very winter Pakis occupied winter vacated Indian posts in Kargil.
That India could choose to react with extreme violence never occurred to the Brown Panted ones, led by their wise leader- Shri Musharraf.
Heck, the Brown Pants now had nukes!
But guess the GOI didn’t get the memo which stated Indians were just supposed to turn the other cheek!
And then the Indian Army came calling. And Shri Musharraf ordered his favourite military maneuver – one that he had himself perfected in 1965, 1971 and later in the late 80s, in Siachen – he ordered his Brown Panted Army to run back!
However, I suspect that the Kargil war stayed limited to North of Zojila and didn’t end up in a 1965 type situation must have bolstered their belief that nukes had indeed saved them from a greater embarrassment.
I’m sure this was further reinforced when the GOI decided not to attack Pakistan during Op Parakram, even after the Kaluchak attack. And then came 26/11. Indian forces weren’t even told to mobilize.
The nuke bluff seemed to be working, they must’ve thought.
That India might have had different compulsions in doing what it did, or did not do, never occurred to the Brown Pants.
All this changed on 26th Feb 2019 when the IAF breached all ‘unwritten agreements’ and came calling over the Balakot terror factory inside Pakistan proper.
The ‘Crazy Man’ image that the Pak Army had created for itself had gone bust.
An India which wasn’t deterred by the ‘Contrived Irrationality’ of Pakis was something new.
Events which followed the day after – India not even bothered by Paki Propaganda of no F-16 loss must have only confused them further. Nothing says this louder than the spate of juvenile tweets from the official propaganda handle of the ISPR.
And then the Indian PM said what he said recently!
With this, folks, the Pakistani Nuclear Bluff is well and truly called for what it is – Hot Air.
Expect more shrill noises from them, and of course, some folks within our borders as well.
Now, lastly and most importantly, is the reqmt of making the sponsors of Pak nuclear pgme pay in case nukes gifted by them to Pak (Ref Lop Nor, May 1983 – Para 14 here: http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/pakistan/nuke.htm).
Here’s a screenshot from that, even though the entire report is a highly recommended read:-
This is important since now ppl will be shouting the loudest, in the aftermath of the PM’s statement.
Nothing fancy, but just an ‘innocent’ statement to this effect by one of the many semi-govt ‘loudmouths’ in reply to such statements from Pak would surely raise hackles in a LOT of world capitals. Given blatant nuclear proliferation in arming their cat’s paw, they too deserve ‘some’ anxiety atleast, given that India is forced to live with a nuclear armed mad dog at its doors.
Talking about ‘Cat’s Paws’, I had put out a blog post some days back about China engaging Indian security apparatus by its hired lackeys. May have a look – China & India – Together Ahead?
But coming back to the topic at hand, once we have atleast a half dozen or so Arihant class boats prowling the seas with an assured second / third strike package, perhaps then the nuke benefactors will feel some bit of ‘anxiety’ that I talked about a few paragraphs above.
Bottomline – Nuclear sabre rattling is just like riding a tiger.
Nukes are NOT to be used in a war, unless it is the ‘very last’ war this world sees.
Don’t do it.
Tomorrow a rabid, brainwashed population may not leave you with a way out.
So folks, sharing some thoughts on the recent spate of statements and counter statements on the Paki F-16 that was shot down by Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman. I know its a bit late in the day, but what to do, I was mighty busy through the last 10 odd days!
Anyway, here goes ..
It all began on the last Jumma Day on 5th April. After his weekly Jumma bath, the Brown Pants Propagandu-in-Chief started his PropaganduOfTheDay with the national motto of the Republic of India – सत्यमेव जयते.
Oh, only if he knew what was to follow!
Not to be outdone, the Beggar-in-Chief soon followed His Master’s Voice!
By soon, I mean a day later, because presumably, it took him about 24 hours to get rid of his Jumma ‘High’. Being too tired, he too stole the सत्यमेव जयते part from the Propagandu-in-Chief’s tweet, though.
So, what exactly had happened, you ask?
Well, a Gori Memsaab had written a piece in a Western publication, no less, that Beggaristan’s American masters had come to take a quick count up of Paki F-16s and declared that all were intact!
So ‘excited’ was the Propagandu-in-Chief, that he took a bit longer than usual in his weekly Jumma shower bath and almost yelled out MARTIALLAW as he ‘finished’! Thankfully, he quickly corrected himself and yelled सत्यमेव जयते instead! (No pun intended, Sachchi!)
BUTT .. he thought as he ‘finished’ .. Oh, well, I digress. He and his shower ‘thoughts’ are none of our business!
Coming back to the topic, the Gori Mem endorsing the Brown Pants was a BIG deal indeed!
In the midst of all this ‘excitement’ early on a Jumma Din, there was a ‘slight’ oversight by Shri Propagandu-in-Chief. The Gori Mem had based her entire ‘scoop’ on unnamed ‘sources’ from the power circles in the US of A!
Heck, even Baskin Robbins guys could produce better ‘scoops’ than this one. And what’s more, their ‘scoops’ would be quite tasteful to the palate than the Shit that the Gori Mem managed to scoop and fling, to much cheering by Brown Pants, for obvious reasons!
So here was the deal – a Gori Mem citing unknown ‘sources’ Vs a Two Star officer of Indian Air Force OFFICIALLY confirming an F-16 claim. Hmm .. difficult choice, no?
Answer: NO!
As far as the Brown Panted ones go, Gori Chamdi wins. Always & Every Time. Esp, when flinging Shit!
Just to refresh you all, here is what the IAF officially acknowledged in its presser right after Wing Commander Abhinandan shot down the Paki F-16.
(Here’s the link to the above tweet and the thread it was part of –Link
Alternatively, here’s the link to the blog that archived that chain of thoughts – Link)
Of course, there was the little, ‘uncomfortable’ fact that the Pakis themselves had admitted to losing one of their own aircraft in that short but epic engagement over the lands of Kashyap Mir, better known as Kashmir today.
Here is how it went.
Soon after the engagement, the Pakis were exhilarated.
TWO AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN!
THREE PILOTS CAPTURED!
YAHOO!
No one thought to confirm whom those aircraft belonged to. Typical of the ‘quick shot’ Propagandu-in-Chief, he let one out .. err .. prematurely .. yet again!
After a while, there was time for an update to be given to Shri Propagandu-in-Chief. But who would dare do it, since it would expose his proclivity for premature .. err .. whatever .. in front of the whole world?
His little Brown Panted minions went into a huddle.
Soon, the inevitable happened. The Propagandu-in-Chief left for his afternoon potty. NOW was the time to tell him, the minions decided. “Err .. Saheb .. there is a breaking news regarding the air battle .. one of the captured pilots is our own”, they shouted from outside his latrine door and ran away before he could pull up his pants!
He grumbled a few ‘jumma eve compliant’ expletives and quickly rushed out, his potty business only half done.
‘Damn those idiot minions’, he grumbled, ‘if only they weren’t so gorgeous ..’
A quick few phone calls later, he had the entire ‘free’ media of Beggaristan outside his office. There are only TWO Indian pilots, he said, including one in hospital. Not one of the ‘free’ Paki pressmen asked, लेकिन जनाब, सुबह तो तीन पायलट थे! 🙄
Here is the video of that press conference. Watch it from the 4:50 mark
But then again, in the spirit of सत्यमेव जयते, later in the day, someone updated him again. Janab, wo hospital wala bhi apna hee hai.
DAMMIT, he croaked, his throat parched, YE TO GHANI WALI DE-PANTING HO GAYI AAJ!
But there was a job to be done. Like the true Brown Panted Soldier that he was, he tightened his belt, applied his makeup, and went online again.
Jee ek hee pilot hai hamare paas!
Even as he said this, he let out a silent curse on the unwashed ‘citizens’ of ‘azad’ Kashmir for beating the two Paki pilots to death. Not just that, they had also gone on record saying that there were a total of 2 planes and 3 pilots that came down!
But then, he wasn’t the Propagandu-in-Chief for nothing! He decided to counter the uncomfortable truth by simply ignoring it! No F-16s were used, he croaked next. Oh, btw, the Indians had recently purchased a used AMRAAM from OLX! Sachchi!
Alternatively, here’s the link to the blog that archived that chain of thoughts – Link)
Phew, too much ‘excitement’ and propagandu for one day, he thought as he changed into his silky pyjamas at night and went to bed, smartphone in one hand. His other hand is well .. none of our business, to be frank.
Things went on and on over the next few days and weeks, but the Propagandu-in-Chief had a genuine doubt in his mind – DID THAT IDIOT PAF CHIEF BETRAY THE BROWN PANTS BY HOLDING BACK THE INFO OF LOSS OF HIS F-16 AND HIS PILOTS FOR SO LONG?
But well, saannu ki! 😈
He already had a TRUMP Card up his sleeve. No not Shri Donald Trump who is actually quite annoyed with the Brown Pants, but that Gori Mem and her ‘unnamed’ ‘sources’! Until, the Pentagon punctured his wet dream!
But trust the ‘free’ Beggaristani media not to question any of this. They’d rather collectively orgasm at the thought of endorsement of their ‘stand’ by a Gori Mem!
As for the Paki Awam, well I’ll just leave this Blog post here for you all to judge!
Just in case you are exasperated by the Propagandu-in-Chief’s blatant propagandu, just remember the lineage that he comes from! His exalted predecessors published this ONE DAY AFTER the surrender in East Pakistan!
Then, right after the 1971 war, was the fantastic Paki claim that India was lying that they had shot down a few of their brand new Mirage fighters! Heck, to prove their ‘claim’, they even lined up ALL 24 of their Mirages for the entire world to see. It almost worked!
ALMOST, because soon thereafter came the French who said that the Pakis had, in fact, taken deliveries of 28 Mirages! Not that the Jordanians too were asking – Oye hamare Mirage kahan gaye jo tum saalon ko loan pe diye the ladai ke liye!
Beggaristan, folks is a country which is based on a bunch of lies! Lies, that have sustained it because no one found it worth their time to question them! Until now, that is! This is a country which still believes it won the 1947-48 war. And get’s its propagandu poster wrong!
It still claims that it won the Kargil war, but won’t tell you how! It still claims that no regular troops of its Brown Panted Army participated in the Kargil War, but won’t tell you that it awarded a Nishan e Haider to Capt Kamal Sher on recommendation of the Indian Army!
It is a country ruled .. nay .. OWNED by its Brown Panted Army, who believe boom and bluster is a viable substitute for valour on battlefield.
Here’s a video which describes this hubris the best!
Vinaash Kaale Vipreet Buddhi Yahya Khan on East Pakistan
BUTT .. coming back to the Propagandu-in-Chief, seeing that he was on a sticky wicket (Once again, no pun intended!), he also laid out the missiles recovered from the Indian MiG21 debris. All seekers are intact, he crooned!
Even while he was typing in his next tweet saying ‘WE WON, 😛’, came the reply by a veteran Indian Fighter Pilot, Air Marshal Anil Chopra (Retd), bursting his pretty little bubble!
His air force had trolled the Propagandu-in-Chief yet again by not telling him that atleast two of the missiles had their warheads missing, i.e. they had exploded near their targets! DAMN YOU BLODDY FIZZLE YA, he silently cursed them once again!
In order to quickly move on, he directed the the loudmouth Foreign Minister, to cry, Hindustan hum pe hamla karne wala hai. Ye rahi tareekh!
Ok, folks, at this point I was forced to interrupt this chain of tweets on Twitter to welcome my first Paki. He is a perfect example of what I mentioned earlier in this blog post – WILL NEVER QUESTION THE OFFICIAL PROPAGANDU!
So back to the blog post.
The loudmouthed one’s crying wolf was met with justified ridicule and a tersely worded statement by a bureaucrat in the Indian MEA. This threat, masked as a cry for help, too had been dealt with appropriately.
I wind up this blog post with a hat tip to Sqn Leader MM Alam who claimed to have shot down five Indian jets in 28 seconds in 1965. His claims were taken at face value and he became an overnight hero, one used even today to remind Indians how AWESOME the PAF is!
Yet, one wonders why no one talks about the dozens of Indian aircraft he would have shot down in 1971. Truth of the matter is that he wasn’t allowed to even fly in 1971! Btw, I’ll leave this piece here without any further comment – Thirty Seconds over Sargodha.
Do read it!
With this I conclude this blog post. Thank you for your patience, folks. I end this blog with the words I said before – सत्यमेव जयते. Oh btw, this 👇 is what happened in the middle of all this propagandu warfare! Jai Hind!
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