Saturday, November 10, 2012

Re: [HumJanenge] Re: [RTIU.11393] Diwali Greetings

From a frustrated and disheartened Indian to you, Good and Concerned Friends:

Diwali Greetings, indeed. Even if we in India come up with s o m e  perfect ACTS, we will avoid and drag our feet in implementing them. Have a happy deepawali

On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 2:27 PM, Mohammed Afzal <mohdafzal1963@gmail.com> wrote:
"Wishing all a Happy Diwal"

Thanks and Best Regds - Mohammed Afzal

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On 10-Nov-2012, at 10:33 AM, NAVIN PANDYA <navinpandya1954@gmail.com> wrote:

 
Hello Friends,
 
Diwali Greetings to all. May Diwali enlighten Indians to realise evils of bogus Representation of Peoples Act, 1950-51 and empower to replace it soon with new perfect Act for better future of country and public welfare.
 
Navin Pandya
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[HumJanenge] Re: [RTIU.11393] Diwali Greetings

"Wishing all a Happy Diwal"

Thanks and Best Regds - Mohammed Afzal

Sent from my iPhone

On 10-Nov-2012, at 10:33 AM, NAVIN PANDYA <navinpandya1954@gmail.com> wrote:

 
Hello Friends,
 
Diwali Greetings to all. May Diwali enlighten Indians to realise evils of bogus Representation of Peoples Act, 1950-51 and empower to replace it soon with new perfect Act for better future of country and public welfare.
 
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Friday, November 9, 2012

[HumJanenge] Government playing with orders on 2G auction: Supreme Court

TOI, 10 NOV. 12.
Government playing with orders on 2G auction: Supreme Court 
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the union government for not implementing its order directing auctioning of 122 cancelled 2G licences in both letter and spirit and going in for a truncated auction. "Prima facie we can say you are not complying with the court orders. You are playing with it. It is unfortunate," apex court bench of Justice GS Singhvi and Justice KS Radhakrishnan told Additional Solicitor General AS Chandhok as he submitted that not the entire spectrum that became available after the cancellation of licences was being auctioned.
 
Expressing its displeasure in no uncertain terms, the court asked Chandhok whether the government was implementing its direction in the 2G verdict cancelling 122 licences both in letter and spirit. The court said that it thought that the government was seeking more time for implanting its orders but it was not so. In a jibe at the government, the court observed: "Mr. Solicitor, we still have not developed the habit of forgetting."
 
Chandhok told the court that there were no bidders for 800 MHz CDMA and there were only five bidders for 1800 MHz GSM. He said that soon after the directions of the court, the Department of Telecom (DoT) approached Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), and TRAI's recommendations were sent to the Telecom Commission. When Chandhok said all this, the court replied, "You did not inform us that these are recommendations of TRAI and your position."
 

[HumJanenge] Diwali Greetings

 
Hello Friends,
 
Diwali Greetings to all. May Diwali enlighten Indians to realise evils of bogus Representation of Peoples Act, 1950-51 and empower to replace it soon with new perfect Act for better future of country and public welfare.
 
Navin Pandya
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Re: [HumJanenge] Info Needed

Dear Simha,
are we from Hyderabad?
If so we have probably met .
I am from Mahar Regt.
For your querry any C A will do,
However.If you specify the work/Help I might be of Use.
(I am not CA but can put you to good CA if work is above board and genuine help required!!!!)
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Subject: [HumJanenge] Info Needed
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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Re: [Hum] Re: [hum] Corruption not the sole problem

corrupition is of all kinds - including intellectual corruption.  Claiming credit for drafting 80% of the RTI Act is nothing but outright dishonesty and knowing that people involved in drafting the law for decades will not come and bicker on TV screens .
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Subject: [hum] Corruption not the sole problem

A provocative article by a former Doon School headmaster selling the familiar Congress theme - corruption is not the problem, poverty is ('Bhrashtachar badhao garibi hatao'). Ajay

Corruption not the sole problem
KANTI BAJPAI

Going by the Indian media, the greatest problem in the country is corruption. A content analysis of Indian television and newspapers and magazines will almost certainly show that the single largest item is corruption. Is corruption the most consequential problem facing the people of India? Not so. The obsession with corruption is a largely middle-class preoccupation, a type of middle-class diversionary tactic.

Corruption is a bad thing, obviously. The scale of it today seems monumental, though no one has showed that it is any worse than under previous governments. To say this is not to excuse the UPA government, which clearly has to do much more to rid the system of dishonesty and illegal moneymaking. What is true is that the media today is far more vigilant and the government more porous than in the past. We therefore hear a lot more about corruption than we did before, and we tell ourselves that things have never been worse.

Actually, if someone monetised and counted the number of dishonesties and the amount of illegal moneymaking, we would probably find that on a per capita basis, corruption is not much worse than in earlier periods. If we discounted for inflation and growth rates, it has most likely been remarkably stable. Indeed, it is an even bet that the totality of corruption, big and small, has actually dipped, given the freeing up of the economy from the licence permit raj and the improvement in surveillance technologies.

Why then is the middle class preoccupied with corruption to the exclusion of all other pressing social issues? There is a long list of far more immediate and long-term problems that are vital to the well-being of ordinary Indians. These include the availability of food, water, housing, electricity, fuel, affordable and safe public transport, basic health amenities, banking facilities and participation in local municipal decision-making, amongst others. How many stories will you read about these issues in the English language or Indian language media? Very few.

The middle class controls the media in terms of ownership, viewership and readership, and the personnel in charge of these organisations. It does not want to be reminded that the vast majority of Indians live in squalor; a squalor so deep that few places on earth, even in the most deprived parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America can match it. It is not that middle-class Indians do not know this. They just do not want to be reminded of it. And the challenges of removing this squalor seem so massive and unsettling to their lifestyles that they would rather focus on something more tractable. Corruption fits the agenda of what seems controllable.

Why does corruption fit the bill so well? For one, it seems like a finite problem. After all, how many really, truly corrupt people are there in India? In the middle-class and upper-class imagination, the number is not large: all MPs, MLAs, senior civil servants, and fat-cat corporate executives. Count them up and that comes to a few thousand - easy enough to deal with. Compare that to the hundreds of millions who must be helped out of poverty.

Corruption is also attractive as a target of middle-class ire because it cuts across caste, class, religious, regional, generational and gender divides. Who could be against fighting corruption except the corrupt? No great political and social compromises are necessary here. Everyone is against corruption and, therefore, campaigns against it are relatively painless. Corruption is unifying.

A campaign against corruption draws people to it also because the major targets are easily enough identified - politicians, officials, business executives. They are greedy and venal, and no troubling social analysis is required to unearth the causes of the phenomena. What is the cause of India's poverty, abysmal human development and deplorable quality of life? These are much more difficult and dangerous questions to answer.

Corruption is not the only or even the greatest challenge facing India. It does need to be controlled. But a hysterical, exclusive focus on it by the media, activists and the public is wrongheaded.

permalink: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-23/edit-page/29803212_1_corruption-middle-class-indians


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[Hum] Largest democracy in the world is also the biggest laughing stock

We are the largest democracy in the world but we always have a nomination of a family member for Congress president and no elections, what an irony. Nehru-Gandhi family has wrested a stranglehold on Congress that none other than its own family member heads this party. Money alone talks and crony capitalists are too willing to be partners thereby filling the coffers of pol parties, this dirty money is used to buy votes and secure their tenure one after the other. There is nothing new in what I have said but please read on.  

What is the solution for this 1.2 billion strong nation with hardly any education and understanding to send who all to the parliament and assemblies ? There is no ready solution available in any text book or even other countries to take a leaf from.  

Raise the awareness of the people to this sordid drama, IAC expose, almost every week is a good step as they always back it up by some documentary proof.

E governance has the established credentials of removing corruption at least up to 95 % as has already been proved by Banking Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) automation both in public and private sector. No body can eat any money and get away from this BFSI segment. We the people must demand 5 years implementation program for National e Governance Plan under a Jan Lokpal, a constitutional head, free from government interference as this would first of all cover the governance of political funding through automation just like the BFSI. This will avoid government bullying ways, the way MHA tried to stifle UIDAI but fortunately UIDAI got the PMO backing and has been doing only a very small but crucial portion of NeGP. There is no stopping now for UIDAI to complete its mission. This gives us a proven mechanism. Let the government come out with any number of MNREGAs, gas cylinder subsidies, free housing scheme at the rate of one per woman and so on but all this will be through NeGP. Just watch, all such so called election freebies will stop because NeGP will have zero scope for manipulation.       

Mr Sarbajit, please use your great reach through mail groups and social media to spread this so that a huge cat is positioned in all political, babudom, police and judicial pigeons and the cat comes out only after doing its job after 5 years. Such a constitutional Jan Lokpal who should be a person of impeccable character can do the job just like Sreedharan brought out DMRC to address the local transportation problem, the Jan Lokpal will address the biggest problem of corruption and greed through Telecom, Media and Technology (TMT). Remember, as government inefficiency/lethargy is scared of media expose, TMT is a deadly poison to kill corruption and greed.       
 
Jai Hind.

Col Mahesh Khera


From: Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com>
To: hum@lists.riseup.net
Sent: Friday, 9 November 2012 8:35 AM
Subject: [Hum] "Democracy is mathematically arbitrary" proof wins Nobel Prize.

Summary: Kenneth Arrow won the 1972 Nobel Prize in economic for his proof of the "Impossibility Theorem" which demonstrates that you can't aggregate individual preferences to define a group preference between multiple options.

Link: http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/frec444/444voting.html

Article Text

FREC 444 Economics of Environmental Management
Voting Theory
Our democratic process mostly uses a one person/one vote, majority-rules system to elect people and pass legislation, and the two dominant parties each use primary systems to select single candidates for office in the general election.. But there are many other possible voting systems. Here's a theoretical example lifted from J.A. Paulos' Beyond Numeracy (Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1991), which Paulos borrowed from W.F. Lucas.
Suppose there are 5 candidates, A, B, C, D and E, and 55 voters with the following preferences:
18 voters prefer A > D > E > C > B  12 voters prefer B > E > D > C > A  10 voters prefer C > B > E > D > A   9 voters prefer D > C > E > B > A   4 voters prefer E > B > D > C > A   2 voters prefer E > C > D > B > A  
If the outcome is determined by plurality, candidate A wins, having the most (18) first-place votes even though the 37 other voters all think he is the absolute worst candidate.
If the outcome is determined by a runoff between the two candidates receiving the most first-place votes, candidate B beats A 37 to 18.
If the outcome is determined by iteratively eliminating the candidate with the fewest first-place votes and moving the remaining candidates up in the preference orders accordingly, we eliminate E (4+2=6 first-place votes, above), then D (9 first-place votes, below left), then B (12+4=16 first-place votes, below center), then candidate C emerges with 37 first-place votes versus A's 18:
18   A > D > C > B      A > C > B      A > C  12   B > D > C > A      B > C > A      C > A  10   C > B > D > A  ->  C > B > A  ->  C > A   9   D > C > B > A      C > B > A      C > A   4   B > D > C > A      B > C > A      C > A   2   C > D > B > A      C > B > A      C > A  
If the outcome is determined by Borda count, so that a first-place vote represents 5 points, a second-place vote represents 4 points, etc., then candidate D wins with 191 points:
       A   B   C   D   E  18  x  5   1   2   4   3  12  x  1   5   2   3   4  10  x  1   4   5   2   3   9  x  1   2   4   5   3   4  x  1   4   2   3   5   2  x  1   2   4   3   5       127 156 162 191 189  
If the outcome is determined by pairwise preferences, candidate E wins by being pairwise-preferred to every other candidate.
Since the outcome depends on which voting system we use, we might vote to choose a voting system first, but voting on the voting system doesn't really solve the problem, particularly where each candidate advocates the system that favors him or her. The outcome ultimately depends on some arbitrary choice of system. And there are many more possible systems: we could iteratively eliminate the candidate with the most last-place votes, or use some other Borda count system, or allocate each voter multiple votes to allocate between the candidates as he wishes, or let voters vote for as many candidates as they approve of. Approval voting is a particularly interesting system: it tends to favor centrist politics, since candidates with similar views don't suffer from split votes. Several states have considered legislation to institute approval voting systems.
The basic conclusion from this analysis is that democracy is mathematically arbitrary.
Kenneth Arrow won the 1972 Nobel Prize in economic for his proof of the "Impossibility Theorem" which demonstrates that you can't aggregate individual preferences to define a group preference between multiple options without violating at least one of the following basic conditions:
  1. If and individual or group prefers A to B and B to C, then A is preferred to C (transitivity).
  2. The preferences must be restricted to the complete set of options.
  3. If each individual prefers A to B, then the group must also.
  4. No individual's preferences can necessarily dictate group preferences.
  5. The group's pairwise preference ordering is independent of irrelevant alternatives, i.e. determined solely by individual's pairwise preference orderings.
Arrow basically proved that the first two conditions are logically inconsistent with the latter three.

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[Hum] Re: [indiaagainstcorruption] "IAC" everybody SHUT UP and read this !!

Dear "India Against Corruption (Arvind)"

Many thanks for replying to my email of 23rd October 2012 so speedily (ie. on 8.Nov.2012).  IAC(Arvind) is certainly faster than most CPIOs I have encountered.

However, Mr. Ajay Dixit, National Cyber Coordinator IAC-HQ was even faster than you. He contacted me within 45 minutes of receiving my email and asked for my help. I sorted out their SYMPA list programming problems in 20 minutes.

Arvind Kejriwal then, unwisely,  approved services of hackers from CSDS (a Central Govt NGO) and misused CSDS's computer resources (financed by Central Govt for social study purposes) to hack the official IndiaAgainstCorruption mailing list with over 10,000+ registered subscribers, file false complaints to CERT-IN (ie Cyber Controller GoI) and get the IAC mailing list taken down. After that by misusing government processes Arvind gang got CERT-IN director to force the indiaagainstcorruption mailing list to be handed over to Arvind group even though it was first registered to Ajay Dixit's group.

Mr. Ajay Dixit then requested me to recover the mailing list and other IAC cyber resources (over which Arvind Kejriwal) is squatting for IAC-HQ. This includes the indiaagainstcorruption.org domain which Arvind secretly purchased in name of PCRF without any approval from IAC-HQ. I am a cyber law expert well versed in such things.

To file the case for recovery of assets, India Against Corruption is organised differently and the organisation's official website is "www.indiaagainstcorruption.net.in". Till IAC's  general body assembly is not convened and internal elections are not held thereafter, I have been requested to chair all proceedings of IAC in my capacity of "Honorary National Convenor, India Against Corruption" by.Dr. Malay Sanyal, President of Hindustan Republican Association (Kanpur), and grand nephew of Kakori Conspiracy martyr Sachindranauth Sanyal (founder HRA). Dr Sanyal  has requested me to be National Convenor of the IAC Organisation and appoint my own team to carry forward his grand-uncle's revolutionary legacy and wipe out corruption in India.

We are very hopeful that the IAC mailing list which is now forcefully occupied by hackers of Arvind's gang of 4, will be functioning under control of IAC-HQ very soon in its full glory. The indiaagainstcorruption.org website will also be in our hands shortly (synchronised with  Arvind announcing the name of his political party).

So with Anna(ji) abandoning IAC in favour of his BVJA, and with Arvind leaving IAC to form  his party, that only leaves the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) faction in sole control of the IAC brand name and IAC assets which they already own since 1973 and which was only loaned to the movement for filing a court case against CWG-2010 scams. Instead Arvind and Anna misused the IAC name to lobby for a Jan Lokpal Bill (which HRA does not agree with) and start a political party (which HRA denounces).

MORAL OF THE STORY:
"A stitch in time saves nine"

Sarbajit Roy
National Convenor
India Against Corruption

www.indiaagainstcorruption.net.in

On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:18 PM, INDIA Against Corruption <indiaagainstcorruption.2010@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Sarabjit ji,
>
> Thanks a lot for letting us know about the issue and really very sorry for this. Ajay Dixit and other person is misleading the people. As Ajay Dixit is not holding  IAC official mail id. Official mail id is indiaagaistcorruption.2010@gmail.com  therefore we are sure that mails are not being sent from official id.
>
> Sorry for delayed response and thanks a lot for your patience. As we have been flooded with emails which we're trying to sort out, this delay was inevitable.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Team IAC
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:30 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy.mb@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> To
>> Ajay Dixit, IAC
>>
>> You idiots don't know how to run / moderate a mailing list and
>> especially a.SYMPA mailing list (which BTW requires programming skills
>> beyond Winduhs drag and drop).
>>
>> How the fuck will you morons run the country ?.
>>
>> 2. I am fed up with being cc'ed and cc'ed. I have received 200+ emails
>> from people desperate to get of this list, all asking me to save them
>> from "SPAM HELL".
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>> 3. So this is what you f***ers are going to do.
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>> I am going to circulate an email with subject "IAC -LEAVE ME ALONE"
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>> This email is for people who want absolutely nothing to do with IAC.
>> It is not meant for moderates who don't mind putting up with some
>> email from IAC (or what purports to be IAC) to salve their pathetic
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>> Everybody who "REPLY"s to this letter must be taken off the list within 8 hours.
>> Moderators / list subscribers must not even open these reply mails.
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[Hum] "Democracy is mathematically arbitrary" proof wins Nobel Prize.

Summary: Kenneth Arrow won the 1972 Nobel Prize in economic for his proof of the "Impossibility Theorem" which demonstrates that you can't aggregate individual preferences to define a group preference between multiple options.

Link: http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/frec444/444voting.html

Article Text

FREC 444 Economics of Environmental Management
Voting Theory

Our democratic process mostly uses a one person/one vote, majority-rules system to elect people and pass legislation, and the two dominant parties each use primary systems to select single candidates for office in the general election.. But there are many other possible voting systems. Here's a theoretical example lifted from J.A. Paulos' Beyond Numeracy (Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1991), which Paulos borrowed from W.F. Lucas.

Suppose there are 5 candidates, A, B, C, D and E, and 55 voters with the following preferences:

18 voters prefer A > D > E > C > B  12 voters prefer B > E > D > C > A  10 voters prefer C > B > E > D > A   9 voters prefer D > C > E > B > A   4 voters prefer E > B > D > C > A   2 voters prefer E > C > D > B > A  
If the outcome is determined by plurality, candidate A wins, having the most (18) first-place votes even though the 37 other voters all think he is the absolute worst candidate.

If the outcome is determined by a runoff between the two candidates receiving the most first-place votes, candidate B beats A 37 to 18.

If the outcome is determined by iteratively eliminating the candidate with the fewest first-place votes and moving the remaining candidates up in the preference orders accordingly, we eliminate E (4+2=6 first-place votes, above), then D (9 first-place votes, below left), then B (12+4=16 first-place votes, below center), then candidate C emerges with 37 first-place votes versus A's 18:

18   A > D > C > B      A > C > B      A > C  12   B > D > C > A      B > C > A      C > A  10   C > B > D > A  ->  C > B > A  ->  C > A   9   D > C > B > A      C > B > A      C > A   4   B > D > C > A      B > C > A      C > A   2   C > D > B > A      C > B > A      C > A  
If the outcome is determined by Borda count, so that a first-place vote represents 5 points, a second-place vote represents 4 points, etc., then candidate D wins with 191 points:
       A   B   C   D   E  18  x  5   1   2   4   3  12  x  1   5   2   3   4  10  x  1   4   5   2   3   9  x  1   2   4   5   3   4  x  1   4   2   3   5   2  x  1   2   4   3   5       127 156 162 191 189  
If the outcome is determined by pairwise preferences, candidate E wins by being pairwise-preferred to every other candidate.

Since the outcome depends on which voting system we use, we might vote to choose a voting system first, but voting on the voting system doesn't really solve the problem, particularly where each candidate advocates the system that favors him or her. The outcome ultimately depends on some arbitrary choice of system. And there are many more possible systems: we could iteratively eliminate the candidate with the most last-place votes, or use some other Borda count system, or allocate each voter multiple votes to allocate between the candidates as he wishes, or let voters vote for as many candidates as they approve of. Approval voting is a particularly interesting system: it tends to favor centrist politics, since candidates with similar views don't suffer from split votes. Several states have considered legislation to institute approval voting systems.

The basic conclusion from this analysis is that democracy is mathematically arbitrary.

Kenneth Arrow won the 1972 Nobel Prize in economic for his proof of the "Impossibility Theorem" which demonstrates that you can't aggregate individual preferences to define a group preference between multiple options without violating at least one of the following basic conditions:

  1. If and individual or group prefers A to B and B to C, then A is preferred to C (transitivity).
  2. The preferences must be restricted to the complete set of options.
  3. If each individual prefers A to B, then the group must also.
  4. No individual's preferences can necessarily dictate group preferences.
  5. The group's pairwise preference ordering is independent of irrelevant alternatives, i.e. determined solely by individual's pairwise preference orderings.
Arrow basically proved that the first two conditions are logically inconsistent with the latter three.

Re: [HumJanenge] Fwd: we see him in the park of SECTOR-9 DWARKA

here is a real man.

From: Col Thakur Singh <thakursinghk@gmail.com>
To: IndiaAgainst Corruption <iacmailreply6@gmail.com>; humjanenge@googlegroups.com
Sent: Thursday, 8 November 2012 6:55 PM
Subject: [HumJanenge] Fwd: we see him in the park of SECTOR-9 DWARKA

SEE THE VEDIO 







Mon Nov 5, 2012 6:29 pm (PST) . 

*Hi All,* *Two days back, I had sent an article on Maj DP Singh, India's own " BladeRunner". In response, I got this youtube coverage on him. Just 7 min and inthese days of negativism in the media, it is worth seeing such positives- paeans to human spirit and courage.**Bala*One more link on the inspiring account of Maj D P Singh:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqJJd4OcRJs -- Colonel N K Balakrishnan ( Retd ) ,
On Saturday, November 3, 2012 9:06:08 PM UTC+5:30, CHATS wrote:
I feel greatly inspired to forward this narration of Maj DP Singh's 'Never Say Die' spirit. 
IT will be recalled that during this year's Kargil Divas the valiant Maj DP Singh- also known as the 'Blade Runner' participated in a run in Delhi, on 22 July. Hats Off!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150974663178071&set=a.10150608465708071.394124.87167763070&type=1&theater




With Warm Regards,
Col RP Chaturvedi,
A-35, Sector 36,
Noida 201303.
Mob: +919891279035
E Mail ID: rpchaturvedi@gmail.com

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Amazing true story of Veer Maj D P Singh authored by Amit

by Kiran Kakatkar on Sunday, 7 October 2012 at 19:57
 
Lakshya (Goal): Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 30/9/2012
 
On 15th July 1999, he was deployed on the Line of Control (during Operation Vijay/Kargil War) when the Pakistanis started shelling the Indian forward positions.
He heard the sound of the first mortar shell fly just over his bunker and land further behind. He felt and heard the sound of the 2ndsecond shell as it came straight towards him. It exploded 2 meters away from him. The foot-long, 2-inch diameter shell had a kill zone of 8 meters. The blast sent thousands of shrapnel pieces in every direction.
He felt the fiery stings as pieces of red-hot shrapnel entered and shredded the right side of his body, from the torso down to his legs. Blood gushed out of his body as if from a water fountain. The pain was excruciating; he cried out. Slowly he lost consciousness. He arrived at the hospital so covered in blood and guts that he was initially given up for dead!
On the night of the 18th he heard the words, "Son, I think I need to amputate your right leg."
Major D.P.Singh looked down at his shredded and gangrene infected right leg and replied, "Doctor, I can see it myself, there is nothing much left below my knee...do what you must"...
He returned to civilian life, after serving the country for another 10 years, but he had lost a few body parts in the war. He had lost a part of his intestine. He had also lost his right leg through the knee. He had lost large chunks of flesh in his left leg and had permanently damaged the meniscal cartilage in his left knee. He would never fully recover his hearing ability, which was damaged with the blast. (A few years after the war, while still in the army, he underwent a major operation for a tumor on his urinary bladder)
What stayed with him from the war however, were 40 pieces of shrapnel embedded in his body. They are lodged all over the place: in his ribs, lungs, liver, elbow and leg.
Few people commence their journey to the start-line of a marathon with 40 pieces of shrapnel inside their body, a drastically compromised intestine, acoustic trauma, a massively compromised left leg and a compromised urinary bladder.
The first time Major Singh went for a run wearing his prosthetic leg, the jarring from the vibration, caused a small piece of shrapnel lodged in his rib to dislodge. It caused him excruciating pain. The doctor advised that an operation would be necessary to remove it. At that point, Major Singh had just started motivating a group of fellow 'challengers' to run. He figured that if he was sidelined after the surgery, his comrades would get demotivated and the group would fall apart. He decided that he would not get operated. He figured that he would continue running and thereby continue jarring the shrapnel piece until it re-lodged itself somewhere else inside his body and stopped paining!
Sometimes in life, the people who inspire us the most are not the winners of the race, but those who strive valiantly and shed their sweat and blood to simply be a part of race day.
My job on this race day was to run alongside Major Singh and occasionally interview him for the Star Plus Television Channel. In the process, I had the privilege to receive a life-lesson in courage and tenacity that I shall never forget.
The day had started for me at hotel Le Meridian. I woke up at 4:15 am and went to the loo. Only a runner understands the importance of bowel movements on race day. The fact that a clean GI system is a luxury, can only be understood by a runner who has suffered a tummy problem half way through a marathon.
I later went for a nice hot shower and changed into my black branded T-shirt (Only a non-runner Marketing Executive would ask a runner to wear a black T-shirt on a hot and sunny day) and shorts. It took me 30 seconds to wear my socks and another 30 seconds to wear my shoes and then I went down to the coffee shop and enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast. By 5:00 am I was seated in the same bus as Kenya's Edwin Kipyego for a ride to the start line.
I met the Major inside the production control room. He was accompanied by his partner Dr. Dimple Bharati. She told me that she planned to meet us several times on the route to give him his energy drink and later run the last few km with us. She explained that due to the massive operation on his intestine, the Major dehydrated very soon. I assured her that I would make sure that we pick-up water from all the water stops.
We made our way to the start-line and were interviewed for the TV viewing audience. The open category run started at 6:40 am. Within a few hundred meters, I noticed that the sun was out and it was already very humid and hot. I braced for a rough day ahead. The Major was quiet and focused. I wanted him to set his own pace and so stayed just a few inches behind him. I noticed his gait. This was the first time that I was running alongside someone wearing a prosthetic leg. With each step it looked as if he was landing on a thorn that pierced further inside his right foot. It seemed very painful. It was not a smooth stride also because his left leg was severely damaged. It dawned on me just how hard it was for him to run.
All around us were runners who were focused on their finish times. They sped past us. However, hundreds of runners noticed us and clapped for the Major. Many seemed to know him personally. They shouted, "Go Major", "Major you are great." "Major you inspire me".
A girl hugged him and said, "Sir, I used to only run the 6k dream run, but YOU inspired me to run the 21k this year". The Major answered, "I'll give you another hug, when to move up to the 42k"
A few minutes later, we were joined by Colonel Rana Sinha. He told me that he looked upon Major Singh as his hero and inspiration and that he intended to run and support us. I was relieved to have a friend together because I could feel that this was going to be a rough day with the heat rising incessantly.
The heat kept increasing by the minute and so did the humidity. At about 4 km the Major stopped to adjust his prosthetic. He held his thigh and shook it violently, as if to make it settle inside the socket of the prosthetic. I was flabbergasted. I stood behind him to make sure that nobody ran into him. It was an action I had never seen before. I was in shock. I could not believe this man was running. I later looked at his face. All I could see was determination. This was a look of a man who was simply focused on the finish line. If there was pain, and I am sure there was, he did not show it.
As we reached the 7k mark we were approaching India Gate (Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier). I have run this race 3 years in succession and each time I reach India Gate the uppermost thought in my mind is: I wish the marathon photographer manages to catch me with India Gate in the background. It would make for a nice picture on my wall. As we approached India gate, I had pretty much the same thought this time too.
But then, I saw the Major look up towards India Gate and snap a Salute.
I had a tear in my eye. I love my India too, but am I doing enough? I made a resolution to redouble my efforts to help the kids suffering from Cancer and being treated at the Tata Hospital.
We kept running. We were all sweating profusely. We kept drinking water. As we passed the medical tents we noticed more and more people flocking towards them. This was going to be a long hard day!
To take the Major's mind off the heat, humidity and pain, I told him about my routine from the time I had woken up at 4:15 am. I asked him how his day had started.
I learnt that Major Singh had a slightly different start to his day.
Because parts of his intestine were shredded in the blast and later removed in surgery, he has all sorts of issues in clearing his GI system. It took him a lot of time to clear his stomach in the morning.
Then he had to wear his prosthetic. It had taken me 30 seconds to wear my socks. It was a little different for the Major. His right leg was amputated through his knee, but there were still shrapnel embedded in his lower thigh. The skin which grew over these wounds was soft tissue, which was very sensitive. He had to prepare each of these areas by first applying some cream and then putting tape over them to protect them from friction.
Then, there was the question of wearing the prosthetic leg itself. The stub where the knee was amputated was is a highly sensitive area. It comes into contact with the socket of the prosthetic leg. The socket is made of hard plastic. Soft skin against a hard material! So, he had to prepare the bottom of his amputated knee enable it to withstand the friction and pounding it is about to receive.
The prosthetic socket is round, the knee stub is round. He needed to align the prosthetic exactly right. When I wear my shoe, the shoe automatically aligns itself with my foot. But a prosthetic must to be worn exactly at the correct angle with reference to his thigh and the rest of his body. With no real reference point it takes a lot of patience and skill to put on the prosthetic.
Once the leg is worn, he needs to make sure it holds tight around his thigh so that it won't move as he runs. Even a few mm of play/movement will cause friction and inflame his skin. He puts more tape and ties a few bandages around the socket to hold it tight against his thigh.
It had taken him close to 3 hours to get ready to leave for the start-line.
I didn't know what to say. I was in shock. We were clearly not running the same race. I was running an easy 21k; however it seemed to me that this man was climbing Mt Everest. He had a prosthetic in one leg which was incredibly uncomfortable to wear while his other leg had chunks of flesh missing. Not only was he climbing up Mt Everest but he was doing it blindfolded.
But I was wrong. He didn't seem to think so. He told me that he hated the idea that people are called, 'Physically Challenged'. He said that he was a 'Challenger' and he wanted the world to know that there was nothing he could not do that anyone else could. Life had thrown down a gauntlet at him. And he had no hesitation in picking it up.
He had started an organization called The Challenging Ones (TCO) with the idea of motivating all challengers to overcome their limitations and partake in sports and adventure activities. He said that he had wanted to partake in the trials for the London Paralympics Games but our country lacked well trained prosthetic technicians to assist him with prosthetic fitment. He said he wanted organizations to come forward to understand the need for better prosthetic technicians in our country.
I ran alongside him in awed silence. On the way back towards the finish he once again saluted the India Gate.
By the time we reached 15k, the heat and humidity were just debilitating; it seemed like heaven was pouring fire down upon us, the heat radiating from the tar road was further aggravating the heat - and then suddenly we went to Live broadcasting.
Samir (TV Moderator): How is it going out there Amit, how is Major doing?
Me: Samir, I am reminded of the song from the movie Lakshya (Goal):
Barse chahe amber se aag,
Lipte chahe pairon se naag.
Even if it pours fire from the skies...
Even if snakes entangle my every stride...
Samir, the skies over Delhi have poured fire on us today, but let me ask Major about the state of his stride. Major, how are the legs doing?
Major: Yes, the skies have poured fire, and the legs want to stop. But I also have a mind, and the mind says I won't stop! I will keep going! I will reach the finish line!
Me: Aaj Lakshya to paana hai (today, I have to reach my goal) Samir, we will not stop, we will not give up. We will reach the finish line.
Major: I am called physically challenged, but I am not so. I want to say that the ones who are really challenged are those who lack mental willpower. There are lots of people like me in India who are waiting for an opportunity to become physically active. Wake up India, if I can do it, you can do it."
And so on and on we ran...the first time the Major slipped and fell on his face was when the cap of a water bottle came under the blade of his prosthetic. The second was when someone from behind banged into him. the third and the fourth time, when he lost his rhythm. Each time, he picked himself up and simply dusted his palms. There was no change of expression on his face. No sound escaped his mouth. There was a steely determination in him that I have never seen in another human being. He looked straight ahead. He never doubted or questioned his own ability. He ran as only a world champion can. He ran with the strength of his mind and for a passion close to his heart. He ran for those of us who doubt our own abilities...He ran for me...He ran for you...
With 200 meters to go, the Indian Tricolour materialized in his hands, given to him by his friends waiting alongside the road. He ran into the finish along with his friends Dr. Bharati and Colonel Rana. I stayed a few meters behind
them.
I had witnessed firsthand what a soldier from the Indian Army was capable of doing.
On the 30th of September 2012, Kenya's Edwin Kipyego ran the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and finished first in a time of 1:00:55. When Edwin reached the finish line, the Major and I must have barely reached the 8 km marker.
But in my heart I have no doubt who really won the race that day. I know who my champion was. I had run alongside him all morning
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SEE THE VEDIO 







Mon Nov 5, 2012 6:29 pm (PST) . 

*Hi All,*
*Two days back, I had sent an article on Maj DP Singh, India's own " Blade
Runner". In response, I got this youtube coverage on him. Just 7 min and in
these days of negativism in the media, it is worth seeing such positives-
paeans to human spirit and courage.*
*Bala*

One more link on the inspiring account of Maj D P Singh:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqJJd4OcRJs
-- 
Colonel N K Balakrishnan ( Retd ) ,


On Saturday, November 3, 2012 9:06:08 PM UTC+5:30, CHATS wrote:
I feel greatly inspired to forward this narration of Maj DP Singh's 'Never Say Die' spirit. 
IT will be recalled that during this year's Kargil Divas the valiant Maj DP Singh- also known as the 'Blade Runner' participated in a run in Delhi, on 22 July. Hats Off!! https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150974663178071&set=a.10150608465708071.394124.87167763070&type=1&theater




With Warm Regards,
Col RP Chaturvedi,
A-35, Sector 36,
Noida 201303.
Mob: +919891279035
E Mail ID: rpchaturvedi@gmail.com

Nescit Cedere


DO NOT VOTE FOR THE UPA IN THE NEXT ELECTIONS UNLESS IT LOOKS AFTER THE INTERESTS OF EX SERVICEMEN BY FEBRUARY 2013

The  24 September False News of grant of OROP is NOT TO BE COUNTED AS 'LOOKING AFTER' EX SERVICEMEN.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
 Story of an Army Officer
 
Amazing true story of Veer Maj D P Singh authored by Amit

by Kiran Kakatkar on Sunday, 7 October 2012 at 19:57
 
Lakshya (Goal): Airtel Delhi Half Marathon 30/9/2012
 
On 15th July 1999, he was deployed on the Line of Control (during Operation Vijay/Kargil War) when the Pakistanis started shelling the Indian forward positions.
He heard the sound of the first mortar shell fly just over his bunker and land further behind. He felt and heard the sound of the 2ndsecond shell as it came straight towards him. It exploded 2 meters away from him. The foot-long, 2-inch diameter shell had a kill zone of 8 meters. The blast sent thousands of shrapnel pieces in every direction.
He felt the fiery stings as pieces of red-hot shrapnel entered and shredded the right side of his body, from the torso down to his legs. Blood gushed out of his body as if from a water fountain. The pain was excruciating; he cried out. Slowly he lost consciousness. He arrived at the hospital so covered in blood and guts that he was initially given up for dead!
On the night of the 18th he heard the words, "Son, I think I need to amputate your right leg."
Major D.P.Singh looked down at his shredded and gangrene infected right leg and replied, "Doctor, I can see it myself, there is nothing much left below my knee...do what you must"...
He returned to civilian life, after serving the country for another 10 years, but he had lost a few body parts in the war. He had lost a part of his intestine. He had also lost his right leg through the knee. He had lost large chunks of flesh in his left leg and had permanently damaged the meniscal cartilage in his left knee. He would never fully recover his hearing ability, which was damaged with the blast. (A few years after the war, while still in the army, he underwent a major operation for a tumor on his urinary bladder)
What stayed with him from the war however, were 40 pieces of shrapnel embedded in his body. They are lodged all over the place: in his ribs, lungs, liver, elbow and leg.
Few people commence their journey to the start-line of a marathon with 40 pieces of shrapnel inside their body, a drastically compromised intestine, acoustic trauma, a massively compromised left leg and a compromised urinary bladder.
The first time Major Singh went for a run wearing his prosthetic leg, the jarring from the vibration, caused a small piece of shrapnel lodged in his rib to dislodge. It caused him excruciating pain. The doctor advised that an operation would be necessary to remove it. At that point, Major Singh had just started motivating a group of fellow 'challengers' to run. He figured that if he was sidelined after the surgery, his comrades would get demotivated and the group would fall apart. He decided that he would not get operated. He figured that he would continue running and thereby continue jarring the shrapnel piece until it re-lodged itself somewhere else inside his body and stopped paining!
Sometimes in life, the people who inspire us the most are not the winners of the race, but those who strive valiantly and shed their sweat and blood to simply be a part of race day.
My job on this race day was to run alongside Major Singh and occasionally interview him for the Star Plus Television Channel. In the process, I had the privilege to receive a life-lesson in courage and tenacity that I shall never forget.
The day had started for me at hotel Le Meridian. I woke up at 4:15 am and went to the loo. Only a runner understands the importance of bowel movements on race day. The fact that a clean GI system is a luxury, can only be understood by a runner who has suffered a tummy problem half way through a marathon.
I later went for a nice hot shower and changed into my black branded T-shirt (Only a non-runner Marketing Executive would ask a runner to wear a black T-shirt on a hot and sunny day) and shorts. It took me 30 seconds to wear my socks and another 30 seconds to wear my shoes and then I went down to the coffee shop and enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast. By 5:00 am I was seated in the same bus as Kenya's Edwin Kipyego for a ride to the start line.
I met the Major inside the production control room. He was accompanied by his partner Dr. Dimple Bharati. She told me that she planned to meet us several times on the route to give him his energy drink and later run the last few km with us. She explained that due to the massive operation on his intestine, the Major dehydrated very soon. I assured her that I would make sure that we pick-up water from all the water stops.
We made our way to the start-line and were interviewed for the TV viewing audience. The open category run started at 6:40 am. Within a few hundred meters, I noticed that the sun was out and it was already very humid and hot. I braced for a rough day ahead. The Major was quiet and focused. I wanted him to set his own pace and so stayed just a few inches behind him. I noticed his gait. This was the first time that I was running alongside someone wearing a prosthetic leg. With each step it looked as if he was landing on a thorn that pierced further inside his right foot. It seemed very painful. It was not a smooth stride also because his left leg was severely damaged. It dawned on me just how hard it was for him to run.
All around us were runners who were focused on their finish times. They sped past us. However, hundreds of runners noticed us and clapped for the Major. Many seemed to know him personally. They shouted, "Go Major", "Major you are great." "Major you inspire me".
A girl hugged him and said, "Sir, I used to only run the 6k dream run, but YOU inspired me to run the 21k this year". The Major answered, "I'll give you another hug, when to move up to the 42k"
A few minutes later, we were joined by Colonel Rana Sinha. He told me that he looked upon Major Singh as his hero and inspiration and that he intended to run and support us. I was relieved to have a friend together because I could feel that this was going to be a rough day with the heat rising incessantly.
The heat kept increasing by the minute and so did the humidity. At about 4 km the Major stopped to adjust his prosthetic. He held his thigh and shook it violently, as if to make it settle inside the socket of the prosthetic. I was flabbergasted. I stood behind him to make sure that nobody ran into him. It was an action I had never seen before. I was in shock. I could not believe this man was running. I later looked at his face. All I could see was determination. This was a look of a man who was simply focused on the finish line. If there was pain, and I am sure there was, he did not show it.
As we reached the 7k mark we were approaching India Gate (Indian Army's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier). I have run this race 3 years in succession and each time I reach India Gate the uppermost thought in my mind is: I wish the marathon photographer manages to catch me with India Gate in the background. It would make for a nice picture on my wall. As we approached India gate, I had pretty much the same thought this time too.
But then, I saw the Major look up towards India Gate and snap a Salute.
I had a tear in my eye. I love my India too, but am I doing enough? I made a resolution to redouble my efforts to help the kids suffering from Cancer and being treated at the Tata Hospital.
We kept running. We were all sweating profusely. We kept drinking water. As we passed the medical tents we noticed more and more people flocking towards them. This was going to be a long hard day!
To take the Major's mind off the heat, humidity and pain, I told him about my routine from the time I had woken up at 4:15 am. I asked him how his day had started.
I learnt that Major Singh had a slightly different start to his day.
Because parts of his intestine were shredded in the blast and later removed in surgery, he has all sorts of issues in clearing his GI system. It took him a lot of time to clear his stomach in the morning.
Then he had to wear his prosthetic. It had taken me 30 seconds to wear my socks. It was a little different for the Major. His right leg was amputated through his knee, but there were still shrapnel embedded in his lower thigh. The skin which grew over these wounds was soft tissue, which was very sensitive. He had to prepare each of these areas by first applying some cream and then putting tape over them to protect them from friction.
Then, there was the question of wearing the prosthetic leg itself. The stub where the knee was amputated was is a highly sensitive area. It comes into contact with the socket of the prosthetic leg. The socket is made of hard plastic. Soft skin against a hard material! So, he had to prepare the bottom of his amputated knee enable it to withstand the friction and pounding it is about to receive.
The prosthetic socket is round, the knee stub is round. He needed to align the prosthetic exactly right. When I wear my shoe, the shoe automatically aligns itself with my foot. But a prosthetic must to be worn exactly at the correct angle with reference to his thigh and the rest of his body. With no real reference point it takes a lot of patience and skill to put on the prosthetic.
Once the leg is worn, he needs to make sure it holds tight around his thigh so that it won't move as he runs. Even a few mm of play/movement will cause friction and inflame his skin. He puts more tape and ties a few bandages around the socket to hold it tight against his thigh.
It had taken him close to 3 hours to get ready to leave for the start-line.
I didn't know what to say. I was in shock. We were clearly not running the same race. I was running an easy 21k; however it seemed to me that this man was climbing Mt Everest. He had a prosthetic in one leg which was incredibly uncomfortable to wear while his other leg had chunks of flesh missing. Not only was he climbing up Mt Everest but he was doing it blindfolded.
But I was wrong. He didn't seem to think so. He told me that he hated the idea that people are called, 'Physically Challenged'. He said that he was a 'Challenger' and he wanted the world to know that there was nothing he could not do that anyone else could. Life had thrown down a gauntlet at him. And he had no hesitation in picking it up.
He had started an organization called The Challenging Ones (TCO) with the idea of motivating all challengers to overcome their limitations and partake in sports and adventure activities. He said that he had wanted to partake in the trials for the London Paralympics Games but our country lacked well trained prosthetic technicians to assist him with prosthetic fitment. He said he wanted organizations to come forward to understand the need for better prosthetic technicians in our country.
I ran alongside him in awed silence. On the way back towards the finish he once again saluted the India Gate.
By the time we reached 15k, the heat and humidity were just debilitating; it seemed like heaven was pouring fire down upon us, the heat radiating from the tar road was further aggravating the heat - and then suddenly we went to Live broadcasting.
Samir (TV Moderator): How is it going out there Amit, how is Major doing?
Me: Samir, I am reminded of the song from the movie Lakshya (Goal):
Barse chahe amber se aag,
Lipte chahe pairon se naag.
Even if it pours fire from the skies...
Even if snakes entangle my every stride...
Samir, the skies over Delhi have poured fire on us today, but let me ask Major about the state of his stride. Major, how are the legs doing?
Major: Yes, the skies have poured fire, and the legs want to stop. But I also have a mind, and the mind says I won't stop! I will keep going! I will reach the finish line!
Me: Aaj Lakshya to paana hai (today, I have to reach my goal) Samir, we will not stop, we will not give up. We will reach the finish line.
Major: I am called physically challenged, but I am not so. I want to say that the ones who are really challenged are those who lack mental willpower. There are lots of people like me in India who are waiting for an opportunity to become physically active. Wake up India, if I can do it, you can do it."
And so on and on we ran...the first time the Major slipped and fell on his face was when the cap of a water bottle came under the blade of his prosthetic. The second was when someone from behind banged into him. the third and the fourth time, when he lost his rhythm. Each time, he picked himself up and simply dusted his palms. There was no change of expression on his face. No sound escaped his mouth. There was a steely determination in him that I have never seen in another human being. He looked straight ahead. He never doubted or questioned his own ability. He ran as only a world champion can. He ran with the strength of his mind and for a passion close to his heart. He ran for those of us who doubt our own abilities...He ran for me...He ran for you...
With 200 meters to go, the Indian Tricolour materialized in his hands, given to him by his friends waiting alongside the road. He ran into the finish along with his friends Dr. Bharati and Colonel Rana. I stayed a few meters behind
them.
I had witnessed firsthand what a soldier from the Indian Army was capable of doing.
On the 30th of September 2012, Kenya's Edwin Kipyego ran the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and finished first in a time of 1:00:55. When Edwin reached the finish line, the Major and I must have barely reached the 8 km marker.
But in my heart I have no doubt who really won the race that day. I know who my champion was. I had run alongside him all morning

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