INDIA - PAKISTAN CONFLICT.

According to the media reports from India, 4 days back at the LOC Kashmir border of India and Pakistan, some 20 Pakistani terrorists dressed in Uniforms as Pakistani soldiers, crossed into Indian Territory and killed 5 Indian Jawans protecting the Indian borders. 

This act of Pakistanis is condemnable and I condemn it.  In these cold blooded murders of 5 Indian soldiers, 5 precious lives were lost which may not be a great loss numerically to India but surely it is a great loss to their families. In these deaths some must have lost their husbands while others their sons and still others their brothers.  What a pity it is !! How India will compensate their losses?  

Is India first of all really bothered of their deaths? If these killings had to happen to Pakistanis, there would be demonstrations all over Pakistan against India but India as a whole is in a relaxed mood. Only few are making noise and that too a little which will evaporate soon. Besides, even after 4 days of their killings there is no word from Indian Premier or any government official offering condolences on behalf of the government of India to the families of the 5 killed Jawans, leave aside the offer of financial assistance to the families of 5 Jawans. I only hope they don't fall on the road.

This is not the first time that the Pakistanis have infiltrated into India and committed such heinous crimes against Indians.  We still very well remember the Mumbai attack where hundreds of innocent Mumbaikars were killed though Pakistani government denied its involvement in all these attacks including that in 4 days back.

India is an atomic giant having sophisticated techniques and sophisticated instruments and weapons to check and detect the enemy advances and infiltrations and yet still how Pakistanis are infiltrating into Indian territories? Were our border security guards sleeping whole day and night when Pakistani infiltrators making their way into Indian territories thru land and sea?  This is a big question.  

If tomorrow war breaks out between India and Pakistan, I am sure India will face lot of troubles from Pakistan. The current Pakistan is not what it was during the Bangladesh liberation war.  The current Pakistan is an Atomic Pakistan supported by the deadly Islamic terrorists and they all are in position to play havoc with Indians.   

Many of India’s top people are bribe able commodities whom Pakistan and Al Qaeda people can easily purchase because they are less patriotic to India while Pakistanis are more patriotic to their nation Pakistan.

One thing India must know for sure that Pakistan will never give peace to India because India has destroyed Pakistan’s peace by humiliating Pakistan in East Pakistan.  The war India fought against Pakistan for the liberation of Bangladesh was a big scar on Pakistan’s body.  For this war Pakistan will always have revenge against India and as a revenge Pakistan will always give sleepless nights to India and India will have to suffer the consequences of this revenge.

If India wants to live in peace with Pakistan and Pakistanis, India must stop retaliatory measures against Pakistan in any form and provocative actions should be stopped.  Now in the next month there is a scheduled meet between the Premiers of India and Pakistan in New York. Instead of listening to the vociferous demands in India to cancel this meet, I strongly urge India to allow its Premier to have this meet and discuss with Pakistani Premier this topic of killing 5 Indian Jawans.  

In a clash between India and Pakistan, India stands to lose more than Pakistan, Pakistan is already a defeated nation and it will not mind facing more defeats because Pakistan as it looks is a failed State. India is advancing and fast developing country with more decency and as such India by creating clash with Pakistan cannot afford to slow down its growth and development.  

Because of the past three wars with Pakistan India’s growth has been much hampered. To overcome the current crisis with Pakistan, cautious diplomacy is the only solution.

.   A.  Veronica Fernandes,

Kuwait.

      

VERY RICH HUMILIITY BY A VERY RICH MAN - RATAN TATA.

• Ratan Tata and The flat tyre‏

Forwarded by: Veronica Fernandes, Mumbai.

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Too good message – very inspirational.

One of Mr. Ratan N. Tata's first assignments was the stewardship of the ailing electronics company in the Tata portfolio - Nelco.

Story goes that a team of senior managers from Nelco was driving to Nasik along with RNT. Halfway into the journey, the car had a flat tyre, and as the driver pulled up, the occupants - including Mr. Tata - got off for a comfort break, leaving the driver to replace the tyre.

Some of the managers welcomed the forced break, as it allowed them a much-needed chance to light up a cigarette. Some used the opportunity to stretch, and smile, and share a joke. And then, one of them suddenly noticed that Mr. Tata was not to be seen, and wondered aloud where Ratan Tata might have vanished.

· Was he behind some bush?
· Had he wandered off inside the roadside dhaba for a quick cup of   tea?
· Or was he mingling with some passer-bys, listening to their stories?

None of these, in fact while his colleagues were taking a break, Ratan Tata was busy helping the driver change tyres. Sleeves rolled up, tie swatted away over the shoulder, the hands expertly working the jack and the spanner, bouncing the spare tyre to check if the tyre pressure was ok. Droplets of sweat on the brow, and a smile on the face.

In that moment, the managers accompanying Ratan Tata got a master class in leadership they haven't forgotten.

And that's a moment that the driver of that car probably hasn't forgotten either.

Questions to ask:

When was the last time I rolled up my sleeves to do a task much below my hierarchy?
Do I wait for the big opportunity to showcase my leadership?
Is that big opportunity ever going to come?
Am I trying to manage upwards so much that I’ve lost the feel of the field?

Ideas for action:

· Humility is the essence of success. Be humble and even teach your children to be so.
· To reach the top and remain there, always start from the bottom, else your days at the top will not last long..
· Practice leadership in small things instead of waiting for the big crisis or a major product launch.
· Seek to find opportunities to lead in everyday moments.
· Build your leadership skills one baby step at a time.
 

· Good day!!
 

"It is not how much you do, but how much love you put in the doing."

RESPONSE TO VERONICA'S ARTICLE ON LATE TIATRIST LUCIANO DIAS

Mr. Veronica, wonderful article on the late Tiatrist Luciano Dias. Your Konkani writing is as excellent as English.  In Luciano article you showed hstory and lot of information of late Luciano Dias, on Tiatro history and the events during Portuguese time in Goa.  I don't think any other Goan journalist can write like this and I dont think anybody got such a vast knowledge on Tiatros and elder Tiatrists as you have. For Goans you are a source of information.

Keep it up Mr. Veronica, as a Goan and a Tiatr lover, I am proud of you. 

Let us all pray for the soul of late Luciano Dias. May his soul Rest In Peace.

A. M. Fernandes,

Margao, Goa.