Date: Friday, 6 March, 2009, 10:00 PM
Dear Colleagues,
Jhajjar (Haryana) are in charge of the Jantar Mantar venue.
New Members
Thanks to the untiring efforts of Brig Kamboj, Col Vijay Sekhri, Col Kewal Malhotra, Maj Gen Kataria, Brig Kaul, Col RP Chaturvedi and Cdr Chopra, the following new members have enrolled themselves into the IESM family:
Army
1. Col SK Nandrajog
2. Col Mohinder Singh
3. Col RN Sehgal
4. Col BD Bhanot
5. Maj Gen MR Sabharwal
6. Maj Gen Prithvi Raj Dhingra
7. Lt Col VB Arya
8. Lt Col GS Boparai
9. Brig KK Lakhanpal
10. Col Rajesh Kawatra
11. Brig JL Anand
12. Lt Col Raj KumarJetly
13. Brig AK Adlakha
14. Brig VK Mahajan
15. Hav Tej Bahadur
16. Brig SC Kuthiala
17. Col Ajai Kumar Dewan
18. Col JML Kapoor
19. Lt Col CS Sirohi
20. Veteran MC Arora
21. Veteran Harbindar Babbr
Navy
1. Vice Adm AR Tandon
2. Cmde Jankiraman Ganesh
Air Force
1. Wg cdr Reginald Mukha
We extend a hearty welcome to all of them.
Apology
I would like to offer an apology. The large and expanding IESM family is lucky to have members who are all known for original thinking, their perspicacity and analytical ability. We are greatly benefiting from their views and I am sure the inflow would continue. However, do allow me to make a submission. With so many incoming emails, the Core Group members are finding it difficult to cope with the load and devote the required time to all the emails. The problem gets sharpened when we travel out – which may further increase in the near future. It becomes a herculean task to catch up with the backlog. This is despite the fact that we have even been working on emails on laptops even while on the move. Kindly help us by:
1. Keeping the emails short (unlike this mail). Most contemporary topics have a clear pro and con stance. It is not necessary to support your views by lengthy arguments that have already been given by others, albeit in different words.
2. Clearly stating the subject. Quite often the subject remains the same even though the tenor of discussion has totally changed. After reading a few mails on a particular subject, in the rush of work one may have tendency to omit opening emails carrying the same heading. It would be preferable yo use subjects like, ‘Changing the term OROP - view for/ against’, ‘Depositing of medals – view for/against’ ‘Aligning with a political party - view for/against’, ‘Legal route - view for/against’ etc.
3. Showing Patience. Most of us do make it a point to send an ack to all relevant incoming emails. Since decisions are generally based on majority input, everyone’s views cannot be accommodated. If there is no further communication, it should be taken to mean the sender’s view has not found favour with the majority and not that it has been ignored.
4. Having Faith in the Core Group. It is not my contention that we do everything right. But we always try to act in the interest of the ESM. Our actions may be wrong, but our intentions should never be doubted.
5. Not being overly Sensitive. If a member thinks we have gone wrong by not responding to his email in time, he should tick us off but should avoid sulking.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
Give us our due, say ex-servicemen
Comment by JP Singh
Friday, 27 February 2009 08:52:25
The Netas in our country, many with criminal backgrounds, are there only to promote themselves and their families. And of course amass ill-gotten wealth and properties. If we Veterans want to be heard, we have to adopt the methods used by these very same Netas, for that is the only language they understand. I leave it to our organizers to device stronger methods of driving their point home, and expand the ranks of our movement nationwide. As regards our bitter bureaucrats, the high flying Babus, NOTHING should ever be expected from them. They need a strong dose of their own medicine which We need to administer more forcefully. So let us ALL join together and strengthen the hands of our Veterans Organisations. (version slightly edited by deleting harsh language)
Ex-servicemen return medals over pension parity issue
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