IESM: Fast for Justice Rally- hundred and first day

Date: Friday, 27 March, 2009, 11:32 PM
Dear Colleagues,
The Jantar Mantar continues to remain active.
New Members
We extend a heartful welcome to the new members from Noida into the IESM family. Thanks to Wg Cdr Agnihotri, Cdr DD Chopra Sgt De and Brig RN Kapoor. New Members List: Click here
Making of History
Following a telephone call from Brig RK Gulia, President IESL, on 26 March, I called on IESL HQ late that evening. There, apart from Brig Gulia, I met members of IESL Governing Body– Maj Gen Radhakrishnan, Brig Kartar Singh, Col Verma, and Col Bhag Singh and others. There was unanimity for bringing the two entities together and use the combined might of the two formations to press our demands. After initial doubts were clarified, I promised to request the IESM Core Gp to assemble at IESL HQ on 27 March evening for a joint session. (I had to literally wake up some members of the Core Gp to give the assembly call, but they all played up).
10 members of the IESM Core Gp accordingly visited IESL HQ at 1830 hours on 27 March. There was heart-to-heart talk behind closed doors with above IESL members including also Brig Nath and Col Janu. Despite my advice to talk only of tomorrow and not of yesterday, sparks did fly, as was only expected. However, at the end of two hours, the tempers cooled down enough to permit rational thinking. The main decisions taken were:
1. There was ‘in principle’ agreement that the two would henceforth work together.
2. Each can retain its identity and fly its own flag at joint gatherings.
3. The four core demands of the IESM would form the common mininmum programme.
4. The IESL agreed to join the 12 April 2009 rally at Jantar Mantar. An event-specific joint task force was constituted comprising four members from either side to button up details.
5. Depositing of medals (that the IESM is planning to do again on 12 April) was left to individuals’ choice.
While each participant rose above parochial considerations, I would like to place on record our deep appreciation for the facilitator’s role played by Maj Gen Radhakrishnan, President IESL Tamil Nadu. He anchored the discussion from the side of the IESL and displayed great maturity and understanding in the resolution of some inevitable irritants.
In two hours history was created. We wish the new jointness a happy future.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM

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प्रिय साथियों,
इस जंतर मंतर सक्रिय रहने के लिए जारी है.
नए सदस्य
हम IESM परिवार के नए सदस्यों का हार्दिक स्वागत करता हूँ.
इतिहास का बनाना
26 मार्च पर ब्रिगेडियर आर के गुलिया, राष्ट्रपति IESL, से एक टेलीफोन कॉल के बाद, मैं IESL मुख्यालय पर देर हो चुकी है कि शाम को बुलाया. वहाँ, अलग ब्रिगेडियर गुलिया से, मैं, और कर्नल Bhag सिंह IESL शासी निकाय के सदस्य मेजर जनरल राधाकृष्णन, ब्रिगेडियर करतार सिंह, कर्नल वर्मा से मुलाकात की और अन्य. वहाँ मतैक्य एक साथ दो संस्थाओं को लाने और हमारी मांगों प्रेस करने के लिए दो फार्मेशनों की संयुक्त कर सकते हैं उपयोग के लिए गया था. प्रारंभिक संदेह के बाद, मैं IESL मुख्यालय में 27 मार्च शाम को एक संयुक्त सत्र के लिए इकट्ठा करने के लिए IESM कोर ग्रुप का अनुरोध करने का वादा किया स्पष्ट किया गया था. (मैं इस कोर ग्रुप के कुछ सदस्यों को सचमुच जागृत करने के लिए विधानसभा फोन देने के लिए किया था, लेकिन वे सभी को खेला).
इस IESM कोर ग्रुप के 10 सदस्यों के अनुसार 27 मार्च को 1830 घंटे में IESL मुख्यालय का दौरा किया. वहाँ दिल गया था के साथ बंद दरवाजों के पीछे करने के लिए दिल की बात भी ब्रिगेडियर नाथ और कर्नल चर्चा सहित IESL सदस्यों से ऊपर. मेरी सलाह है कल ही की है और कल की बात करने के लिए नहीं होने के बावजूद, स्पार्क्स, केवल आशा के रूप में उड़ गया था. लेकिन, दो घंटे के अंत में, इस भन्नाता नीचे तर्कसंगत सोच की अनुमति के लिए काफी ठंडा. मुख्य निर्णय लिया गया था:
1. इसमें 'सिद्धांत' करार कि दो होता अब साथ में काम में था.
2. हर एक अपनी पहचान बनाए रखने कर सकते हैं और संयुक्त सम्मेलनों में अपनी ही झंडा उड़.
3. इस IESM की चार प्रमुख मांगों को आम कम-से-कम कार्यक्रम फार्म जाएगा.
4. इस IESL जंतर मंतर (Jantar Mantar) में 12 अप्रैल रैली में शामिल होने के लिए सहमति व्यक्त की. एक घटना विशेष संयुक्त कार्यदल दोनों ओर से विवरण अप बटन के चार सदस्यों को शामिल किया गया था.
5. पदक की जमा (है कि IESM फिर 12 अप्रैल को करने के लिए) की योजना बना रहा है व्यक्तियों 'चुनाव के लिए छोड़ दिया गया था.
हालांकि प्रत्येक भागीदार संकीर्ण विचारों से ऊपर गुलाब, मैं रिकार्ड पर लश्कर-ए-तोइबा की भूमिका के लिए मेजर जनरल राधाकृष्णन, राष्ट्रपति IESL तमिलनाडु द्वारा खेला हमारी गहरी सराहना करना चाहूंगा. उन्होंने कहा कि IESL की ओर से चर्चा मुरलीधरन और कुछ अपरिहार्य उत्तेजक के समाधान में काफी परिपक्वता और समझ में प्रदर्शित होता है.
दो घंटे के इतिहास में बनाया गया था. हम एक खुश भविष्य को नए गूंथना की कामना करता हूं.
सादर,
लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल (Emeritus) राज Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
अध्यक्ष IESM

Mumbai Mayhem: Taliban at the doorstep

... school bombing in Pakistan
The events in Pakistan on its 69th National Day, showing bombed out buildings, bullet ridden walls and weapon carrying men everywhere, indicate that the influence of those who seek to seize control of the country is increasing with each passing day.

TWENTY FOUR HOURS is a long time, they say in politics. It seems it is even longer in the life of a nation. On the morning of March 23, 2009, a British news channel was busy showing a special programme covering the situation in Pakistan’s Swat valley. The scenic valley has been in the news for months now for its detiorating security situation and the capitulation of the Pakistani government to the militants there. It is, however, being presented as an accord to implement Sharia law and not a caving in to the diktat of the Taliban.

When interviewed by the TV journalist, President Zardari made a complete denial of the reports of Pakistani territories being in the control of militants. The channel then panned to the town of Mingora in the Swat valley. If the ticker below the screen shots were to not indicate that this is a Pakistani town, the average viewer could have been forgiven for assuming these to be shots of war scarred Afghanistan.

Bombed out buildings, schools razed to ground, bullet ridden walls and only weapon carrying men everywhere. Every street showed the same scenes of rugged, bearded men, most with black turbans. Nowhere were any women to be spotted, not even burqa clad ones.
Taliban at the doorstep: A President in denial

Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 27, 2009; 8:44 AM
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Mar. 27 -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives Friday in a crowded mosque in northwest Pakistan, killing at least 50 people and leaving more bodies buried in the rubble of the building, officials said. Officials said many of those killed and wounded Friday were members of the Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force that patrols the tribal zones. The mosque that was targeted was located in Jamrud town, near the main highway leading to the Khyber Pass into Afghanistan. It is very close to a major Frontier Corps barracks that dates back to British colonial rule.
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 50 in Pakistan Mosque

Kupwara encounter
Eight members of the Army, one of them a Major, and 17 terrorists are reported to have been killed in a series of encounters between patrols of the Army and five different groups of terrorist infiltrators from the Pakistani territory in densely forested areas of the Kupwara district of Jammu & Kashmir. The encounters, which started on March 20, lasted five days.
The ploy behind the Kupwara encounter

IESM: Fast for Justice Rally- hundredth day

Date: Thursday, 26 March, 2009, 11:00 PM
Dear Colleagues,
The Jantar Mantar venue remains active.
Press Conference
Gen Pravesh Renjen, Col Joshipura and self attended a well attended press conference at the Press club of India today. It had journalists from the print as well as visual media.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM

Hindi- Google Translate
प्रिय साथियों,
इस Jantar Mantar स्थल सक्रिय रहता है.
प्रेस सम्मेलन
जनरल प्रवेश Renjen, कर्नल Joshipura और आत्म आज भारत के प्रेस क्लब में एक अच्छी तरह से भाग लिया प्रेस सम्मेलन में भाग लिया. यह दृश्य मीडिया प्रिंट रूप से पत्रकारों था.
सादर,
लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल (Emeritus) राज Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
अध्यक्ष IESM