July 2015 Blog Posts (13)

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The beginning of war and peace – July 1914

The month of July has a dazing significance in the history of the world as two of the greatest moves that has ever changed the political designs of the countries reigning with the gambits of power and might and those with untiring aspirations to become the one and the top-most in the world.

While the Apostle of Peace, Mahatma Gandhi bid adieu for South Africa on the day of 18th July, 1914 after concluding his 8…

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            OP GIBRALTAR TOTAL DISASTER

                      By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant,VSM

Man proposes God disposes. How true in case of a military operation, codenamed Op Gibraltar, that was launched by bigwigs of the Pakistan Army to seize Jammu and Kashmir by a clandestine operation. It had the explicit blessings of the then President of Pakistan, Field Marshal Ayub Khan who took pains to…

Gandhi Journal Article-III (July 2015) : Ecology and Lifestyle: A Gandhian Perspective

The ecological crisis we confront today has been analysed from various angles and scientific data on the state of our environment made…

Gandhi Journal Article-II (July 2015) : Half-naked Fakir

Of course, one can never fully know Gandhi’s ‘intention’ in wearing a loin-cloth, for what he actually wrote and declared in his speeches may have differed to some extent from his personal reflections. Yet…

Many eyebrows were raised in India and Pakistan, when Prime Minister of India Mr.Narendra Modi shook hands with Prime Minister of Pakistan Mr.Nawaz Shariff and discussed Indo Pakistan relationship in Russia recently.  While sceptics think that the present peace initiative will end up in an anti climax like several other peace initiatives made in the past, atleast some people in India and Pakistan think that there is reasonable chance of the present peace initiative being sustained.…

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              PILGRIMAGE TO KAILASH VIA SIKKIM

                  By Brigadier Chitranjan Sawant,VSM

Pradhan Mantri Narendra Modi and President of People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping talked sweet things when the latter visited Bharat in September 2014. Gujarat’s hospitality overseen by Narendra bhai Modi touched the hearts of the honoured guests from across the Himalayas. Both the distinguished guests, Xi jinping and his wife, the…

Wipro's Azim Premji gives 18% of his stake in company for charity

Gandhi Journal Article-I : Gandhi's Persuasive Communication and Ideal Journalism

This paper attempts to equate Mahatma Gandhi's art of communication with Aristotle's three variables of communication or Rhetorica. It has highlighted Gandhi's ideal…

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As a part of the World Bank Course "Innovation Policy for Developing Countries", a group/individual project has been developed and submitted.



I've presented on how India's globalizing, liberalizing, industrialization efforts need to be streamlined effectively in the coming years and proposed an Innovation agenda for until year 2030 as per the guidelines specified.



I have emphasized how Techno-Gandhian centers would fit within the Innovation…

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                       CELEBRATING ’65 WAR VICTORY

                               By Brigadier(Retd) Chitranjan Sawant,VSM

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India ordered the Indian Army to cross the international border in the Punjab and launch a two pronged attack on Pakistan. It was a magnificent master stroke of high level strategy that broke the back of attacking forces of Pakistan in the Chhamb-Akhnoor sector of…

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                       CELEBRATING ’65 WAR VICTORY

                               By Brigadier(Retd) Chitranjan Sawant,VSM

Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri, Prime Minister of India ordered the Indian Army to cross the international border in the Punjab and launch a two pronged attack on Pakistan. It was a magnificent master stroke of high level strategy that broke the back of attacking forces of Pakistan in the Chhamb-Akhnoor sector of…