Month: April 2020
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CORONA COMBAT: THE EIGHTH REVIEW. GRADED EXIT by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
Seventh Review: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/corona-combat-seventh-review-attaining.html GENERAL Eighth Review. We are now looking at a graded exit from the lockdown. Are we ahead? Yes Sir, we are. The Corona is still panting to catch up. However as we exit from the safety of the lockdowns, we will be exposed and hunted down by the Virus mercilessly if…
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CORONA COMBAT: THE SEVENTH REVIEW. ATTAINING STRATEGIC INDEPENDENCE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Sixth Review: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/corona-combat-sixth-review-defeat-into.html BETWEEN CHEAP CHINESE ITEMS AND THE VIRUS, I WILL TAKE MY CHANCES WITH THE VIRUS BE INDIAN BUY INDIAN The Current Status Seventh review! Long Time! Where are we in this fight? Well ahead of the curve. The Virus has not been able to do much in India. The facts speak for themselves.…
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CORONA COMBAT: THE SIXTH REVIEW. DEFEAT INTO VICTORY BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
THIS IS AN USEFUL ANALYSIS FOR ANY ONE WHO IS HANDLING THE SITUATION IN THE GOVERNMENT. PLEASE PASS IT ON TO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO IS IN THE THICK OF IT. IT WILL ENABLE THEM PLAN BETTER FIFTH REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-fifth-review-thinking.html FOURTH REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-fourth-review-on-to.html THIRD REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-third-review-by-lt.html SECOND REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-second-review-by-lt.html FIRST REVIEW: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-corona-combat-review-of-situation.html PHASE 2:…
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CORONA THE CHINESE CHERNOYBYL BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
THE DEFINING PICTURE OF THE CHINESE VIRUS A piece of advice. Do not hug a Chinese. Maintain twice the recommended social distance. That, in my vocabulary is the Viral Distance! THE DEFINING PICTURE OF VIETNAM WAR It takes an idea to spark a revolution. The Chinese virus is more than an idea. In Oct 2018,…
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THE CORONA COMBAT – FIFTH REVIEW . THINKING BEYOND LOCK DOWNS BY LT GEN PR SHANKAR (R)
KINDLY PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS WE HAVE TO FIGHT A BATTLE WITH KNOWLEDGE Fourth Review @https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-fourth-review-on-to.html Phase1 Successfully executed. Phase 2 New guidelines issued by government of India as outlined by PM. Battle continues without a pause. Voices and articles questioning the lockdown are surfacing. Hindsight is always clear. It is so clear…
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THE CORONA COMBAT : THE FOURTH REVIEW . ON TO A FRONTIER SANS MEDICINE by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
There are no silver bullets First Review: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-corona-combat-review-of-situation.html Second Review : https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-second-review-by-lt.html Third Review : https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-third-review-by-lt.html General Day 20. Phase1 closing out. India on top. Phase 2 starting shortly. It seems that there is no getting away from lockdown. Details shortly. Will not second guess it. We have done extremely well so far. Ahead of the curve. The…
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THE CORONA COMBAT – THE THIRD REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
First Review: https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-corona-combat-review-of-situation.html Second Review : https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-corona-combat-second-review-by-lt.html Please pass it on to your fiends. They will feel proud to be Indians. Others will wake up to India. We are ahead of the curve. We will stay that way. General It is Day 15 of the lock down. 3/4th of Phase 1 done. Phase 2 fast…
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LESSONS IN MILITARY LEADERSHIP FROM USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
This article may kindly be read in conjunction with my earlier articles @ https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/06/generally-on-generals-by-lt-gen-p-r.html and https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/04/political-crumbling-of-last-bastion-by.html The Need to Examine ‘Theodore Roosevelt’ Incident Military leadership has been a subject of debate for long. The leadership conundrum in the Armed Forces is beautifully brought out in Herman Wouk’s classic – ‘The Caine Mutiny’. In the same context, the ‘Theodore…
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INDIA IN THE POST COVID-19 WORLD : A PERSPECTIVE BY LT GEN CA KRISHNAN
COVID-19 seems to have become all encompassing. Before we even realised what was happening, it has threatened the life of every single human being on the earth and has even gone to the extent of bringing the world to a grinding halt. A ‘Global lock down’ was unimaginable, even in the wildest of science fictions,…
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THE CORONA COMBAT – SECOND REVIEW BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
This is a follow up of the first review @ https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-corona-combat-review-of-situation.html General We are now into Day 10 of our lockdown. Midway point of Phase 1 of the battle with the Chinese Virus. Approaching Phase 2 shortly. Critical times ahead. Time for a review of the situation. The PM has spoken to us today. He has…