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To Be Or Not To Be! That's the question. Well, that's half the question really. To be sick / ill / indisposed is the true question.  Long long ago it wasn't uncommon to wait for your turn at a Government hospital before a disinterested ward boy would shout your name or number and you would awake from your slumber with a shudder with adrenaline rushing all the way up from groin to brain - or is it other way round? Anyway you would run towards the door behind which lay your wealth of health, all the while trying to hold on to your falling reports and prescriptions, only to be stopped by the pan chewing ward boy who would ask you to wait for the 30 people inside to thin out before you could enter the din inside and hope to see the doctor from above the shoulders of others or through the gaps in between bums (of different people). You would inwardly curse him for not letting you catch up on your two winks and letting the seat on the wooden bench go out of your control but...

रकीब की बाँहों में उन्हें देख एहसास हुआ ज़ख्म ऐ दिल को गोया हमें उनसे थी मोहब्बत और उन्हें हमारी आदत

1.     Since 1205 hrs on 29 Sep 16 the issue which has been "dissected" by all and sundry specially in Indian Media is the declaration by Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, DGMO of Indian Army that Indian Special Forces conducted surgical strikes inside POK and neutralized terrorists and "those who supported them".  Social media is abuzz like beehive with all kinds of messages being forwarded to all and sundry. Now let me enumerate what happened thereafter:- (a)  Pakistan gave out conflicting statements ranging from flat denial of any such operations, to accepting death of two of its army personnel in cross border" firing (Do they mean LOC is now IB?) to total silence from their Defence Minister who was talking of dropping nuclear bombs on India in case of any military action by India as also Gen Sharief their COAS who retires in a few weeks. Her efforts to raise the matter in UNO have elicited absolutely no response. (b) South Asian Countries gave either ...

कुछ यादें अधूरी सी वोह गीले बालों की महक सौंधी बरसात की मिटटी सी आँखों पर काजल की लकीरें शाम के गहराते सायों सी रुक रुक कर आती साँसे बहती हवा की मानिंद सी आज फिर वोह समां है पर तुम नहीं कुछ यादें ताज़ा हैं सुबह के सपनो सी यहां मैं अधूरा सा वहां तुम अधूरी सी हमारी ज़िन्दगानी हमारी यादों सी कुछ कुछ अधूरी सी !

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AND FOURTH PARTY LOGISTICS Introduction 1.       Supply chain, on material level is defined as flow of materials through procurement, manufacture, distribution, exploitation and disposal while on human level it is an entity of people  organisation  as structures and systems delivering the desired value and goods.  Supply chain management is undergoing a paradigm change in aligning its activities, measures and customer focus.  No longer does supply chain  management  operate as mutually exclusive teams with separate sets of matrix in managing their activities.  These days successful organisations use a master strategy of “Vital three” elements – people, process and enabling technology, in addressing future growth,  organisation  transformation and  organisation  resource planning enabling initiatives.  This is more binding in view of the fact that t...

ठंडी हवा यूँ निकली है मेरे गाल को सहलाकर महकती साँसों की सिसकी ज्यूँ निकाली थी उसने, हल्का सा दबाव मेरे सीने पे वैसा ही है धड़कन तेज़ तेज़ ज्यूँ चलीं थी उसकी ! गले में मेरे सिहर कर बंधी है जो बेल फूलों की घेर कर सारा जहाँ ज्यूँ डाली थी बाहें उसने, एक सन्नाटा सा छाया है चुप हैं सभी वैसे ही जैसे वक़्त ठहर गया था जब पहली मुलाकात थी मेरी उसकी !! हर रोज़ हर लम्हा हर ज़र्रा जिया हूँ यूँ मैं रूह में मेरी ज्यूँ घर कर लिया हो उसने, ले चलो मेरे दोस्त मुझे अब समय हो गया है रुखसती का सालों अलग रह लिए और यादें बहुत तड़पाती हैं उसकी !!!

INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM 1.         Threat of terrorism is no longer limited to a particular country or region. It transcends international boundaries. Advance in technology and communications has extended the reach of groups and States sponsoring terrorism. Sarin gas attack in Tokyo some years ago has raised the danger of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists. Terrorists use electronic media to organise their subversive activities. They have access to flow of funds from abroad, including money raised through so called charitable organisations. They enjoy foreign sanctuaries. They are answerable to none. They violate international standards of human rights, and humanitarian law, with impunity. Organised terrorism as an instrument of policy by certain states is very different in scale, nature and consequences than actions of stray individuals and groups. Sustained campaign of terrorist violence is not possible witho...