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LOGIN.NEWS
Vol.:1, Issue:2 | June, 2020 | INDIA A Quarte rly newsl etter
video conferences. I will indulge you Volume: 1
all to kindly keep in contact virtually
with all your friends and dear ones to ISSUE: 2, June 2020
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Dear logisticians, a professional article evaluating use
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Membership Development is key to of air taxis for logistics, an article
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a torrid time due to the pandemic.
Besides economic downturns, it’s An unfortunate accident happened
also going to cause what we might involving Gp Capt Amaresh & his
call a “social recession”: a collapse in family in which he lost his wife. The
social contact that is particularly hard complete logistics fraternity shares his
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LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
MESSAGE
FROM THE PRESIDENT
activities & get-togethers at other b) Partially Sponsor cost five of
regions. Cataract Operation for poor
@ Rs 2000/- per operation
by Shankar Netralaya Orrisa
Road Map for 2021
through Air Cmde A Mohanty
South Chapter Looking at the
c) Monetary Help for differently
numbers in south and the potential
abled Children thru Air Force
membership base available in south
Golden Jubilee Institute or AFA
it is proposed to initiate a new
Chapter of the Association under Now we wish to take it further and
the aegis of Air Cmde Jayarajan at solicit members suggestion in this
Bangalore. This chapter will follow direction. Basis your suggestions &
In the second volume of our the same calendar as the NCR the fund position available in April
newsletter I wish to highlight that and will drive the purpose of the 21, the most suitable activities/
in this pandemic times the ARAFLO Association in South. Association activity shall be decided through
members have taken the initiative shall enable support & guidance to a transparent process on merit.
and contributed Rs 87000/- to the South chapter in running the I therefore, urge all members to
PM Cares fund created for the show. share their candid views by clicking
purpose. My sincere appreciation on this link given below (In case
to all the members. We have also West Chapter We are planning the link doesn’t open, copy the
undertaken during this period to have the west Chapter in the URL and paste it on your browser).
a special drive to increase our next step. Presently there are only Based on your responses the final
membership base and I am happy 7 members in west; Mumbai 2; decision shall be arrived at. Kindly
to announce that we have been Pune 3; Nasik 1; Nagpur 1. share your responses latest by 31
able to add 47 Life members to our However, when the membership July 2020.
Association. rises beyond 20 we plan to start
the west chapter at Pune because Website Association’s website
of the maximum strength of retired domain has been registered &
work is in progress and we hope to
Logistics Officers being there.
launch it during July 2020. Some
Social Impact Help where it’s funds we may have to earmark for
needed. In the midst of the this purpose. Details of which will
coronavirus pandemic, we have be shared upon finalization.
seen how grass roots organizations
There is still some time for our next
are making a difference. ARAFLO
get together in September. We are
also has made an attempt in this keeping our fingers crossed that
direction. We feel that in addition situation might improve but it is
We are at present 132 active to the existing two scholarships
members group. The demographic uncertain as of now. Meanwhile,
we can earmark an additional we should carry on with our
distribution of the group shows amount of Rs 50000/- from our
that majority of the members membership drive strength the
improved limited kitty towards this Regional Chapters seek more
are in NCR. Mainly because the cause. Some of the suggestions donations to up keep the financial
Association was formed in Delhi which have come forwarded are as health of the Association and
and the influence was limited to follows: ensure gainful utilization of our
North. Now with the increased
resources.
membership base and awareness a) One time grant to deserving
among the members there is a Child seeking admission to Air Vice Marshal R K Mohan
demand for having the Association Professional degree course VSM; (Retd)
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LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
We
Salute
our seniors
Air Marshal Gurbachan Singh
Service No & Branch : 1779/LGS
Date of Birth : 28 Nov 1918
Commissioned : 17 Dec 1941
Course : 1 Cranwell Course
Service End : 26 Nov 1974
Died in Service : 26 Jul 2008
Remarks :
Promotions Gazetted
FgOffr : 17 Dec 1942
Flt Lt : 23 Mar 1947
Air Marshal Lareto Pestana Pereira
Service No & Branch : 3705/LGS
Date of Birth : 26 Apr 1927
Commissioned : 04 Nov 1949
Course : 1 Cranwell Course
Service End : 30 Apr 1985 (Superannuated)
Died in Service : 13 Nov 2019
Remarks :
Promotions Gazetted
Flt Lt : 04 Nov 1955
Wg Cdr : 01 Apr 1968
LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
From Archives >
When IAF MiG-25s
flew unchallenged over
Islamabad
For more than 25 years beginning MiG-25R flew deep into Pakistani and photographed strategic
in 1981 IAF made frequent airspace on a reconnaissance installations near the capital,
and regular over-flights over mission, photographed sensitive Islamabad, the aircraft turned
Pakistan. The aircraft used was defence sites and broke the sound back towards India. Perhaps to
the reconnaissance version of the barrier, sending a powerful sonic rub the Pakistanis’ noses in it, the
world’s fastest fighter ever - the boom over Islamabad. Before the Foxbat pilot decided to accelerate
Russian MiG-25. Pakistanis could figure out what up to Mach 2 and dropped a
had hit them or scramble their large sonic boom as he exited
The Pakistani military and political fighter aircraft, the intruding MiG- Pakistani airspace. A number of
leadership knew about these over- 25 was back in Indian airspace. PAF F-16As were scrambled, but
flights but kept quiet because they had insufficient time to make an
didn’t want to let their people Details of the missions are classified, effective intercept.”
know the Pakistan Air Force was so it remains a mystery why the
powerless to intercept it. The Indian pilot chose to reveal his India denied the incident but the
MiG-25s flew at speeds of Mach presence over a heavily populated then Pakistani Foreign Minister
2.8 or around 3,500 kmph at area of Pakistan. Some sources like Gohar Ayub Khan believed that
heights between 65,000 and Spy flight, a website dedicated to the Foxbat photographed strategic
85,000 ft while the much slower reconnaissance and surveillance installations near Islamabad. Air
F-16s (maximum speed Mach aircraft, have speculated that the Power International says the
1.9) couldn’t climb over 50,000 MiG-25 pilot wanted to show that Pakistan government considered
ft. There is no fighter aircraft in the PAF was the IAF’s bunny. the breaking of the sound barrier a
the Western air forces that could deliberate act - to make the point
match the MiG-25. “The aircraft entered Pakistani that the PAF had no aircraft in
airspace sub-sonically (below the its inventory which could come
The Pakistani public first came to speed of sound) at around 65,000 close to the cruising height of the
know of these humiliating over- ft and was undetected,” says Spy MiG-25.
flights in May 1997 when an IAF flight. “Then having overflown
LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
An Ode to Dakota
The ‘Phoenix Song’ Of Goony Bird
Thought I was dead in Nineteen Eighty Five,
made into Prestige pressure cookers at Rs Thirty Five.
But I am now reborn, back at Hindon,
It was a long journey, from grave yard abandon,
My soul is now in a new virile body, all the way from London.
It seems so long ago, that I crept along, in peace and wars abound,
Through dismal rain and darkness, on ground, all around.
My ‘Spanners and Jocks’, some very young, they were professionally sound,
And that kept my body and soul in good state of mind.
At Srinagar, where the frozen winter nights were long,
They double drained the cocks, even heated the cooler.
When battery fumed, they manually turned my props,
All of it lovingly for me to jog along apropos.
At dawn, beyond the clouds and mists of clinging grey,
I would go, destination not well known,
To the midst of the ‘White Mountains’, which the world had not known.
There daily awaited the pregnant loads, ready to be air lifted,
Rations, live goats, ammo or rum, all to be gifted,
North, or North East, right into the hands of the valiant guarding our land,
Which neither had yak, yeti, abominable snowman, nor a dancing band.
Beyond the clouds, and mists of clinging grey, the load had to go,
And by jove, whether the engines quit, I did go,
My ‘Spanners and Jockies’ of IAF, they were the DCO type,
They were freaking nuts, all ‘Go Go’ nuts, with clarion call ‘Load Must Go’.
When my tapestry is unfurled,
Such memories hold my soul content.
If now per chance I’m abruptly hurled,
Backwards in time, there shall be no lament.
Vintage ? Like hell, I am back as sound as a bell.
By an unknown Bard
CYCLIC
LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Health >
Home
Remedy For
Diabetes
• Having fenugreek seeds • Mango leaves also fight level would be to chew two
water is one of the most diabetes. Take about 3-4 leaves, each of neem and bilva
effective remedy for treating mango tree leaves and boil in the morning.
diabetes. Saturate 90 -100 them in water. Have this water
• Soak a few almonds and keep
seeds in 250 liters of water. when warm.
them overnight. Have them
Keep them overnight. In the first thing in the morning in an
• For people who have higher
morning mash the seeds and sugar level, chew 3-4 leaves empty stomach.
strain them. Drink this water of jamun (Syszygium cumini)
everyday. • Consume ten leaves each of
in the morning and evening.
basil, neem and belpatras with
One can also mash 3-4 leaves
• Bitter gourd is also beneficial a glass of water on an empty
of jamun tree in half cup of
in curing diabetes. A person stomach in the morning.
water and drink it. This would be very useful in
suffering from diabetes can
have half cup juice regularly. • Dip 60 grams of fresh ripe treating diabetes.
Another method would be to fruit in 300 ml of boiling water • Take a jar of water and
fry the bitter melon and add and cover it. After about half immerse the peels of green
salt and other condiments. an hour, mash the jamun and plantain, after it has been
strain it. Drink this juice three washed. Intake this water
• Take some honey and combine times a day. three to four times in a day.
equal amounts of turmeric
powder and dried gooseberry • Mix 3 tablespoons of • Consume 2 tablespoons of
powder to it. Have this cinnamon powder to a liter of apple cider vinegar thrice a
water. Heat this water for 20 day to relieve of diabetes.
mixture regularly. Another
minutes. Strain this mixture
method would be to mix • Diabetic patients should
and have the water when
equal amounts of gooseberry increase the consumption of
warm.
juice and fresh turmeric juice. soybeans, celery, cucumbers,
Intake this mixed juice on an • Another easy yet useful home string beans, onion and garlic
empty stomach daily. remedy to reduce blood sugar in their diet.
LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Finance >
NEW WAY TO INVEST
Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) factor in the three most important invests in your selected equity
has become very popular in recent words of investing, ‘’Margin of scheme only when the markets
times. In fact, SIP has been one of Safety’’. SIP follows the process of are inexpensive and invests in safe
the most preferred ways to invest buying equity funds every month
liquid funds when the markets are
in India for the long-term. SIP is without considering the market
very expensive. This helps to earn
an automated investment which levels.
invests your money every month an alpha over your SIP returns.
It invests in equities even when All this while maintaining the
on a fixed date.
the markets are expensive and
discipline of SIP and no extra cost.
But of late, SIP has struggled to does not invest aggressively when
give good returns on the amount markets are underpriced. You should try out their SmartSIP
invested. If you are also one of investment method. It’s very easy
So what is the solution for this?
those investors, who invest in
to invest (much easier than some
Mutual Funds through SIP and There’s this mutual fund
of the mutual fund sites online)
maintain discipline every month investment portal called RankMF.
but are unable to get good returns and also earns you a lot higher
Their systematic investment
on the amount invested, then you style which is very different than returns for your investments.
are one of the numerous investors regular SIP you see in the market.
I’ve been spreading the word
who are complaining about the They call it the SmartSIP mode of
same. investment! about SmartSIP to everyone. You
should jump in, too!
This has happened because of a Unlike a normal SIP, what SmartSIP
simple reason: SIP struggles to does is that it automatically
LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Professional >
Are the
flying taxi
drones
future for
Logistics? - Gp Capt Sanjiv Agarwal (Retd)
The key to successfully scaling drops may be close to enemy and difficult to-reach areas present
Drones up to mass transportation territory.. Air taxis can make less a security concern.
level lies in the vehicles having noise than helicopters in the first
fundamental advantages over place by cruising in wing borne Practical applications for Drones
helicopters. These vehicles rather than edgewise flight, and are already underway, with some
have edge over helicopters in slowing down the tip speed the of the major logistics players
urban mobility when it comes to right amount will allows further investigating the way forward
safety, cost, noise and efficiency noise reduction by about 15 to assist in future growth. This
thanks to distributed propulsion decibels, which is enough to blend developing technology can reduce
and electricity. But will they be into ambient terrain noise. risk, increase response times,
economical for Military logistics
and enhance efficiency to drive
application? A more likely Helicopter flights cost about
profitable growth.
near-term application is in the $9.00 per mile — too high to be
transportation of smaller parcels sustainable. Companies believes Current usage in the logistics
in that all important combat and that if they get an average load industry is, however, still very much
difficult areas providing first and factor of about 500 Kgs, it can get
in its infancy, with applications for
last mile support. the price per mile down to less
the future largely unknown. For
than $ 2.00
Helicopters generally have a single UAVs to take hold in the sector it
point of failure, often a main The application of drones in would need to be determined if
rotor retaining nut, dubbed the disaster relief situations or for the they could be commercially viable
“Jesus nut” due to its ubiquitous supply of pharmaceutical supplies and meet the needs of the logistics
criticality in linking the cabin to the in difficult-to-reach locations could sector in the long term. For
rotor. Uber is building, fixed-wing, be invaluable in cutting the cost example, would they be cheaper
electric or hybrid-electric vehicles and time involved in non-standard to run and need less fuel than
wherein control and thrust can be delivery networks. conventional aircraft to provide
distributed across the platform so
Drones may have an application in long-term savings? Concern would
that a single part failure won’t bring
it down, such redundancy means monitoring logistics and transport also surround the question as to
greater safety. It also is one way infrastructure. This may include how much could be transported
to save on operating costs as they the security and surveillance at one time – could UAVs one
thus will require fewer inspections. of warehousing and perimeter day replace conventional air and
Noise is another challenge as some surveillance, where vast facilities marine transport?
LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Nicknacks>
AN
AIR FORCE
TRUISM
BASIC The only time you have too
FLYING RULES much fuel is when you’re
Try to stay in the middle of on fire.
the air. Do not go near the
edges of it. The edges of the
air can be recognized by
the appearance of
ground,... SKY’S
THE LIMIT
Humankind has
a perfect record in
aviation; we never left
one up there.
WINGS ON ME
The flight attendant on our trip
was handing out plastic pilot wings
to some kids. As I stepped forward, she
jokingly offered me one, but I passed.
Pointing to the Airborne wings on my
uniform, I explained, “The last time
someone gave me wings, I had to
jump out of the airplane.”
LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Nicknacks>
AFTER BURNER
Two crows were flying along
slowly minding their own business
enjoying the scenery, when all of a sudden
out of the blue an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
goes screaming past, barely missing the now
somersaulting, and wildly flapping crows.
“Oh my God!” exclaims one crow in surprise.
“He was sure moving!”The other crow
replies: “I reckon you would be too if you
had two backsides and both of them
were alight!”
Giving
sad news to a
troop
The Adjutant called the Sergeant in. “Sarge, I just got a telegram
that Private Jones’ mother died yesterday. Better go tell him and send
him in to see me.”
So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation and lines up all the troops.
“Listen up, men,” says the Sergeant. “Johnson, report to the mess hall for KP.
Smith, report to Personnel to sign some papers. The rest of you men report to the
Motor Pool for maintenance. Oh by the way, Jones, your mother died, report to the
commander.”
Later that day the Adjutant called the Sergeant into his office. “Hey, Sarge, that
was a pretty cold way to inform Jones his mother died. Couldn’t you be a bit more
tactful, next time?”
“Yes, sir,” answered the Sarge.
A few months later, the Captain called the Sergeant in again with, “Sarge,
I just got a telegram that Private McGrath’s mother died. You’d
better go tell him and send him in to see me. This time be more
tactful.”So the Sergeant calls for his morning formation.
“Ok, men, fall in and listen up.” “Everybody with a
mother, take two steps forward.”
“Not so fast, McGrath!LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
The
New
Normal
“The secret of change is to focus chains and a further explosion of should become priority 1 for the
all of your energy, not on fighting cross-border data flows. government.
the old, but on building the
Our goal for recovery should be
new.”Socrates.
full employment and a new social
Interestingly
“The COVID-19 pandemic will contract. Public investment in Mahatma Gandhi’s ideal and idyll
reverse the trends of globalization the care economy, education can of ‘gram swaraj’, has started
and urbanization, increasing the form the backbone of stimulus getting manifested in the mind set
distance between countries and that reduces inequality. Wage of people who matter. Modi told
among people. These changes policy, collective bargaining, and the heads of the nearly 2,50,000
will make for a safer and more labor market regulation can revive
resilient world, but one that is gram panchayats that ‘the biggest
demand and income while putting
also less prosperous, stable and lesson’ Covid-19 has taught the
an end to a business model that
fulfilling”says Wharton Dean country ‘is to become self-reliant’,
allows companies to take no
Geoffrey Garrett. and that it is imperative that every
responsibility for their workers.
village becomes self-reliant for its
The ‘Covidisation’ of the globe has The pandemic is expected to wipe basic needs.But it will be rather
not only smashed the façade of the out $8.5 trillion in global output foolish to
present world order, making visible and could send 130 million people
the unsightly cobwebs of realpolitik, into the ranks of extreme poverty, turn our back on the boundless
but has also markedly catalysed a according to the UN. Already, more possibilities of globalisation and
China-US fallout that is stretching its accruing benefits. A balanced
than 100 countries have appealed
the already strained international approach-enticing world to use
to the International Monetary
order to its limit. our terra firma for manufacturing
Fund for help as the coronavirus
Many trends already underway eradicates key sources of revenue will be the right way to go ahead.
in the global economy are being such as tourism and travel. That will on one hand ensure self
accelerated by the impact of the sufficiency and on the other keep
As for India,coronavirus pandemic us firmly entrenched in the global
pandemic.
has exposed the weakness of the supply chain.
This is especially true of the digital public health and the tertiary care
economy, with the rise of digital infrastructure across most of the Finally,It’s not we who will choose
behavior such as remote working country. Part of the reason for the what we want to focus on. The
and learning, telemedicine, and excessively long and nationwide coronavirus is going to decide.The
delivery services. Other structural lockdown has been the inadequacy ball is squarely in its court.
changes may also accelerate, of public health infrastructure.
including regionalization of supply This needs to be corrected and - Gp Capt Rajesh Kataria (Retd)LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
esgeku gwa viuh nqfu;k esa] pan rqdMksa esa Fkk iyrk eSa AA
tkus nks eq>s] mu xfy;ksa esa] lk;k rks gS] ,d viuksa esa A
vc dqN ugh fn[krk] viuh Fkdrh lh fuxkgksa esa AA
eaftysa gSa xSj dh] uk pkg ckdh] vc mudh jkgksa esa AA
pyk tk jgk] rirh lM+dksa dks ys vc viuh ckagksa esa AA
xe ugh] eSa 'kkfey Fkk dHkh] muds galh ut+kjksa esa AA
cfx;k viuh Hkh Fkh] tks fcNM xbZ] fc[kjs fdukjksa esa AA
[kSj] ;s rks gksaxh ckrsa viuh] oks] fdrkcksa ds QVs ls iUuksa esa AA
tkurk gwa ;s lc] Nisxk dy gh] mUgh jkSud cktkjksa esa AA
tc uk ge jgsxsa] etcwj fd;k Hkw[kk] ftu vaèksjh jkrksa esa AA
etnwj Fkk] jgwaxk] ftank gwa t:j] Qalk erych ckrksa esa AA
ekSr iVjh ij vk;s esjh] ;k mudh gtwjh dh jkgksa esa AA
dgrs gSa] ?kqu gh filrk gS] vehj dh cLrh;ksa ds vkaVksa esa AA
eSa Hkh vc D;k fy[kwa] Hkjs vkalq fy,] cSBk *nhi*] tykus eSa AA
vk'kkvksa ds tquwu esa] tqxuw cu fVefVekrs] L;kgh 'kkeksa esaAAAA
- Gp Capt P K Agnihotri (Retd)
bl rjg jgus yxk fn;k tyk dj oks]
esjh jkg dk vaèksjk mlus feVk;k FkkA
vkt Hkh ;kn gS] ;gh otg] oks xqy'ku]
tgka b'kkjksa ls gh mlus cqyk;k FkkA
ubZ nqfu;k] u;s lius] esa dj 'kkfey]
viusiu dk ,d vglkl fnyk;k FkkA
?kfM+;ka yEch mez dk rdktk ugha]
ckrksa ckrksa esa eq>s] ;s èkhjs ls crk;k FkkA
iy Hkj esa cny xbZ ftanxh esjh]
tkus [kqnk us 'kk;n mUgsa esjs fy, cuk;k FkkA
Þesjk nhiÞ çTofyr gqvk Fkk
- Gp Capt P K Agnihotri (Retd)LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Religion
Demystifying Meditation
- Air Cmde A Mohanty (Retd), Wing Cdr Sunil Khera (Retd)
“God is not to be found within the stories. However, when we see the the same essence and there is a
folds of a particular religion or sect. pictures of our old religious Gurus profound unity at metaphysical
He is not confine within certain or Teachers, we notice that most of level in all religions i.e. connecting
forms nor is He to be traced out them are in the meditative state e.g. to the Creator (God) is the goal of
from within the scriptures. We have Mahavir Swami, Gautam Buddha, all religions.
to seek Him in the innermost core Guru Nanak or any Indian Rishi
of our Heart” and Muni; Therefore, the science The Yoga Sutras of sage Patanjali
of meditation had already existed elucidate certain foundation
Religion, Yoga & Meditation in the past in our country but principles of Yoga. The Yoga
unfortunately the knowledge has is consisting of set of physical
The word Religion is derived not been evolved or transferred. exercises which is one branch
from a Latin word Re-Ligare. ‘Re’
means ‘Back’ and ‘Ligare’ means The teaching of the religion may be of the yoga, and the meditative
‘Unite’. Different religions have true but the truth must be realized approach to unite the individual to
evolved over a period of time. practically. Meditation is the mean the universal source is the second
Each religion has different beliefs, to realize the truth practically. You branch and also the main objective
rituals, traditions and mythological will also find that all religions have of Yoga.LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Purpose of Meditation Meditation takes you to the finest • Place - Sit in any direction
state of consciousness and also for the meditation preferably
Each activity in the life which we do trains your mind to keep the same facing North, East or North
must have a purpose. Therefore, state while handling day to day East. Try to have fix place of
getting into meditation also must worldly affairs; therefore you shall your regular meditation.
have a purpose. The purpose of always take right decision in your
meditation could be different for life and never do wrong things. • Clothes - Wear any comfortable
different people. clothes.
In nutshell it helps you in your total
Meditation gives us many benefits • Precondition for Meditation -
transformation to enjoy and lead
to offer such as: You must ensure that you have
your life in the blissful manner.
taken proper rest / sleep prior
• Disturbed mind to a relaxed to sitting for meditation else
mind Object of Meditation you may fall asleep during
A businessman keeps thinking to meditation. One may take
• Anger to love
improve business and earn more bath before sitting for regular
• Reactive mind to a responsive money. A dancer, an actor or a meditation.
heart sports person works hard to improve • Posture - A person should sit
their performance. All these people in a comfortable posture on the
• Restless to peacefulness
are meditating on different objects mat on the ground or on the
• Selfishness to selflessness to get different results. A child chair. It is better if you sit on a
who is playing video game is also cross legged position with your
• Darkness to light meditating. Only difference is the back straight, keep both the
object of the meditation. Similarly, hand together.
• Slave of ego to freedom from
in meditation the object is very
ego
important. Some people focus on • Closed or Open Eyes -
• Imbalance to balance some image of God or Goddess, Heartfulness meditation needs
some on the chakras of their body to be done with closed eyes
• Insistence to acceptance or on their breath. You can definitely only.
regulate your thoughts with these
• Grossness to subtle etc. • Relaxation - Your body should
methods but you will still be far
behind to get the desired result of be totally relaxed before you
Meditation not only works at
the meditation. A profound and start meditating. After you sit
conscious level to give us the
changeless object will give us the in a comfortable position on
knowledge and experience but
profound consciousness and make the ground or chair, close your
also works at subconscious level to
meditation permanent. eyes gently and bring your
regulate subliminal thoughts which
attention to the toe of your
are sometimes negative and more
feet. Keep relaxing your body
powerful. It thus enhances the Getting Ready to Meditate
and very slowly moving your
capacity and power of our mind.
• Time of meditation - You attention upwards from feet to
can do meditation at any time legs, knees, thighs, buttocks,
during the day. But morning or abdomen, stomach, chest,
evening time is always better back, shoulders, arms, neck,
for the regular meditation chin, mouth, nostrils, face,
practice. As you have fixed ears, eyes, forehead and the
timings for breakfast, Lunch complete head. Feel that your
and dinner, you may also have entire body is relaxed and ready
fix timings for meditation. to experience meditation.LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
How to Meditate • Continue your meditation until The thoughts arise due to our past
you feel it is completed. experiences which are stored in our
• Sit comfortably - Close your mind since our birth and also the
eyes softly and gently, and relax • You can start with 10-15 daily input that we get through
your body as explained above. Minutes of daily meditation movies, TV, serials, newspaper
and gradually increase to 45
or our daily interaction with
• Pray the God and seek his -60 Minutes. Give a gap of
the people or daily happenings.
blessings at least one hour if you want
Sometimes imaginary thoughts are
to have the second sitting of
• Turn your attention inward with also generated in our mind.
meditation.
a thought that the source of
Our mind is not used to having
divine light is already present in
Post Meditation single thoughts; therefore it is quite
your heart which is illuminating
natural to get different thoughts
your heart and drawing you After meditation, do not try to when we sit for meditation. Do
inward. Do this in a gentle and change any external condition by not try to repress your thoughts,
natural way. switching on / off the AC or Fan. feelings or emotions; else they will
Leave it as it is for some time. Do build a pressure inside.
• Gently shift your ‘thinking’ to not even drink water. Sit for about
the ‘feeling’ of having divine 5 to 7 minutes post meditation to Treat your thoughts like uninvited
presence in your heart. Just get observe and savour the condition guests. You have to just remind
absorbed with this feeling. And you felt within. Each time it will be yourself that you are meditating.
remain absorb as long as you
can.
• Let your awareness rest in your
heart. Feel yourself melting
into your heart. It is alright if
you relax into a deeper state
beyond awareness.
• If you find that your awareness
is drifting to other thoughts,
gently come back to the idea of
divine light in your heart.
• The meditation should be an
absolutely effortless process
which would certainly makes
you feel lighter.
• Avoid concentration as it needs unique experience and condition. The thoughts will come and go
extra efforts and you will feel Hold on to it and cultivate that away. With the regular practice
exhausted and heavy during state. Slowly wiggle your toes and of meditation, you shall learn to
and after the meditation. fingers and get up and carry that regulate your thoughts.
condition with you as it has become
• The effortlessness is the part of you. Carry meditative state Need of a Guide or Trainer
keyword for hearfulness always with you. It should become
meditation. When you part of your life. You can learn meditation on
get absorbed in effortless your own by reading books and
meditation with the feeling that Managing thoughts During practicing meditation on your own.
there is a divine light in your But having a proper guide is always
Meditation
heart, you will be able to avoid beneficial. The guide works like a
unwanted thoughts in a natural Our mind is like a factory which is catalyst for your transformation.
manner. at work 24/7 to generate thoughts. He makes your spiritual journeyLOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
easier and interesting. You will find gratitude to your mother/ wife consider the area from your head to
that your progress will be rapid as or anyone who has prepared and tailbone. The cleaning is normally
you will be able to get the right served you the food. done for 15 to 20 minutes at the
direction and clear all your doubts Sunset time.
to overcome obstacles. Prayers
Epilogue
Age Limit In our normal day to day life we
offer our prayers to the God for When we eat food we find that
One can start meditation any various things. The prayer loses its sometime it is very tasty and
time after 15 years of age. There potency the moment it becomes sometime it is not so, even if the
is no upper age limit. However, cook, ingredients and kitchen is
ritual.
it is recommended to start the the same. Similarly, in meditation
meditation at early age to derive when we have physical fatigue or
its full benefit in the lifetime. Do under rest or negative mood or
not force the children to sit for some complexities in our mind, we
meditation. Instead cultivate the may not be able to get the proper
results. Therefore, one should not
interest in them to attract them
expect each time the same results
automatically.
from meditation. Just be sincere
and continue in your efforts to
Food Habits pursue meditation with positive
Food plays a very important role in state of mind and attitude.
the spiritual journey of a person. Meditation is like a vehicle through
Eat simple homemade food. The which we are taking the spiritual
emotion with which the food has journey to enjoy the blissfulness of
been prepared helps in conditioning We must create a state of vacuum in
our life. Remember that there is no
your body, mind and heart. Eat the heart with humility, innocence
destination in meditation. You will
and drink only in sitting condition. and earnest feelings so that current
keep going deeper and deeper into
Avoid processed food and outside of divinity flows into us leading to
food as it is not only unhealthy the state of osmosis with the Divine
but it also lacks emotions. Before Source. As the electric current
you start eating the food you must moves from positive to negative
thank God who has given you the pole, we should create the negative
food. Don’t forget to express your polarity in our heart with receptive
and yielding polarity.
Cleaning
As we clean up our house daily to
remove dirt, we also need to carry
out mental detoxification called
cleaning to remove impurities,
complexities and emotional
heaviness which accumulate during it with your absorption, and keep
the day in our mind. discovering and experiencing new
things.
For Cleaning you should sit with
closed eyes and feel relaxed. “THE WHOLE IDEA OF
Imagine that all complexities and SPIRITUALITY IS TO REVIVE IN
impurities which were gathered US THAT WHICH IS SLEEPING IN
(during the day or prior to that) US, THE TRUE INNER BEGING THE
are going out from your back SELF”
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No act of kindness,
no matter how small,
is ever wasted
Gp Capt P K Agnihotri (Retd)
I remember, while working at Army HQs, as DAQMG (Air), I was once
detailed to go to Bagdogra for a week’s tour. As is the Army style, Core Commander,
himself arranged for my trip to visit troops operating on the hills, bordering China.
Was given a jeep, a walkie-talkie and an officer escort and was received at every 50
km or so by the local commanders. A very uncommon experience, for a Squadron
Leader of IAF.
At one of the stop overs, one Havildar approached me. I found him picking up few
leaves from a nearby shrub which he silently handed to me. With an emotional voice
he said, Þt; fgUn] lkc] ;gk¡ ge vkidks dqN ugh ns ldrs gSa] ;s ifÙk;ka vkSj budh [kq'kcw
vki dks gekjh rjQ ls ns jgk gw¡] Iyht j[k yhft,] NksVh lh fx¶V le> dj !!!ß The way
he said was very touching, and knowing not how to respond, I just mumbled few
words of encouragement.
He somehow instinctively understood my dilemma and lack of response and narrated
this incident. “ Sir, remember last December I approached you to help me out, at
your office wanting to be accommodated in the Assam Courier which was already
full. And you sir, despite the biting cold and foggy morning on 25 December came
to Palam at 06:00 hrs to ensure that I get a seat. Not only me, but on your insistence
seven more of our jawans could board.” Further with folded hand he said with tears
in his eyes, "vkius eq>s AWOL gksus ls cpk fy;k] D;ksafd esjh Nqêh flQZ 25 fnlEcj rd
gh Fkh] vkSj vki flQZ eq>s enn djus ds fy, vk;s FksAß
I had all but forgotten about it, as I considered this as part of my regular duty and
used to make routine visits to help out left over individuals in distress. I simply
thanked him for his gesture and with few encouraging words turned back to go with
the entire paltan shouting “Squadron Leader Sahib ki Jai”
It was really a defining moment for me and I realised that even sitting as a babu
in Delhi you can bring in change and happiness in life of so many who are serving
in such extremely difficult locations. Your small acts of kindness can mean a lot to
someone else. And the best part is, it doesn’t cost you anything.
If you visit me you can still see those leaves which I have so carefully preserved,
pressed in a book.LOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
Trivia>
52 things must try in Delhi!
1. Chole bhature at Om 8. Chicken Tikka Rolls at Khan 13. CP Chicken Pepper Steak at
bhature wala, karol bagh Chacha, Khan Market United Coffee House,
E- Block, Inner Circle
2. Fish Fry at Ganesh, Karol
9. Chicken Changezi at Chicken
Bagh ( Gurudwara Chowk) 14. Dal Meat at Embassy,
Planet, Tyre Market, Near
D- Block, Inner Circle
3. Bedmi Aloo near Naugarha, Filmistan
Chandni Chowk
15. Tomato Fish at Kwality, Regal
10. Poori Aloo of Ramchand, Building
4. Aloo Tikki at Natraj Cafe,
Chhota Bazar, Shahdara
Chandni Chowk
16. Double Egg Single Mutton
11. Chhole Bhature at Odeon Kathi at Nizam’s Kathi Kabab,
5. Papri Chaat outside UPSC
Building, Shahjahan Road Sweets, Bhagat Singh Marg, Plaza Building
Gole Market
6. Kakori Kebabs at Aap Ki 17. Set Dosa at Sagar, Defence
Khatir, Khan Market Colony Market
12. Mutton Dish at Ashok Meat
7. Cream Chicken Kebabs at Dhaba, Shop No. 42, Subhash 18. Bombay Duck at Swagath,
Salim’s, Khan Market Chowk, Sadar Bazar Defence Colony MarketLOGIN.NEWS A Q ua rt e r ly n e w s l e t t e r
19. Rice with Gunpowder &
Ghee, Andhra Bhawan
20. Bisi Bele Bhath, Karnataka
Food Centre, Karnataka
Sangha, Rao Tula Ram Marg
21. Chicken Pakodas at Moti
Mahal Delux, Greater
Kailash-I, M- Block Market
22. Butter Chicken at Havemore,
Pandara Road Market
23. Kashmiri Kebabs at
Gulati, Pandara Road Market
24. Dab Chingri at Fire, The Park,
CP 35. Patrani Mekong Basa,
Indian Accent (The Manor,
25. Gushtaba at Chor Bizarre, Friends Colony West)
Hotel Broadway, Asaf Ali
Road 36. Black Cod with Miso at
360 Degrees, The Oberoi
26. Chicken Haldighati at
Colonel’s Kebabs, Defence
37. Stalin’s Beard at
Colony Market
Nanking, Vasant Kunj (Opp.
DPS Vasant Kunj) 45. Saffron Lassi at
27. Nargisi Kofta at Karim’s, Kaleva, Bangla Sahib Road,
Jama Masjid Gole Market
38. Peking Duck at China
28. Veggie Cutlets at Kitchen, Hyatt Regency
46. Chocolate Pudding at
Coffee Home, Baba Kharak Angels in My Kitchen,
Singh Marg 39. Hunanese Braised Prawns at Defence Colony
The Chinese, Middle Circle, CP
29. Pakistani Biryani at DeeZ 47. Jalebis at Old & Famous
Biryani Kababs 40. Green Tea Noodles at Jalebiwala, Dariba, Chandni
The Monk, Galaxy Hotel, Sec. Chowk
30. Mutton Mince at 15, Gurgaon
St Stephen’s, Delhi University 48. Karachi Halwa at Chaina
41. Dim Sum at Tea House of the Ram, Next to Fatehpuri
31. Kosha Mansho at August Moon, Taj Palace Masjid
Oh Calcutta, Nehru Place
49. Hot Butter Scotch at Nirula’s
42. Kadha Prasad at Gurudwara
32. Mutton Barra at Bukhara,
Bangla Sahib
ITC Maurya, Diplomatic 50. Neembu Soda and Pan at
Enclave Prince Pan, Greater Kailash- I,
43. Badam Halwa at Saravana M- Block Market
33. Pizzas at Flavors, Under Bhawan, Janpath, CP
Moolchand Flyover 51. Chocolate pan CP, opp PVR
44. Kancha Golla at
34. Khao Suey at The Kitchen, Annapurna Mishtanna 52. Peeli Dal at Shakahari, Chawri
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26 Dishes
You must try in
Banglore
Simple plate of Idli Vada: Holige: A crispy sweet dish Gourmet Pizzas: Toit Brewpub,
Veena Stores: Margosa Road, traditional to Karnataka.: Holige 298, 100 Ft Rd, Indira Nagar II
Malleswaram or Brahmin’s Mane, Malleshwaram. Stage,
Coffee Bar: Near Shankar Mutt,
Basavanagudi. Donne Biriyani: Donne Biriyani
Cold Stone Ice Cream: Stoner,
House (Koramangala 7th Block
Thatte Idli: Sree Shivasagar Bidadi 50, Zatakia Centre, 100 Feet
Bisi Thatte Idly Hotel, Bidadi Dal Obbattu: Holige Mane in Road, Indranagar
Malleshwaram Kebabs And Rolls:
Rava Idli: Mavalli Tiffin Rooms, Mangalore Buns: Shetty’s
Khan Saheb & Chakum Chukum
Lalbagh Road.
Calcutta On A Roll in Indiranagar Corner at Serpentine Road or at
Benne (Butter) Masala Dosa: Steaks: Millers 46, 46 Millers Hollimane at Malleshwaram
Tiffin Room (CTR), Margosa Road Road, Vasanthnagar
Egg, Veg, Chicken Roll: Shahi
Khali Dosa: Hotel Dwarka, NR Gobi Manchurian: Hotel
Darbar – Yeshwanthpur
Colony, Basavanagudi Chandrika, Cunningham Road
Mutton keema, Sheek Kebabs,
Ragi Mudde (Finger Millet Ball): Full English Breakfast: 154
Mudde Madappa Mess, Majestic. Breakfast Club, Koramangala Haleem: Mosque Road, Fraser
Town
Puliyogare or tamarind Bun Nippat: Chetty’s Corner, 2,
flavoured rice: Puliyogare Point, Serpentine Road, Kumara Park Appam & Stew: Koshy’s 39,
NR Colony, Basavanagudi.
West, Seshadripuram, St. Marks Road, Ashok Nagar,
Bisi bele bath or hot lentil rice: Bengaluru Gundu Pulav : SGS Non
Momos: Taste of Tibet, 2nd
Halli Mane Veg -21, Near Chickpet Police
Floor, Indo Dubai Plaza, Rest
Masala Purim: Available House Road, Off Brigade Road or Station, PS Char Lane, Chickpet,
throughout Bangalore. Momo Hut at Koramangala BengaluruYou can also read
