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How To Setup An Officer Like Mentality

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What is the difference between a boss and a leader? A boss directs and a leader leads. Several people generally ask about should they prepare for SSB before facing it. Well, the answer is YES. But preparation is not always to dust off the old books and start scanning the pages. SSB preparation is of a different kind, where you have to evolve yourself and you have to make yourself suitable for it. They don’t want a highly studious student with 90%, but they want BSc with 60% who have some OLQs and whom they can hammer according to their requirements. Some basic points are discussed below about how to set up an officer like mentality.

Self Confidence

  • Indian Army want a person who has self-confidence. From the bulk of youngsters, their requirement is for a leader like you. It is very simple to understand, when you have ever said something in front of crowd in school or college, where everyone’s eyes on you and its only you who have to come up over their expectations.

Open mind and Thoughts

  • SSB is all about the thoughts and ideas that are possessed by you. Well, god has given mind to everyone and everyone has specific thoughts. What all SSB crew wants is a person with crystal clear thoughts and and have the capability to deliver them in a sharp edge manner to the testing officers.

Mentally Strong

  • Repeaters have gone through several incidents when testing officers have tried to put pressure over them. They want a guy who can stand strong and straight in adverse conditions. Mental strength is all that matters when you confront your enemy, no matter how big your or your opponent’s count is. Best example can be seen in Laungewala battle, when some 200 Indian soldiers defeated 1000 plus Pakistanis.

Keen Listener and Observer

  • When someone orders, keep the words in mind with full information regarding the task. A keen listener never ask of repetition of question again and again and a keen observer can find out the way from the obstacles by observing them and discovering hidden paths within them.

Use on Knowledge

  • Use of knowledge always makes task much easier and time saving. Using knowledge with resources leads to victory. A leader in war not always gets the required material, weapons or resources, but he has to manage with the available resources and use them by applying mind with knowledge.

Communication Skill

  • It is not compulsory for you to talk in English, but it is compulsory to not to talk in your regional language. Most of the SSB aspirants amalgamate communication skill with language. Communication skill means to use language in an effective manner for transferring your ideas clearly to the listener.How-to-setup-an-Officer-Like-Mentality

Self-knowledge and Assessment

  • The psychology segment of SSB revolves around your self-assessment and how much do you know about yourself. So now the question is, what to do for that? All you have to do is to know about yourself. Observe your activities in your daily routine, how you react to the daily casual situations, how you tackle them. Remind the point that you have used while solving a problem or doing a daily activity. Every person has faced numerous incidents out of their daily routine. Try to commemorate that incident, how could you have done it more effectively and what mistake you have done. Don’t copy ideas of anyone else and don’t try to bluff the assessors. They are highly trained to access the crowd and have experience to examine people like you.

Let me remind you again, SSB is the only interview which don’t have any syllabus. Introspect yourself and don’t blame anybody (SSB or the recommended candidates) because blaming is a weapon of weak and confidence is the weapon of strong people.

Current Affairs 27 August 2015

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27 August 2015 Current Affairs

National

  • Black money fight: India, Seychelles sign info exchange pact
  • BJP hits out at Nitish Kumar for describing special package for Bihar as bundle of lies
  • 29-hour countdown to launch GSAT-6 communication satellite begins
  • 1-lakh cr. highway projects to be awarded this year
  • WTO rules against India in solar dispute with U.S
  • 21 districts of Haryana will get women police stations

International

  • Turkey to join US-led coalition’s airstrikes against Islamic State
  • UNSC to act immediately if South Sudan peace deal not signed
  • Germany eases asylum rules for Syrians as more migrants pour into EU
  • Serbia, Kosovo sign key telecom agreement
  • The U.S. will provide assistance to the tune of $1 million towards resettlement and education in Sampoor in eastern Sri Lanka

Business

  • China cuts interest rates to spur economic growth
  • 94 channels become provisional winning channels in FM e-auction
  • India’s state-owned LIC buys 86% of Indian Oil shares on offer
  • Airtel ramps up 4G presence; acquires Augere Wireless
  • Seventh pay commission to submit its report till December

Politics

  • US court dismisses 1984 riots case against Sonia Gandhi
  • Prakash Singh Badal meets Arun Jaitely, seeks relief for Punjab
  • Modi’s 1.25 lakh cr. Special Bihar package an eye wash, says Nitish Kumar
  • After Patels, Jats in Haryana to protest for quota
  • Gujjar community of Rajasthan comes out in support of Patels27-August-2015-curent-affairs

Defence

  • Israeli Navy chief visits Western Naval Command in Mumbai
  • OROP: Army Chief meets ex-servicemen
  • First phase of radar system in Maldives by India finished
  • Brahmos –II expected to get ready in next 7 years
  • Indian Navy’s Il-38 Fleet’s modernization completed by Russia

Sports

  • World Athletics Championship: Tintu Luka out of 800m event
  • 2 Kenyan runners tested positive for doping at world championships
  • India to host Commonwealth weightlifting for first time
  • Defending champion Shiva Thapa (56kg) among the six Indians who were handed first-round byes
  • Sania Mirza’s khel Ratna award stayed by Karnataka court

Working In As A Team

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Hello, Warriors! Being an officer in the Indian Armed Forces is surely the proudest thing an aspirant can achieve. The pride of wearing the uniform, the respect you get from the society, high standards of living and moreover, saying, “Yes I have it in me. I am an officer in the Armed Forces. But, as I had pointed the thin line between, being bossy and being a leader in my previous articles, it holds true that, being an officer is all about working in a team and leading it from the front. That is why, all SSBs conducts group tasks to check one’s ability to work in a team and to lead a team of the finest military in the world.
In this article, I would like to stress on the quality of being a team member and leading it.
First of all, let us be clear with what actually a team is unlike just a group of people working together.

What is a team?

  • A team is a group of people coming together to collaborate. The collaboration is to reach a shared goal or task for which they hold themselves mutually responsible.
  • A team has a synergistic effect where one plus one equals a lot more than two.
  • Team members co-operate each other in all aspects to meet the goal and share in various management functions, such as planning, organizing, setting performance goals, assessing the team’s performance, developing their own strategies to manage change, and securing their own resources.
  • Team members are deeply committed to each other’s personal growth and success and it is this commitment that usually transcends the team.NO MATTER WHAT I WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU

Developing team leader qualities is much more than what it looks and feels like. Being a team leader is not work being less, it’s about responsibilities being more. The Indian armed forces follow the hierarchy system where an officer has a control over his lower ranks. If an officer of a higher rank assigns a task to his immediate lower rank, it will pass on till the last lower ranks. And until the work is done, everyone is working. This is called the team work.

To develop a team work quality, let us go through the stages which leads us to be an effective team worker and moreover, a team leader.

Stages of Team Development:

There are four stages in team development:

  1. Forming: In this stage of team building, the forming of the team takes place. This stage is important because, in this phase the members of the team get to know one another, exchange some personal information, and make new friends.
  2. Storming: At this stage decisions don’t come easily within the group. Team members vie for position to establish themselves in relation to other team members. Clarity of purpose increases but uncertainties persist. In this stage, the team addresses various issues and discusses how to solve them. Team members open up to each other and confront each other’s ideas and perspectives.
  3. Norming: In this stage goals are set and plans are made. All team members take the responsibility and aim at reaching the goal successfully. Agreement and consensus are built. Roles and responsibilities are clear and accepted. Big decisions are made by group agreement and smaller decisions are delegated to individuals or small teams within the group. They learn to adapt and become tolerant towards other team members and there emerges a strong sense of commitment and unity.
  4. Performing: At this stage, teams functions as a unit as they find ways to get the job done smoothly and effectively without unnecessary confrontation or the need for external supervision. The team is more strategically aware. The team is focused and makes most of the decisions against criteria agreed with the leader. The team has a high degree of autonomy. Disagreements occur but now they are resolved within the team positively, and the necessary changes to processes and structures are made by the team.

To develop the quality of working in a team, you have to start now. If you are in your school/college and organising an event or a function, just be aware of these stages of team development and try to stick to these. As just working in a team will not make you a leader but until your team chose you to be one. Just go through these stages again and try to make the best out of it.

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Achievements of Modi led Government- Steps to Achieve Milestone

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Modi government has spent one year in power and has achieved numerous milestones in this short gap. NDA led government has gone through many ups and downs in this one year tenure. Some schemes and steps taken by it to make India developed are mentioned here.The following points will help the SSB aspirants in making bold statements in GD and will also boost their electorate.
Swachh Bharat Mission – Swachh Bharat Mission, a seed of Modi government took the sanitation and hygiene to a new level and also reminded us of Mahatma Gandhi. The mission aimed at hygiene of poor’s and labors not to be an obstacle.

Make-in-India – This initiative was for making India self-reliant in the production field. It includes 25 sectors like railways, pharmaceutical, aviation, etc. which have to be improved by skill development and job creation. The expected results include an increase in GDP and revenue. The defense has gained a lot from this step and FDI making defense best place for a private player for investment.

Jan Dhan Yojana – An idea for financial inclusion, which attracted more than 14 crore people to the banks in order to provide people access to financial services like credit insurance and pension in an affordable manner. The scheme provides zero balance account, along with RuPay card, accidental insurance through HDFC ergo and life insurance cover through LIC.

Mudra Bank– MUDRA bank (Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Bank) was started at the beginning of this year. It provides loans to micro financial institutes at lower rates and to non-banking financial institutions also, when they provide credits to MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Entrepreneurs). Clients are categorized in 3 categories on the basis of loan to be provided i.e. Shishu (up to Rs. 50,000), Kishor (up to Rs. 5, 00,000) and Tarun (up to Rs. 1, 00,000).

PM Krishi Sinchai Yojana – The aim of PMKSY is to irrigate all fields, increasing cultivable land, reduction of water wastage, using water saving technologies and increase the overall yield. Currently, only 142 million hectares of land is under cultivation and only 45% of it is under irrigation. The government has announced Rs. 50,000 crore for this scheme.

Soil Heath Card- Soil health card scheme was started to help the farmers in making them aware about the soil of field and will recommend them about the nutrients required for a specific crop. For this, soil health card are issued to them.

House for All- Housing for all by 2022 also known as Pradhan Mantra Awas Yojana in which government has decided to spend 3 lakh crore rupees to construct 2 crore affordable houses for slum dwellers and economical weak section in urban areas.Achievements-of-Modi-led-Government-Steps-to-Achieve-Milestone

Women Reservation in Police in Union Territories- The government has announced 33% reservation for women in police constable and sub-inspector in union territories. The decision came after acute demand of security of women in Delhi. It also includes SC, ST, and OBC.

With these steps, NDA government has made a bold impact on people. The result of these steps lies upon the implementation them along with proper vigilance over them.

What Is Call Drop?

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With the increase in digitalization of India, the internet is replacing physical efforts and saving time. Mobile phones have connected every person with the world, but some problems have been reported in them in past few months. With the matter of net neutrality has turned down, the issue of call drops has arrived in India.

What is call drop?

A call drop is a situation of disconnection of call before caller ends the call mostly on wireless networks. This has become a common thing these days and it has been in the news from last few months. Many users have complained about it and has created problems to the callers and frequent call crops have become a headache for telecom service providers.
Expected causes

Lack of Towers – The digitalization has become a need of every person and technology has brought mobiles in every hand. A high number of users and limited towers, creating the problem more critical. Records says that we currently have half of the number of the tower we need for proper connectivity. Sharing tower can resolve the problem, but companies don’t feel reluctant in sharing their towers

The burden of Subscribers – As the customers or subscribers are increasing in a fast manner, service providers are having a problem in managing them. These days every person have a phone having dual SIM feature increasing the number to two per person.

Lack of Spectrum – Mobile phones use the radio waves ranging between 300 – 3000 Hz. Lower the range better will be the transmission. India has three frequencies for GSM, 900, 1800 and 2100 Hz. 900 and 1800 are used for 2G and 2100 is used for 3G. with the increase in 2G and introduction of affordable 3G plans, the spectrum bands finds it hard to serve the mammoth population.

Company’s Role

Well, the company gets benefits from call drops if the billing happens on per minute. But if per second billing is done, tele companies gains nothing from call drop. As the call drop is required in measuring the performance of a company, call drop is a matter of concern for them.

Government’s Role

The government is required to increase the bands which is used mostly like 900 and 1800 Hz bands. Better management of spectrum and Offering more bands can reduce call drops to a large extent. The lower bands are provided for defense services for better transmission. Opening some of those bands for tele companies can show some positive effect. As towering regulations are under the state government, so the state must pay attention over it and regulate in a uniform pattern. Along with that, erecting towers over government buildings will offer better service to people and overcome the problem. As call drop shows he performance of companies so making it more crucial for people to choose their service provider over call drop records can make companies think over the problem.Call-Drop-A-Challenge-for-Common-Man
As the tele-density is increasing in India, with Delhi crossing 220 marks, India is heading to a nation with a huge number of mobile users and can make other foreign companies invest in India. But call drop is a major problem and this has resulted from many people to use internet calling as a better option of communication then normal calls which can again revive the issue of net neutrality in future.

India and Pakistan– Major Issues Of Concern

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Just after bifurcation of India in 2 parts i.e. India and Pakistan, India fought a war with Pakistan and till now 4 wars have been fought, all won by India. Well, both the nations are having a race to beat each other. A large segment of Indian army is serving on LoC as it is the most unstable area to handle. Several issues judges the relationship of both the nations but some of them are crucial enough for both to solve and overcome.

Infiltration – Every day newspaper has one or two news of infiltration, shelling of death of army personals in J&K. Many cases of infiltration have been seen. Gurdaspur attack, samba attack and most recent, the captured terrorist, Naved has accepted its Pakistan citizenship. Some sources state that ISI is also believed to be helping these actions including terror groups.

Failed Negotiation – India and Pakistan had many negotiations and most of them was titled to Kashmir issue of an insurgency. Recent NSA level talks were also facing ups and downs. PAK blamed India for hiccups in the NSA talks. But India’s stand on the residence of Daud Ibrahim in Kashmir issue seems the point of concern. It not always that the negotiation has gone failed, but most of the time it got stuck over Kashmir issue or terrorism issue. Currently, India has good diplomatic and political relation with Pakistan, but recent tussle among officials over NSA meet has led a word war between them.

Smuggling – Pakistan is among the countries venerable to drugs, human and even chemical trafficking. Pakistan shared log boundary with Afghanistan which is the largest producer of opium. Pakistan also produces opium itself. It is smuggling in India and china through various means. Some cases of smuggling of fake currency were also reported. While illegal arms smuggling has been a headache for India. Every day infiltrators and terrorists get encountered possessing bulk ammunition and weapons.

Hideout of Terrorists – Many terrorist and some most wanted are reported to be hiding in Pakistan. Al-Qaeda chief, Osama bin laden was killed by U.S. navy seals in Abbottabad, which was at a short distance from Pakistan’s army can’t. While recently India has got strong and sufficient proof of residence of Daud Ibrahim in Pakistan’s Karachi. Many recruitment and training centers were also reported to be operated In Pakistan. Several talks have been conducted with Pakistan, not only by India but many other countries too. No effective result has emerged till now.India-and-Pakistan–Major-Issues-of-Concern
Kashmir issue is the root cause of conflicts for both nations and should be given first priority for solving. One’s a part of India is now the enemy of India. Well with a high support of china and sheltering terrorists, Pakistan has made its arms strong. According to the stats, Pakistan is running ahead in the counts of nuclear weapons and china is running far ahead of India. These two nation are the biggest threat for India and both are going ahead. The current situation made everybody realized that why India did right by not signing NPT. Some other things also justify the escalating Pakistan power and is really becoming a threat for India.

Current Affairs 26 August 2015

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26 August 2015 Current Affairs

National

  • India to implement Sendai framework for disaster reduction
  • India to setup deep borehole observatory for earthquake
  • Ideal Gram Project to provide modern amenities to rural people
  • Jayalalithaa announces AMMA master health check-up
  • Jains take to streets in Kolkata against Santhara verdict
  • Sushma Swaraj meets Egypt President Al-Sisi; both Countries Agrees to Step up Bilateral Cooperation

International

  • Turkish PM appointed to form interim government ahead of polls
  • Sierra Leone releases its last known Ebola patient
  • Sri Lanka committed to institute independent inquiry in human right violations
  • Russia to joint china military parade
  • Turkey to join coalition for air fights against IS : Pentagon

Business

  • US Crude oil falls below $40 a barrel for first time since 2009
  • Government to auction 20 iron ore mines for reviving sector
  • Government may set up solar plants on railway land
  • Rana Kapoor re-appointed for next 3 year as chief of YES bank
  • OVL seeks licence extension for Vietnam blocks

Politics

  • Shatrughan Sinha dares BJP to take action against him
  • Modi wants call drops to be fixed urgently
  • First FIR filed against contractor in irrigation scam in Maharashtra
  • Arvind kejriwal meets PM Modi for supporting development in Delhi
  • Hardik patel calls for Gujarat bandh for supporting OBC quota

Defence

  • War museum inaugurated at jaisalmer laungewala station
  • Israel navy chief meets Indian defence official
  • Pakistan rangers confirmed date of talks with BSF
  • Barak Missile Project to Help Intensify India-Israel Defence Tech Partnership
  • Pakistani terrorist Mohammad Naved agreed to give his confessional statement before magistrate

Sports

  • Dronacharya, Dhyan Chand, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar awards announced
  • Anand suffers another defeat in Sinquefield Cup chess tournament
  • Rahane and Mishra goes to best rankings of career
  • Bolt and Gatlin cruise in 200 metres semi-finals
  • England to play 3 home test against Sri Lanka and four against Pakistan in 201626-August-2015-curent-affairs

 

Story Of Krishnant Gholap, An Autorickshaw Driver’s Son Will Boost Your Confidence

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Krishnant Gholap is an autorickshaw driver’s son. After two failed attempts, he made it to the National Defence Academy, Khadakvasala, which he saw as the only way out into a better life.

Abhishek Mande spent time with Krishnant on his last day at the Academy and met the Gholaps at their humble home in Pune. He tells the story of the hardships faced by the family to realise a long-cherished dream.

Sometime in the last semester at the NDA, Cadet Krishnant Gholap was struggling.

He had to pass a run test — complete a stretch of 5 km in 26 minutes. This was his fourth and final attempt.

The first three times the cadet missed the target by a little over 20 seconds. If he couldn’t meet it this time, he would have to stay back for another six months and graduate one batch behind his peers.

There were other things to consider too. His sister Rohini was to get married. The family had been saving up for the wedding for a long time.

Another six months would mean the family would also have to keep aside Rs 1,500 each month for his pocket money according to NDA rules.

For a family that lives in an apartment slightly larger than the cadets’s rooms in the Academy, this was a lot of money.

Plus the fact that he could not make it with the rest of the batch would be a blot on his career.

“There were too many things tied in with my passing out (from the NDA). I couldn’t afford to lose,” Krishnant recalls.

And so he ran.Krishnant Gholap

With a 20-odd kilo bag on his back, a gun on his shoulder and a pair of boots as heavy as lead, Krishnant Gholap ran because his life depended on it.

On November 29, 2010 a little past nine in the morning, Cadet Gholap marched with the rest of his batch and stepped on the ‘Antim Pag’ or the ‘Final Step’.

Story Of Flight Lieutenant Herojit Rajkumar Will Motivate You To The Core

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Not long ago, donning the Indian Air Force uniform was a mere flight of fancy for Flight Cadet Herojit Rajkumar Singh (nicknamed Hero, so apparent!). Hailing from the far reaches of our country, this lad forsook BTech (computer technology) to join the National Defence Academy (Pune) to chase his cherished desire of blazing across the horizon in a fighter aircraft.

And blaze he did at NDA — inter alia, appointed Battalion Cadet Adjutant, he was awarded the Academy Blazer for swimming, Sports Insignia for excellence in sports and won the silver medal for the best cadet in physical training (119 course).

Having stood third in flying through the basic stage at Air Force Academy (Hyderabad), he proceeded to the Fighter Training Wing (Hakimpet, Secunderabad) to undergo the second stage of flying training.

On August 22, 2011, an emergency during a Kiran solo sortie forced him to eject. During the short, parachute-assisted descent, he realised that he could not control his legs. Luckily, he didn’t pick up landing injuries.

Unluckily, the force of ejection snapped his lumbar spine.

The consequence was life-numbing: The spinal cord injury he sustained had paralysed him waist down. A new word — paraplegia — barged into his vocabulary.

He listened to the medical officer at the Military Hospital, Kirkee (Pune), with rapt, hopeful ears.

The prognosis of lifelong wheelchair mobility obviously deflated him. Then the killer kick landed: he would be invalided out in due course.

‘Sir, I know I can’t be a pilot, but my upper body is okay, so can’t I serve the IAF in a non-flying capacity?’

‘You are a flight cadet son, four months short of commissioning. A nobody. So, off to Civvy Street, I am afraid that is the letter of the rule.’

He heard a big bang; not only his ambition to stand out as an outstanding flyer, but even the secondary dream of serving the IAF in another capacity too had crashed.

A solitary thought tormented him: Had I been untouched by this catastrophe, I would have been commissioned as a fighter pilot along with my course mates, which would have been an occasion to rejoice for not just my parents and siblings but for my home village Singjamei in Manipur as well.

The youngest of the brood of five, he knew how strenuous it would be for a paraplegic to bounce back, to eke out in the dog-eat-dog environment; naturally his worst fear was that if he flunked, he might turn into a burden to his aged parents, and he dreaded to even contemplate becoming a liability to anyone.

Very mindful of the onus, he began cramming for CAT and sundry tests, but even while poring over the study material, his monomaniacal mind drifted into its habitual reverie — a rebirth: A career in the IAF in a non-flying capacity. He knew he had nothing to lose by despatching an entreaty to the air chief for retention in the service.

As he began conditioning his mind to a life outside the IAF, last August, a godsend landed on his lap — an opportunity to present his case in person to Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, Chief of the Air Staff.

The air chief felt the plight merited his intervention as this extraordinary instance involved a flying mishap, ejection injury and a youngster with tip-top track record.

He told Hero that the IAF had no problem in embracing him but since he was a flight cadet, the ministry of defence (MoD) would be the final arbiter of his fate. Hero sighed, his hope took wing, but refrained from exulting as he was aware that a ‘stickler for rules’ was at the helm of the ministry.

And the path was paved with stumbling-blocks. His file began the customary back-and-forth between fine-tooth comb-armed MoD and air headquarters, the latter having to respond to the clarifications sought by the former. It redounds to the credit of the air chief that he bypassed the normally naysaying bureaucrats by reasoning with the defence minister directly.

The defence minister signed and stamped the imprimatur of Hero’s retention in the third week of last December.

Meanwhile, the brass in air headquarters had deliberated and concluded that the accounts branch would be the most appropriate line for Hero (usually an NDA alumnus is not given this branch).

Air HQ worked overtime to ensure that the formalities and paperwork were completed and he was there at the Air Force Academy in the first week of January, in time for the fresh course.

Today, the IAF and Flying Officer Herojit Rajkumar Singh have made history. Hero is perhaps the first wheelchair-bound cadet to be commissioned by any of the armed forces in the world.indian air force

Hero’s commissioning is not a surprise for the IAF has been a pioneer, and boasts a notable history of compassion.

Given the nature of their profession, soldiers, sailors and airmen are prone to physical injuries, the severest form being spinal cord injury. This could mean a life of disability. While the practice was to discharge the spinal-cord-injured servicemen, in the early 1990s, realising the worth of his experience and utility to the service, the IAF reversed the trend and retained Wing Commander Ashok Limaye, a paraplegic, in the service.

The Indian Army dittoed later by absorbing Major Pallav Desai and Lieutenant Colonel S K Razdan, thus commencing the employment and rehab of wheelchair-bound officers within the services itself. (And the 15-odd officers retained hitherto have been worth their salt. For example, S K Razdan served with distinction and retired as Major General last October.)

Mind you, this IAF initiative began years before the Parliament ‘ayed’ its approval to the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, an Act that bestowed equal opportunities on the disabled employees in Centre and all state governments.

Even though the armed forces need to maintain a fit profile, not every soldier needs to be on the front; the organisation has to deploy hundreds in the offices. That is, instead of throwing disabled soldiers to the wolves, they can be retrained for sedentary tasks, especially for the computer-driven workplace, and be made useful cogs in the organisation.

Some of our northeastern states have been buffeted by militant turbulence. Certain sections have looked askance at the army troops deployed there to restore order. Methinks their larger numbers will help them understand the military better.

Maybe Hero’s story will inspire more and more youths from our northeast to join the armed forces as officers.

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How To Be Focused And Concentrated

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Hello, Warriors! Clearing SSB and joining the armed forces is the dream come true for all aspiring candidates. Most of the times in conversation with aspirants, I listen from them about not clearing SSB or not being able to clear the written exam itself even though they have prepared and practised for it a lot. They used to practise for hours daily. And on the other hand, I listen from aspirants clearing the examination while they studied for only 3-4 hours daily. The difference, to much surprise was that, if you study for only 2 hours daily (yes, you heard me, only 2 hours), but will full focus and complete concentration, you can crack any exam and believe me, you’ll feel confident and much like further preparing more for it.

To help the aspirants overcoming this difficulty, here I’ve collected some tips based on studies and researchers that proved to be beneficial for increasing concentration and being focused:

  1. Get Enough Sleep: I stress on two tips always and everywhere- Good listening and good sleeping. A good night’s sleep of minimum 6-8 hours is absolutely essential. You will observe that once you’ve slept well, your mind is more alert and you’re able to focus better on the tasks at hand.

To put in other words “Remember, a lion always sleeps well until he feels hungry”.

  1. Yoga and Meditation: Well, believe me or not, just deep and focused breathing in silent environment helps a lot. Sit with a high back in an upright position. Press one finger against the right nostril. Now take a long, deep breath, drawing the breath in gently as you count to ten; then expel the breath through the right nostril as you count to ten. Repeat this exercise with the opposite nostril. This exercise should be done at least twenty times at each sitting.

  1. Take Breaks: Go outside and breathe deeply or take a brisk walk. Make yourself do this often and you’ll be able to return to your task recharged and ready to focus more creatively. Moreover studies show that studying for 40 mins and then taking 10 mins break is the most productive way to concentrate, as a human mind cannot concentrate for more than 40 mins and 10 mins should be utilized for recapping or taking some fresh air. Try this in your school/college. Do take short breaks after every class is over.

  1. The SQ3R Method: “Survey” the book by skimming for titles, subtitles, captions, and anything else that could be important. “Question” by turning all of the titles and subheadings into study questions to track your reading once you finish a chapter or section. “Read” to find the answers to your study questions then answer any questions at the beginnings or ends of the chapter to make sure you learned what you needed to. “Recite” your questions orally and try to answer them. Use notes from the text but be sure to re-state them in your own words. “Review” the reading afterwards to keep it fresh in your mind for when you need it in school. If you find something you don’t understand, research it further online or in a book to understand it better.OTA Cadets

  1. Always Have a Determined Attitude: Well, yet another quality which I stress the most on is determination. Determination and success go hand in hand. Do not let your own selfish/foolish acts get in the way of your concentration, but have determination to finish what you have started.

As a conclusion think about this basic physics; ‘The rays of the sun, when focused upon an object by means of a sun glass, produce a heat many times greater than the scattered rays of the same source of light and heat.’ This is true of concentration. Scatter it and you get but ordinary results. But center it upon one thing and you secure much better results. When you focus your attention upon an object, your every action, voluntary and involuntary, is in the direction of attaining that object. If you will focus yourselves upon a thing to the exclusion of everything else, you generate the force that can bring you what you want and nothing can stop you from that uniform.