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Can you hear a pin drop?
What is the meaning of pin drop silence?
Following are some instances when silence could speak louder than voice.
Take 1:
Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public meeting at Ahmedabad in English. The crowd started chanting, “Speak in Gujarati. We will hear you only if you speak in Gujarati.” Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped. Swept the audience with a hard stare and replied, “Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career. I have learned Punjabi from men of the Sikh Regiment; Marathi from the Maratha Regiment; Tamil from the men of the Madras Sappers; Bengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers, Hindi from the Bihar Regiment; and even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment. Unfortunately there was no soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati.”………….
You could have heard a pin drop
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Take 2:
JFK’S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60’s when Charles DeGaule, the French President, decided to pull out of NATO.
DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
Rusk responded, “does that include the 180,000 who are buried here ?”
DeGaule could not respond.
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Take 3:
Robert Whiting, an elderly US gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his carry on.
“You have been to France before, Monsieur ?” , the Customs officer asked sarcastically.
Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
“Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.”
The American said, “The last time I was here, I didn’t have to show it."
“Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports on arrival in France !” , the Customs officer sneered.
The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look.
Then he quietly explained …
“Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944, to help liberate your country, I couldn’t find a single Frenchman to show a passport to…. "
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You could have heard a pin drop
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Soon after getting freedom from British rule in 1947, the de-facto prime minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru called a meeting of senior Army Officers to select the first General of the Indian army.
Nehru proposed, “I think we should appoint a British officer as a General of The Indian Army, as we don’t have enough experience to lead the same.”
Having learned under the British, only to serve and rarely to lead, all the civilians and men in uniform present nodded their heads in agreement.
However one senior officer, Nathu Singh Rathore, asked for permission to speak. Nehru was a bit taken aback by the independent streak of the officer, though, he asked him to speak freely.
Rathore said, “You see, sir, we don’t have enough experience to lead a nation too, so shouldn’t we appoint a British person as the first Prime Minister of India?”
You could hear a pin drop.
After a pregnant pause, Nehru asked Rathore, “Are you ready to be the first General of The Indian Army?”…….. Rathore declined the offer saying “Sir, we have a very talented army officer, my senior, Lt. Gen. Cariappa, who is the most deserving among us.”
This is how the brilliant Gen. Cariappa became the first General and Rathore the first ever Lt. General of the Indian Army.
(Many thanks to Lt. Gen Niranjan Malik PVSM (Retd) for this article.)
Ur dp is vryyyy nyc nd dis post too
Liked the Nathu Singh Rathore’s Story the most..
@devashi wrote:
Ur dp is vryyyy nyc nd dis post too
All stories really very nice n never heard before..liked the WW2 American-French conversation n Nehru’s
I can now clearly understand why Charles DeGaule had to leave. He was such an indecisive person. If I were in his place, the reply could be “Not necessary”.
As usual, Nehru was always speechless in front of real opposition. & the tradition still follows in the pseudo-Gandhi family.
The stories of Indian Army are legendary. Field Marshal Maneckshaw was considered one of the perfect gentlemen.
Awesome. I was pin drop silenced!
@dimepincher wrote:
As usual, Nehru was always speechless in front of real opposition. & the tradition still follows in the pseudo-Gandhi family
ekdum sahi… to the point
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:
In some workplaces Perfection is a Habit, not an Attitude!
Apparently,the American Computer Giant IBM decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan as a trial. In the specifications, they set standard that they will accept only three defective pieces per 10,000 pieces.
When the delivery came to IBM there was a letter accompanying it.
“We, Japanese people, had a hard time understanding North American business practices. But the three defective parts per 10,000 pieces have been separately manufactured and have been included in the consignment in a separate package mentioned — ‘Defective pieces as required; not for use.’
Hope this meets your requirement.
awesome
@dimepincher wrote:
I can now clearly understand why Charles DeGaule had to leave. He was such an indecisive person. If I were in his place, the reply could be “Not necessary”.
As usual, Nehru was always speechless in front of real opposition. & the tradition still follows in the pseudo-Gandhi family.
The stories of Indian Army are legendary. Field Marshal Maneckshaw was considered one of the perfect gentlemen.
Field Marshal Manekshaw has been my role model. Very few people even know about him that is sad part. In India people follow Film Stars,Cricketers but not the Real heroes like Field Marshall .
All this about Nehru and Cariappa seems to be hearsay and is trending on social media.
Army officers don’t attend meetings to appoint COAS. It’s all to denigrate the legacy of tall leaders; a RSS agenda to wipe out the fact that they collaborated with British to deny India It’s independence and now claim to be the sole nationalists & patriots labeling all others who oppose them as traitors.
The story about Nehru & Field Marshal Cariappa is obviously false because the first 2 chiefs of the Indian Army were English
You can check here or anywhere else you like to confirm this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_...
And if the story was about selecting the first Indian COAS then it would obviously be an Indian and not an Englishman
The other stories are nice, though. Thank you B@R_0_0_D
@sbdtrial wrote:
The story about Nehru & Field Marshal Cariappa is obviously false because the first 2 chiefs of the Indian Army were English
You can check here or anywhere else you like to confirm this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_...
And if the story was about selecting the first Indian COAS then it would obviously be an Indian and not an Englishman
The other stories are nice, though. Thank you B@R_0_0_D
Direct Indian army link
http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmT...==
Edit: seems that the direct link is not working. Go to home page then check COAS.
@B@R_0_0_D wrote:
Mention the context as well for better understanding…
Freddie Gray & Baltimore, USA.
@thelion wrote:@sbdtrial wrote:
The story about Nehru & Field Marshal Cariappa is obviously false because the first 2 chiefs of the Indian Army were English
You can check here or anywhere else you like to confirm this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_...
And if the story was about selecting the first Indian COAS then it would obviously be an Indian and not an Englishman
The other stories are nice, though. Thank you B@R_0_0_D
Direct Indian army link
http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmT...==
Edit: seems that the direct link is not working. Go to home page then check COAS.
Clearly FAKE RSS Propaganda !
Barood follows RSS pages and whatsapp groups, The history will obviously be all wrong, (e.g. Modi;’s history)
Good that you pointed.
BABA JIII kee mahima apram paar ha
Aap kee jhadoo lgao in per
@DAN wrote:@thelion wrote:@sbdtrial wrote:
The story a
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Clearly FAKE RSS Propaganda !
Barood follows RSS pages and whatsapp groups, The history will obviously be all wrong, (e.g. Modi;’s history)Good that you pointed.
Its not about Barood, he has posted out of humor. Its about false propaganda and spreading insinuation & innuendo’s.
Another example is Shyama Parasad Mookherji being friend of Swami Vivekanand, who died when SPM was 2 yrs old.
Mr D has facts bank, so he is de facto moderator of my posts.
Anyway, I don’t have fucking time to follow RSS , better if he Dont envy modi and do is karma for 2 time ki khichri and poop.
Bhai aur post karo. Waiting..
@DAN wrote:@thelion wrote:@sbdtrial wrote:
The story about Nehru & Field Marshal Cariappa is obviously false because the first 2 chiefs of the Indian Army were English
You can check here or anywhere else you like to confirm this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Army_...
And if the story was about selecting the first Indian COAS then it would obviously be an Indian and not an Englishman
The other stories are nice, though. Thank you B@R_0_0_D
Direct Indian army link
http://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmT...==
Edit: seems that the direct link is not working. Go to home page then check COAS.
Clearly FAKE RSS Propaganda !
Barood follows RSS pages and whatsapp groups, The history will obviously be all wrong, (e.g. Modi;’s history)Good that you pointed.
You follow only AAP Pages of AAP Dictator Kejri. Sanghis pages has good amount of humor. It is also less irritating than AAP pages.
In some workplaces Perfection is a Habit, not an Attitude!
Apparently,the American Computer Giant IBM decided to have some parts manufactured in Japan as a trial. In the specifications, they set standard that they will accept only three defective pieces per 10,000 pieces.
When the delivery came to IBM there was a letter accompanying it.
“We, Japanese people, had a hard time understanding North American business practices. But the three defective parts per 10,000 pieces have been separately manufactured and have been included in the consignment in a separate package mentioned — ‘Defective pieces as required; not for use.’
Hope this meets your requirement.