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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.)
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How to Deal With a Quitter
There were once 2 brothers who lived on the 80th floor of a tall building. On coming home one day, they realized to their dismay that the lifts were not working and that they have to climb the stairs home. After struggling to the 20th level, panting and tired, they decided to abandon their bags and come back for them the next day.
They left their bags then and climbed on…………
When they have struggled to the 40th level by this time they had gone sufficiently mad and irritated. The younger brother started to grumble and both of them began to quarrel. They continued to climb the flights of steps, quarreling all the way to the 60th floor.
They then realized that they have only 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop quarreling and continue climbing in peace. They silently climbed on and reached their home at long last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to open the door.
And they realized that the key was in their bags, which were left on the 20th floor………
This story is a reflection on our life and times. All of us climb the tall building called life……….some till all the 80 floors and some less. Many of us climb under the expectations of our companion.
Time to time these are our friends and parents till the 20th floor, then our spouse and our dear ones till the next level of the building. We seldom get to do the things that we really like and love and are under so much pressure and stress so that by the age of 20, we get tired and decided to dump this load. Being free of the stress and pressure, we work enthusiastically and dream ambitious wishes.
By the time we reach 40 years old, we start to lose our vision and dreams. We began to feel unsatisfied and start to complain and criticize. We live life as a misery as we are never satisfied.
Reaching 60, we realize that we have little left for complaining anymore, and we began to walk the final episode in peace and calmness. We think that there is nothing left to disappoint us, only to realize that we could not rest in peace because we have an unfulfilled dream……….a dream we abandon 60 years ago. So what’s your dream…..?
Know your dreams and follow it so that you will not live with regrets. Help others and thank God.
Accept yourself…
Believe in yourself…
Like yourself…
Inside each of us are powers so strong, treasures so rich, and possibilities so endless, that to command them all to action would change the history of the world.
Celebrate Life……….
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At the point of death a man, Tom Smith,
called his children and after praying for them,
he advised them to follow his footsteps so
that they can have peace of mind in all that they do.
The youngest child, Immaculate, a female, looked at others and yelled,
“Daddy, its unfortunate you are dying without a penny in your bank account,
personally, I can’t emulate you. Other father’s that you tag as being corrupt,
thieves of public funds left houses and properties for their children;
even this house we live in is a rented apartment, sorry,
i can’t emulate you, just go, let’s chart our own course,
let’s paddle our own canoe.”
Few moments later, their father gave up the spirit.
Three years later, Immaculate went for an interview in a
As soon as Immaculate sat before the interview panel,multinational company. The interview panel had already penciled
down a candidate for the highly coveted post but wanted to complete
the formality of interviewing all applicants on the list.
the Chairman of the committee asked,
“Which Smith is yours” and
Immaculate replied,
“I am Immaculate Smith. My Dad Tom Smith is now late he died a poor man…”
But the Chairman cuts in,
“O my God, you are Tom Smith’s daughter? "
He turned to other members and said
“This Smith man was the one that signed my membership form
into the Institute of Chartered Administrators and his
recommendation earned me where I am today.
He did all these free. I didn’t even know his address,
he never knew me from Adam. He just did it for me.”
He turned to Immaculate, I have no question for you,
consider yourself as having gotten this job, resume tomorrow,
your letter will be waiting for you.
Immaculate Smith became the Corporate Affairs Manager of the
company with two cars, one official and one for private use,
attached to the office, with a duplex and two drivers and a salary of
£100,000 per month excluding allowances and other
costs when she travelled outside England.
After two years of working in the company,
the Group Managing Director of the company came from
America to announce his intention to resign and needed a
replacement. A personality with high integrity was sought after,
again the company’s Consultant nominated Immaculate Smith.
In an interview, she was asked the secret of her success and
the sudden sky rocketing profile and in tears, she replied,
my Daddy paved these ways for me. It was after he died that I knew
that he was financially poor but stinkingly rich in
integrity, discipline and honesty.
She was asked again, why she is weeping since she is no longer
a kid as to miss her dad still after a long time.
She replied,
“At the point of death, I insulted my dad for being an honest man
of integrity. I hope he will forgive me in his grave now.
I didn’t work for all these, he did it for me to just walk in.
So finally she was asked,
" Will you follow your father’s foot steps as he requested?
And her simple answer was,
“l now adore the man, I have a big picture of him in my living room and
at the entrance of my house. He deserves whatever I have after God.
Are you like Tom Smith?
It pays to build a name, the reward doesn’t come quickly but
it will come however long it may take and it lasts longer.
Integrity, discipline, self control and fear of God makes
man wealthy, not the fat bank account.
Leave a good heritage for your children.
Are you building a good name for your children & not a fat bank account?
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