Today's Navy day!

04 December is celebrated as Navy Day. It commemmorates the spectacular attack on Karachi by the IN's, then almost freshly inducted, Missile Boats on this date during the Indo-Pak war of 1971. The rest is history.

The Navy is a fine service where individuals have a wide ranging set of opportunities to attain professional satisfaction. And there's no job that matches a 'Command at sea'! Furthermore, the navy's uniqueness is that it's a very important arm of the nation's foreign policy wherein naval ships visit other countries to spread goodwill.

And of course, the white uniform has an irresistible charm! On a very personal note, the most poignant experience has been that of the combined effect of the sea and a star filled sky while sailing on a ship - man's ultimate blending with nature. A truly humbling experience!

So, three cheers to the Indian Navy and here's wishing it many, many more laurels in the years to come!!

Whither India?

Today, Sivaswamy Kalanidhi, a dear friend had called up from Bombay to update me about his whereabouts. Kals, as he's known to his contemporaries, is simple, straight forward and always does things the right way.He'd been away in Madras for the last one month, calling on his near relatives and tying up things that had required his personal attention.

But on his return today and to his bewilderment, he found that somebody had vandalised his two wheeler. And the culprit is a local goon of sorts who was asked by Kals 'to behave' when he found him indulging in malpractices, prior to his trip to Madras.

Kals, however is unfazed and says that he'll make the goon understand by his methods - Gandhigiri of sorts, yet again. Here's wishing him the very best.

But what the hell' s happening in this country? Each and everyone seems to be taking the law in his own hands. Good people from the society must come together and nip this ugly tendency before it reaches a point of no return. And that's why I want Kals to succeed!