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Raja Bose

Ofcourse he is allowed to grieve on being beaten by SDRE no-contender kid from south and fate awaiting him at target practice. I am not saying the chinis wont be glad to get a medal as opposed to nothing. But their focus is always on the gold...all their plan 117 or whatever is focused on that...I a...

Raja Bose

No no...I meant archery onlee.....to serve as people's target and death by thousand punctures. Seriously though, it just goes to show that the Chinese are not ready for any compromise....Gold is good nothing else is good enough. Granted the we are on the upswing but we have to develop such mentality...

Raja Bose

Singha ji....if he wasnt made of sterner stuff he would not have won....he was not leading when it started. Moreover, during the awards ceremony the kid was cool and collected as if he didnt have a doubt he would win and the gold wasnt a big deal...unlike chini bhai who went boohoo (loss of H&D,...

Raja Bose

Yes it is Singha ji. AoA

Singha wrote:isnt this India's first individual gold at the olympics ever ?

norman pritchard won a pair of silvers around 1910 (!) and milkha & pt usha missed
by a whiskers as we know. Rathore won a silver and Malleswari took a bronze(?)

Raja Bose

Very correct. It is not the winners who need to be helped the most but the ones on the sidelines esp. since most of them come from very humble background (unlike Bindra). After you posted the link about the contribution page on OGQ website, I emailed OGQ for info on making contributions via their Ci...

Raja Bose

Good show!! God Bless him for his achievement. But lets not get too cocky either...the games aint over till the fat chinese lady sings !

Raja Bose

Thanks for the links. I guess Mittal doesn't need donations but appreciate what he is doing despite living abroad. The OGQ page does have a Citibank A/c no. though still need routing info. Probably drop them an email at the email address given on the page. Is there an equivalent of Paypal in India (...

Raja Bose

Boss, at least tell us what would you have preferred? I would prefer some respect for the event (it is after all the Olympics not a local mohalla competition)....and uniformity in dress (call it an uniform if you will). It was no different to many other athletes and officials from various countries...

Raja Bose

:mrgreen: you might be pushing luck by expecting a bronze, the way things are going... Of course, I hope we get 10 golds. In absence of many countrymen to cheer for (only Rathore and Champia left...Sania I will wait till she actually puts her performance where her mouth is) I am just taking refuge ...

Raja Bose

Exactly what sort of display of buffoonery is this :shock: http://im.rediff.com/sports/2008/aug/08slid3.jpg Are these guys strolling down Delhi Zoo or are they marching down during the opening ceremony? And whats with the variety of chappals, track suits, faded green sari (looks it just came out of ...

Raja Bose

Depends on how much you weigh....190lbs may or may not be a very heavy workout. Ofcourse that goes without saying... however common sense says average male height for an Indian will be around 5 8"/9" and for an average sized body weight will be around 150 lbs . I will be surprised if even...

Raja Bose

shankar sahab you are talking about un-assisted bench press of 190lb weights ? I should say lifting weights as heavy as 190 lb on a bench press is definitely a pretty heavy workout to say the least, one will have to blessed with a cavemansque body or some one who goes to Gym religiously. Depends on...

Raja Bose

.. and I am kind of disturbed that you choose 150lb as a average weight of Indian women, assuming a average height of 5'4 I cannot think anything more than 110-120lb is healthy. caveman-like behavior with good physique is definitely attractive to all female (despite all the bunk about caring about ...

Raja Bose

Not a feasible proposition to measure physical (or mental) fitness by trying to bench press SHQ/gf (even if she weighs <=150 lb). You have to take into account the squirming of SHQ/gf while bench pressing her.....all the while complaining that you will drop her ('pakde raho chodna mat' dialogue of F...

Raja Bose

shiv, In case you are interested, you can take a look at a diorama I made of the '65 Assal Uttar battle. It is featured in: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal8/7601-7700/gal7613-armour-Bose/00.shtm I used some of the same pics that you show in your video, for reference while building the dior...

Raja Bose

wow! these videos are awesome...sure is good to see that the Indian media are finally able to produce informative, mature and positive programmes about our armed forces. Definitely pleased with the range and quality equipment shown in all 3 segments. As for the attitude of the men......note the lack...

Raja Bose

ummm....what next? we start calling puke fidayeen squads 'special forces'? :roll: This clip is so clearly a staged video (looks like a cheaper version of those old tamil action movies). And why are the LTTE jehadis turning over and yelling to each other despite having them nice throat mikes? :lol: F...

Raja Bose

thats a putti....inherited from the brits as part of battle dress. Except for it looking overly shiny it seems to be an improvement over the standard cloth ones. The jawan is question sure has long feet....perhaps the reason the picturewala got attracted to it. When those feet encased in aforementio...

Raja Bose

These guys are from NSG...wearing regular NSG uniform....have never seen NSG chaps wearing chappals on duty (unless they use it as a weapon in hand-to-hand combat!) :P Sometimes its hard to believe that NSG is capable of such a diverse array of tasks esp. after seeing them being labelled as everythi...

Raja Bose

Rakesh,

Sent you an email just now at your hotmail address.

-Raja

Raja Bose

That leaves one killed unaccounted for....any details who that was? Update: it seems 2 civilians, 1 photographer, 1 soldier and 2 pigs killed. From some accounts,..another 4 pigs getting ready to meet jannat... vdutta, great pics! Thanks! shyamd, Are the troops involved in this encounter BSF? any wo...

Raja Bose

shyamd,

Are the troops involved in this encounter BSF? any word on casualties (apart from the photographer Sodhi)?

Raja Bose

Arun_S, The software looks quite good 8) Were you solely responsible for its design and development or did you also collaborate with other guys/experts. Is is still closed source since it belongs to that college you mentioned? BTW lots of the engineers (atleast in massa-land) who work on the real th...

Raja Bose

Arun_S,

Just out of curiosity...is the ROCKSIM available on B-R website in any way related to the ROCKSIM software commercially sold by Apogee Components in massa-land (they are a hobby/model rockets company)?

Raja Bose

well well well....IBN at it again...whats new? :roll: The entire article is based on putting a spin on the Air Marshal's remarks, putting words in his mouth and drawing illogical and conflicting conclusions from it. Air Marshal Asthana is quoted as saying fighter aircraft are the more reliable sourc...

Raja Bose

Despair not Shukla ji,....Tessa Madam ji with her Usha Uthup-ishtyle sari looks like she can single handedly turn any brown pant patloon and his chini gadha/godhi missile to ashes by just one angry stare. So disappointing vs. the pristine brown pant platoon at every gadha/ghodi launch avenue. Yindoo...

Raja Bose

What is also interesting is what is Daddu on left coyly whispering into Madamji's ears?

SwamyG wrote: http://bp1.blogger.com/_o_no4M2xEPY/SCG ... 773935.JPG

Raja Bose

A little bit of history from the 1971 war....the american perspective on the incident when Arun Prakash (then a mere Lt. deputed to IAF) blasted Chuck Yeager's beechcraft to smithereens during the 1971 war....an amusing read.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... ai_3959887

Raja Bose

hmm seems to be coincidence that there is a hawker hunter with serial A1012 (now mounted on a pole near Hyatt Regency hotel, New Delhi)

vivek_ahuja wrote:
A poor size image of a IAF Mystere (IA 1012)...

Raja Bose

If you have the same legends VCD then it should also have the feature on Jumbo Majumdar. I wonder there are plans on a follow-on VCD on some of the other greats.

Jagan wrote:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0750670800

Indian Air Force Video on Air Commodore Mehar Singh - By Wg Cdr A S Bedi

Raja Bose

I think in this description, "cut down" doesnt imply they died. In fact if I recall from Tully's book (from where this description seems to be taken), 1 Para Cdo suffered 16 or 18 dead whereas in this description they say that 23 men were cut down. Hence, it implies that atleast 5-7 suffer...

Raja Bose

I doubt any person big or not can carry 500 kgs :shock: of gear on their back over any kind of terrain for a length of time even with hooters girls manning drinks stalls all along the way! Running a marathon is the toughest physical thing I have ever done....but a lot of it is pacing yourself and no...

Raja Bose

Any details if the sea harrier is salvagable...in the past only a few of the crashed aircraft were written off i think (someone like Jagan can probably clarify)...these airplanes are tough. Unfortunately for carrier ops, ditching planes into the sea is not that uncommon as I thought at first :( The ...

Raja Bose

Arnie did have enormous capacity for workouts (incld. cardio) in the gym as seen in Pumping Iron and other videos. However, the endurance I was referring is more of mission oriented endurance (in context of missions pulled by SF)....so this is endurance under extreme stress, limited availability of ...

Raja Bose

Before being 'contemptuous' of Marcinko please look up his complete combat record :roll: The guy is a big mouth at times but no one doubts his extensive combat experience.....from serving in the teams during Vietnam (incld. later commanding ST2 if i recall) to running Red Cell and founding ST6 (now ...

Raja Bose

I am intimately familiar with what you are talking about since I do weight training myself :) (incidentally thats where I know some of those guys I am referring to). I agree that endurance has nothing to do with bulkier muscles. If fact if anything high levels of bulk is likely to reduce endurance. ...

Raja Bose

Actually, most of them seem to be quite hefty. I know a few ex-SEALs and they had pretty big builds..... This probably has more to do with the gym culture amongst US jocks and heavy duty weight lifting which leads to muscle bulk. Compared to them SAS or Para SF etc. men seem to be more lean and rang...

Raja Bose

Are these VBSS teams composed of MARCOS or ordinary sailors on the Indian side?? They seem to be carrying ol' sterlings....not exactly the armament preferred by MARCOS. However, webbing and other gear seems to be pretty top class even compared to the americans'. Good to see that. :mrgreen: Also, on ...

Raja Bose

He is also the pilot who took the winner of mission udaan for the coveted ride on the Su-30MKI (final episode). For all who watched the National Geographic program - Mission Udaan - you will recognise Wg Cdr A K Bharti. He is the same pilot that spoke about the Rambha's advantage in air combat with ...

Raja Bose

On page 5 one can see 2 CRP women going thru one of the obstacle courses.

Have known about an NSG museum but dont think it is open to aam janta.

Riza Zaman wrote:http://www.nsg.gov.in/TrainingBrochure.pdf

NSG brochure, I had no idea there was a NSG museum - might be worth while checking out if u're in the area

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