Salute to Heroes Who have laid down thier Lives for us

NSG -save lives, riskes everything for India's pride

If there's anyone we need to thank to bring Mumbai out from the clutches of terror, it's the boys and men in uniform who became our walls and saviours.


The men in black eliminated every terrorist holed in up there and even lost precious colleagues like Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Commando Gajendra Singh.

In the days to come there will be much debate on the success and failures of Mission Mumbai. But there is one thing that is undisputed.

These brave commandos gave India its honour back. It's because of them that the nation stands taller and prouder.

Blame Game

Politicians at Centre & state have started playing blame games. This has started with Home minister shivraj Patil being sacked. Although people close to Congress chief insist that this was in offing for some time, but the sheer timing of this cannot be ignored. It is said that Congress has understood that the timing of the attack has come at a very crucial tme when the country is in pool mode.

New papers reported that in the recent CWC meeting poloticians tstarted the blame game again. When some body raised that the navy has failed to rise upoto the occasion when IB has clearly warned about coasted dployment of certain ships for downloading RDX & Otherstuff, Antony offered to resign.

Ratan Tata has been correct in his statement thatw e never learns from our mistakes. It has bene said that of the 900 odd crores alloted for putting anti terooor & emergency response team together only 275 crores are speant & that too on building, cars & Jeeps.

However we should not forget at this time the people who have laid thier lives. Front runners among them are the NSG commandoes , navy commondo, ATS team.

It has been rumoured that a team of personal body guards(southafricans) who were there in Taj have helped more than 40 people to get out while the terror was unfolding. It is reported that they were armed with only knives.

Let us once again give our tributes to the jawans who laid thier life to save us today & forever.

Amen!!!!!

Terror Plays Havoc in Mumbai

CST pictures are just coming up now

Terror attack in Mumbai Has left everybody stunned.

It is an unprecedented attack from otherwise coward terrorists, who believes in hit & run.

People along with journalists take shield at one of the attack site in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. Nearly 80 people were killed in a series of shootings and blasts across Mumbai. The death toll had risen to 78 and that six army units had been deployed in the city. Heavily armed men with automatic weapons and grenades targeted two of Mumbai's top luxury hotels, the Taj Mahal and Trident, and the main Chhatrapati Shivaji railway station.

The Burning Taj. & it is certainly not pretty

Life at Delhi

Its been 2 months since I came to Delhi. This is my maiden vist & I hope to stay for some long duration here. Lets see what Happens.

Been to Atta Market. One should definatly pay a visit here.

With two malls right in front of one another.

The Great Indian Mall is definately at least 4 hours time pass for shopoholics..

Would try to write slowly but steadily .. cos I want lot of pictures to show you guys how it was..

My Home Town

INS Tabar

INS Tabar

The ceremony of launching TABAR (Pole-axe), the third frigate for India took place in May 2001 at the Baltiisky (Baltic) shipyards. This frigate is from the series of patrol ships which are being built on order of the Indian Republic. As of 2002 Tabar was still under construction, and was to be handed over to the customer in May 2003. The INS Tabar, the third frigate of the Talwar class, was launched at Petersberg in the presence of the Defence Secretary, Mr Yogendra Narain. The first two ships INS Talwar and INS Trishul joined the Indian Navy in 2002.

Ministry sanctioned (October 2002) the deputation of 28 officers and 225 sailors from 17 November 2002 to the proposed maiden voyage of the ship by September 2003. The training was completed in April 2003, and Ministry sanctioned (April 2003) the repatriation of 188 personnel to Mumbai, retaining 21 personnel at Russia. The 188 repatriated personnel were proposed to return to Russia on 11 June 2003.

Due to delay in Builders and State Committee trials, commissioning of the ship was postponed. Consequently, dates of expatriation of crew team also had to be changed resulting in payment of cancellation charges and difference in fares amounting to Rs 0.13 crore. The crew finally left for Russia in batches during July 2003 to September 2003. However, the DAT Team was deputed only from 10 November 2003. The expatriation of 188 crew members prior to the departure of DAT team was unnecessary and the expenditure on this account amounting to Rs 5.83 crore was avoidable.

INS Tabar guided missile frigate was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Baltiysk in the Kalinigrad region of Russia in June 2004.

INS Tabar is densely packed with state-of-the-art weapons and sensors. She can operate in a multiple threat environment. She possesses the capability to handle several threats in all the three dimensions of battle space—air, surface and sub-surface. The stealthy ship is capable of speeds in excess of 30 knots.

INS Tabar has an impressive array of Indian and Russian sensors which include an indigenous advanced sonar system Humsa and communications suite CCS Mk II manufactured by M/s Bharat Electronics. The ship’s weapon suite includes vertical launch long-range surface to surface missiles, a 100-mm gun, long-range surface-to-air missiles, advanced torpedo launchers, anti-submarine rocket launchers and anti-missile defence systems.

The ship reached India after making visits to twelve ports enroute. It was commanded by Capt AG Thapliyal and is manned by a crew of 28 officers and 232 sailors. INS Tabar arrived in Mumbai on 31 July 2004.

Specifications
Displacement	3850 tons full load
Length	124.5 m
Beam	15.2 m
Draft	4.2 m
Speed	30
Range	4600 miles @ 20 knots 1600 miles @ 30 knots
Endurance	30 days
Crew	180 (18 officers) For More Info Click here

Moving Out of Jamnagar

Jamnagar has been my home away from home since early 2007.

I recently left Jamanagr & moved into Delhi,

In following several pages, I would try to give information about Jamnagar & my life in Jamangar.