Spirit of indian army -Combat Corona-plan for Olympics

Written by Col ,M.I.S.Chauhan (Retd)

To my mind, more than 99.9% of population initially, did not have any idea as to what has struck them. They did not even know, what does LOCK DOWN exactly mean, and what does it imply in the real sense. So called Jagat Gurus compounded the issue through social media duly stamped by the TRPmongers in our Democratic set up. I strongly believe that the half the battle is lost, if the rumors are allowed to be spread, thanks to the Honorable PM, he continued coming in the AIR and kept addressing the nation, against all odds.      The administration was just clueless, never let their imagination run wild to deal with situation. The situation demanded bottom up leadership approach rather than top down. General do not win the Battles, it is the Junior Leaders who win the Battles. Generals are made to win the Wars. Without naming any one crisis right from lack of ill equipped hospitals, recruitment of Doctors, Nurses, Paramedical, Trained Housekeeping, Security Staff;  no risk assessment was carried out by the administration, what to talk about mock drills , which should have been conducted at all levels to validate mitigation plans in the event of such emergency by the administrators (Bureaucrats). The Lock down date had to be kept secret for obvious reasons by the PM, but the indications were amply clear that the nation has to resort to LOCK DOWN sometime or the other but the elite class of Babus never moved an inch and dragged the country in to a situation where middle class people had to suffer. Few elements (TJ) took an advantage of the situation, created due to lack of crisp administrative orders and instructions, took the benefit of doubt and spread infection all over.
Well one can go on writing and carry on with fault finding exercise and giving corrective measures if it had made any difference. Hence I shut this Chapter here, and would happily flick over to the next frequency to share my on going experiences with regard to on going Lock Down in the country. Let me admit openly that I am enjoying every moment of it thoroughly, even though I have learnt through social media that there is likelihood of 20% cut in our pension from Apr to Jun 2020, which means one good leisurely outing with family going down the drain. FNKDR ! 
To be honest, initially the Lock Down did hit me adversely, because it meant confining myself to four compound walls . NO LESS THAN A HOUSE ARREST !. No Biking – No visit to Shooting Range – No interaction with young boys and girls – No teaching – No Lecturing. As the couple of days pass by hearing news, watching TV serials and going through social media, I started to interact with my Shooters on Whatsapp , who had left for their respective home towns by Sunday, 22 Mar 2020. No sooner, Lock Down was announced by the PM, I switched over to the Armyway of  life thinking mode and planned a daily schedule to creatively spend the day in civilian format, which was more akin to Army way of utilizing time during Operating in DESERTS ‘ WORK TILL LATE HOURS AND SLEEP TILL LATE HOURS’. Watched old serials being re-telecast-ed, listen to Bhagwat Geeta on YouTube and send Physical, Psychological, Technical and Mental Management tips to the Shooters staying at their respective places. Yeah to make it more interesting , I started having Video Conferencing to have discussions on all the aspects to enhance their performance to achieve their GOALS.
Thanks to Lock Down, walking on treadmill and on terrace has became quite regular, which has given me an opportunity to carry out self appraisal of the past 64 years and prepare a long list of Gods & People in my life, who made me what am I today, to convey all of them my sincere thanks , gratitude and love. My belief with regard to their importance in my life became more stronger than before, as it gave me ample time to rewind and play various episodes of the past life. I realized that the life has been great, with all the fun and variety of experiences. As of now, waiting for the PM’s decision to come for the scaling down or extension of Lock Down to rehash my future plans to spend time in giving back to the society in what ever manner I can, with ULTIMATE GOAL being to produce CHAMPIONS to bring laurel to the country in 2024, 2028, 2032 …..OLYMPIC GAMES I am also planning extend my services to Physically Challenged boys and girls for participation in the Shooting Events at the PARALYMPIC GAMES .