APJ Abdul Kalam : 'A Leader Should Know How to Manage Failure' IndiaKnowledge@Wharton: Could you give an example, from your own experience, of how leaders should manage failure? Kalam: Let me tell you about my experience. In 1973 I became the project director of India's satellite launch vehicle program, commonly called the SLV-3. Our goal was to put India's "Rohini" satellite into orbit by 1980. I was given funds and human resources -- but was told clearly that by 1980 we had to launch the satellite into space. Thousands of people worked together in scientific and technical teams towards that goal. By 1979 -- I think the month was August -- we thought we were ready. As the project director, I went to the control center for the launch. At four minutes before the satellite launch, the computer began to go through the checklist of items that needed to be checked. One minute later, the computer program put the launch on hold; the display showed that some control c...
Operation Sindoor - A high-precision, multi-domain offensive and an evolution of India’s counter-terrorism doctrine Why the Name "Sindoor" Was Selected: The name "Sindoor" (सिंदूर) carries deep symbolic and cultural meaning in India, especially in the context of marriage and devotion: Symbol of Sacredness and Protection: Sindoor is traditionally applied by married Hindu women in the parting of their hair (maang), symbolizing their marital status. It's also seen as a symbol of auspiciousness, protection, and commitment—all values that can metaphorically apply to the nation's commitment to its territorial integrity. Blood and Sacrifice: The red color of sindoor can also symbolize blood, suggesting the sacrifice of soldiers and the fierce battle that took place to reclaim Indian territory. It invokes both emotional gravity and patriotic sentiment. Reclaiming Honor: The operation was about reclaiming what was rightfully India's, much like how sindoor is a m...
The way of the Buddha God laws are eternal and unalterable and not separable from God Himself It is an indispensable condition of His very perfection. Hence there is great confusion that the Buddha disbelieved in God and simply believed in the moral law. Because of this confusion about God Himself arose the confusion about the proper understanding of the great word Nirvana. Nirvana is undoubtedly not utter extinction. So far as I understand the central fact of the Buddha’s life, Nirvana is utter extinction of all that is base in us, all that is vicious in us, and all that is corrupt and corruptible in us. Nirvana is not like the black dead peace of the grave, but the living peace, the living happiness of a soul which is conscious of itself and conscious of having found its own abode in the heart of the Eternal... Gautama taught the world to treat even the lowest creatures as equal to himself. He held the life of even the crawling creatures of the earth to be as precious as his own. It ...
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