Sun Tzu's Art of War - A Reader's Review

   

     The book which is my recent read is one of the most popular classics in the field of Military Science & Strategic understanding of warfare. The importance of the classic rich for the people who try to understand ancient military tactics or to the people who love overall study of strategy or also to people who find joy in reading the history related to wars. Many experts claim it as the most ancient account of wonders of strategic warfare.

   First we must be aware of the background of Sun Tzu : the author of this classic. Sun Tzu was a Chinese Military General. The General introduces his book as an account of the observations he made during his career, the tactics & strategies he used/learnt and the profound knowledge he gained during his adventures as a Commander of fighting men ! ( To learn more about him, Go to Sun Tzu )

   Many of his  sentences from his book are already famous today as 'Quotes' about strategy. The word 'Strategy' is a miracle ! Many people have tried to define it in strict sense. But the contexts it has are so many; that the word has become to fit it in a hard & fast definition. Today's context related to it are

1. Military Science (Off course, as it is the birthplace of strategy)
2. Politics
3. Business World
4. Sports(Especially the game of Chess !) and many others !

     That's why we find it harder to define 'Strategy' in a stricter sense. But personally, I love a definition of 'Strategy', which I read in a book related to 'Chess' i.e. "Strategy is a long range master plan"... Sun Tzu has made a tremendous contribution to 'Strategic' aspects of Human at large through his book - "Art of War" !

      Many critics can find a point to take dig at this creation of Sun Tzu; by saying that it is focused on 'outdated' things of Military Science. The logic behind this criticism is so simple as Sun Tzu has written the book in an era, where Horse was the best means of transportation, Sword was popular and Guns were in their early childhood ! ( You can take the state of technology of guns at Sun Tzu's time as 'Infant Age' of Gun-Tech !) Today's military where  we are  very near to a day, when Robots will be doing the job on battlegrounds and men (and women) will control them sitting in front of a smarter generation of computers. So, many tips provided by our Ancient Chinese General like 'Use of Fire', 'Siege of Cities' seem sheer history with no present significance ! Secondly, pseudo-feminists can make a point against Sun Tzu by saying that he has made a 'Cruel' bias by writing 'Men' only and ignoring 'Women' ! But (as usual ? !!) they can't prove him guilty as he has written the book when even out-of-box thinkers hadn't any idea of 'Women in battleground' ... !!

      

      But the first point of criticism is serious, thus worthy of counter ! If we think rationally and bit more wisely; we can find the point ! Charles Dawrin has his fame for research work about Neanderthal and Homo Sapiens. Newton is famous for his preliminary ideas about gravity, Farade for his bulb and Watson for his steam-engine ! Now applying the logic (previously applied for Sun Tzu), we have to term these guys from science field as outdated and useless at present ( much more advanced ) state of technology !! Now you have the point clear in your mind !

     To sum up, however advanced any field/science/art has evolved, the fundamentals of it can never loose their significance ! Thus, I am sure that whenever any wise student will start his study of Military Science or Strategy also; it will be incomplete if the book 'Art of War' is ignored !

Virtues of Indian Politicians

Indian Politicians of Today /Recent past and Virtues to learn from them :

1. Narendra Modi - Devotion,Fitness,Energy

2. Sharad Pawar - Tactics and Political Cleverness

3.  Devendra Fadnavis - Studiousness

4. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Late Pramod Mahajan - Oratory, Lingual Genius

5. Sonia Gandhi - Control on Party/Organization

6. Arvind Kejriwal - Quick Grasp (of Politics)

7. Lalu Prasad Yadav - Confidence

8. Nitish Kumar - Gentleman's Temper

9. Manmohan Singh - Silence(!)

10. Rahul Gandhi - Innocence(!!)

(You can add more by commenting below !)

Bihar Elections : An Independent and Interesting Analysis

Bihar Assembly Elections 2015 proved many proven principles ...
As a student and analysis-lover of Politics , I have following facts to bring to attention of readers ...

1. Lalu Prasad Yadav proved that the election is won on the strength and 'reach' of party workers than by ideologies or even development agenda ! No one except Lalu himself had predicted such a spectacular show from RJD ! Despite of Lalu's character and other things , this is a lesson for all of us  for which he gets the credit !
2. Nitish Kumar showed political maturity while reacting and cheering the success ! It was very pleasant and soothing to see ! Only concern for JDU, hidden under this success is RJD is potentially grabbing their space ! It have led to substantial reduction in seats of JDU. It was pretty obvious as JDU had gained the space by fighting against RJD itself !
3. It is a defeat of BJP, especially of Narendra Modi​-Amit Shah​ pair ! The statement of Mohan Bhagwat Ji can be a major factor, worthy of analysis .... It will not concern the RSS as they have faced the brutal defeats in their past and have evolved through them , but still it is a concern for BJP ! Also the Non-Sense 'speakers' of BJP, really need a 'dose' from the party high command !!
4. Now the last point ! Everyone is busy in targeting Amit Shah for failure , but the true BJP-Men will be reminding the similar bitter 'gift' received by Late Pramod Mahajan , a legendary BJP leader in past ! I think it will not be right to completely blame Amit Shah for this failure , though it is true that the Captain has to eat the cake of failure ! He is a Strategist who have done his work fair enough and hard enough also , as long as Bihar Polls are concerned ! It is not correct to expect a Strategist to win 100 out of 100 in his strategic duels ... Even the better most strategists like Aurangzeb or Hitler had faced such defeats in terms of strategy ( No reason to raise the eyes , these two were fantastic strategists despite of their other dark virtues !).

After all , it was a surprising result of a crucial battle !
'Congrats' to the Winners !
'Better Luck Next Time' for the losers !
And Happy Diwali to all !

Patel Reservation Movement - A Signal from Destiny

   Following scanned images are of my handwritten article on the issue of "Patel Reservation Movement in Gujrat". It is about a different viewpoint to look at the issue of reservation in India.... Please read and express your opinions in comments. Forgive me for a less decent handwriting !

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Intellectuals without Logic

Where are the people , especially the 'so called' expert journalists and panelists on TV Channels ; who were over-excited with Delhi Assembly Election results ? These people didn't take a second before reaching the conclusion that, Narendra Modi​'s magic is no more " ... The analysts who otherwise pretend to be very reserve in making conclusions on many serious issues of the nation , tend to be very impatient while deducing anything negative about this man... Isn't it a bias ?

I think the problem is the Pseudo-Secular & Pseudo-Communist tendencies inherent in the most of the Media Champions ... Otherwise the kind of impatient and immature remarks they made on the day of results of Delhi Assembly Polls, might not be there. The most foolish belief today is : "No one can be 'Intellectual' if he is not Secular and Anti-RSS , Anti-BJP , Anti-Modi ,etc." ... After Modi Govt. has held the power , there is a non-sense competition among many Journalists and Political Analysts to criticize the decisions and actions of the Government by hook or crook ! I can't see any reason behind it other than gaining TRP as well as the hatred of public !! No doubt , Journalism and Intellectualism is about constantly analyzing the Political Position and Government's deeds. But being sadist , over-cynic and entirely negative about any person in specific is sheer useless. 

We can understand this tendency in the parties in opposition , especially the Congress. Congressees can't help themselves in anyway in current situations. So cursing,blaming and trying to take 'Revenge' of the disappointing defeat of General Elections of 2014 is the only job they have at present. And according to mine, if they can't come out of the 'Slave Mindset' of themselves, it is quite difficult to have Congress as a strong political alternative in future ! Rahul is trying really hard , we must accept !! But 'Political Maturity' is a virtue to get embed in anyone's personality , and is not the Marks/Grades in School-Colleges which can be achieved by Hard Labour with 'Ratta-Mar' Theory !! Every time, when Congress tries to project the poor chap as their leader, he gets nothing but the Credit of Failure !! No 'Vipashyana' or 'Holiday' tour can bring him the virtue of 'Political Maturity' and 'Political Wisdom'... So Congresses are right when the do anything to throw mud at Modi , because they don't have any better option to 'lengthen' the ultimate fall of their party in current situations ! But the other fools are very annoying. 

Let's take example of recent proposed NSA-Level Talks which got cancelled ... Now we all know the tendency of Pakistan , even the world knows their evil ideologies and hidden pro-terror mindset. The reasons of Cancellation of debate are so simple that Pakistan, doesn't want to have any real 'talk for peace' with India and for avoiding the talk , Kashmir-point , Preconditions-blame  allegations on RAW are used as hiding curtains ! And I don't think that we have to prove it once again to the world that Pakistan is an example of Retarded mindset of terror ! Now what the Idiot-Analysts and Insane-Journalists did, is to blame Modi for cancelled talks and give Pakistan full marks of Diplomacy !!!! How a terror-friendly attitude can be termed as Diplomatic Victory ??? How can they term the stern refusal to Pakistan's insane demands as 'Diplomatic Defeat' ??? No logical human can justify such blames and immature conclusions !

But I think, these Journalist Idiots don't care about logic ! Because they are happy with their own tag of "Intellectuals without Logic" !!!

Sushma Swaraj hits back

Sushma Swaraj hits back ! It can be easily seen from face of Congress's 'Her Majesty' that the Quatrochi and Anderson blows hit the bulls eye ... Very Storming Day in Parliament's Monsoon Session... I think Congress was fearing this 'thrashing' reply from Sushma Swaraj​ , and that's why they delayed facing it to the maximum extent !! After all , Advani Ji appreciated his 'Political Daughter' in a very 'touching' style ! His age added an emotional value to the scene of him patting back of the Lady Minister facing the row over Lalit Modi issue from many days .... Now to bring lighter notes , #Pappu proved the song-lyrics: "Pappu can't dance saala" !! The kind of Hand Movements he was doing in his Reply-Speech , they proved that Sonia Ji has sent her son to very costly Dance Class !!! Probably , the Bharatnatyam ... His remark about Sushma's shying away to face his eyesight was absurd , non-sense and disgusting ... But still , we should thank the Prince of the 125-Year old party for adding senses of 'Humour' to the stormy day of parliament session ! After all , Congress forced itself to back foot by making failed attempts to 'project' their Prince as a Leader & Statesman ! Hope the remaining two days of session will allow the passage of GST and some of other pending initiatives ...