Dedicated to the Indian Army!

[dbc]

..........ok I'm crazy....I scream out loud outta the sunroof

were you howling at the moon? ..

 

[dbc]

Death by Chocolate

oh dear what did I do wrong this time?

 

[third eye]

I think India should take a lesson or two from its failed attempt to capture Lahore and of course the Long March.

Lahoris aren't shy from taking on the adversary all on their own.

Light hearted banter during war time... All India Radio ran a very popular radio progremme called Radio Jhootisthan then.

For the record, India did not attempt to capture Lahore in '65. The attack was essentially to relieve pressure on Chhamb & other areas. It served the purpose.

Capturing cites / towns does not make military sense, ' threatening ' them pays greater dividends. The IA stopped on the Ichogill Canal.

I still have some memorabilia of the Bata shoe factory on the outskirts of Lahore brought by my dad back then.

 

[DarkStar]

Listen, My father was listening to India radio during the 1965 war, as he could get the reception in Kasur, a border town on the way to Lahore.

The radio station quoted the Indian general (I need to find his name) boasting that he will be taking his evening drink at Lahore Gymkhana, and that they had captured Kasur. As a young boy he was surprised, because whiel Kasur was bieng heavily bombarded, no Bharatiya troops had yet captured it.

 

[Gabbar]

oh dear what did I do wrong this time?

You took my spoon!!!

 

[PAFAce]

The radio station quoted the Indian general (I need to find his name) boasting that he will be taking his evening drink at Lahore Gymkhana, and that they had captured Kasur. As a young boy he was surprised, because whiel Kasur was bieng heavily bombarded, no Bharatiya troops had yet captured it.

You are absolutely correct. The Indian Army Chief in 1965, General J. N. Chaudhry, invited senior officers for drinks at the Lahore Gymkhana before launching a three pronged attack at Punjab. The objective was to capture the Grand Trunk road by the end of the day, thereby controlling all access to Lahore and Sialkot. Unfortunately, the only thing he accomplished by the end of the day was proving his incapability. The Indians should be more angry at him than us, because his over-confidence got a lot of their men killed.

For those who claim India's intention was never to capture anything but just to divert the Pakistani forces, please read up on some history. Your own politicians speeches of the time said the exact opposite. I do not remember the exact words, but your own foreign minister said that if India could defeat the Portugese in the South and force the Chinese back behind their borders in the North, then they could crush Pakistan in the West. This was a time when many Indians still dreamt of a United India (Pakistan + India + Bangladesh), and so this rhetoric worked to gather popular support for Indian aggression against Punjab.

 

[anoopsaxena76]

History is just a bunch of recorded lies told by the the powers that were, at the point in time.

India has it's history of lies, Pakistan it's own.

And funny thing is we all fight over it.

Regards,
Anoop.

 

[PAFAce]

History is just a bunch of recorded lies told by the the powers that were, at the point in time.

India has it's history of lies, Pakistan it's own.

And funny thing is we all fight over it.

Regards,
Anoop.

Well said, Anoop. Very well said. I wish it were easy to stop lying and fighting.

 

[third eye]

You are absolutely correct. The Indian Army Chief in 1965, General J. N. Chaudhry, invited senior officers for drinks at the Lahore Gymkhana before launching a three pronged attack at Punjab. The objective was to capture the Grand Trunk road by the end of the day, thereby controlling all access to Lahore and Sialkot. Unfortunately, the only thing he accomplished by the end of the day was proving his incapability. The Indians should be more angry at him than us, because his over-confidence got a lot of their men killed.

For those who claim India's intention was never to capture anything but just to divert the Pakistani forces, please read up on some history. Your own politicians speeches of the time said the exact opposite. I do not remember the exact words, but your own foreign minister said that if India could defeat the Portugese in the South and force the Chinese back behind their borders in the North, then they could crush Pakistan in the West. This was a time when many Indians still dreamt of a United India (Pakistan + India + Bangladesh), and so this rhetoric worked to gather popular support for Indian aggression against Punjab.

Psy warfare...

The aim was achieved wasn't it, PA troops were diverted from J&K .

 

[Blossom]

were you howling at the moon? ..

oh Yeahhhhhhhhhh...howling at the new year's moon

 

[Blossom]

oh dear what did I do wrong this time?

you just misunderstood..if only you could speak Punjabi

 

[duhastmish]

Or could understand punjabi!
But whats with lala ji?

 

[Blossom]

I guess lala ji means brother...not sure

mai kya jan vi diyo lala ji

 

[duhastmish]

lala reminds me of - metallica song - la lala la lala laaaaaa - lala ji - memory remains?

 

[Blossom]

o ayo ayo aaaa you tell me la la la lies.....