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Sleepless in siachen
We first reached Base Camp, at 12,000 feet. Our instructor Lance Naik Mohammad Latief Khan told us not to get adventurous, and stay as cool as possible, but at this place, where one felt so close to the Almighty, I wanted to walk all over the mesmerising terrain. But within the first hour, we thanked Khan: we were getting breathless. We had to stay there for four days to get acclimatised. And it was then that we saw the porters and the link commanders. The first were people who carried our heavy luggage, scampering about like mountain goats; the others were soldiers who knew the way between camps blindfolded; they have to work practically blindfolded when heavy snow obliterates all landmarks. Hence, if Almighty was just within reach in the sky so close above, he had already sent his seconds-in-command to us as porters and link commanders. And all their hopes lay in OP Baba.
He was a soldier – Om Prakash – who died fighting the enemy alone sometime in the mid-1980s. After a while, he started coming in the dreams of soldiers, often forecasting trouble and guiding them out of it. From then on, no team goes up or leaves Siachen without propitiating the spirit of OP Baba at the picturesque temple, an all-religion affair created by the army. We did the same.
As one walked, the toughness of the terrain unravelled itself. Feet felt lead-cast. Besides, some unfathomable feelings gripped our hearts when we walked on the ladders over crevices; we could hear the sound of gurgling water somewhere deep down below but couldn’t see it: they told us that anyone hitting that bottomless pit would reach temperature levels of minus 200 degrees. Two months before we reached, the bodies of two soldiers who died falling in those crevices 14 years ago, had been recovered, still un-decomposed.
On the trek, our truest friends were the porters, and no one was so grateful to porter Tsengey than TSI lensman Mukunda De. Here, the “safety rope” is the margin between life and death, so one has to cling on to his rope all the time. But with a 12 kg camera bag, his own 16 kg luggage, and a steady rush of chilling wind, Mukunda had the onerous job of taking pictures. So when Tsengey took away his luggage, he realised the core value of the word 'relieved'.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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Sleepless in siachen
We first reached Base Camp, at 12,000 feet. Our instructor Lance Naik Mohammad Latief Khan told us not to get adventurous, and stay as cool as possible, but at this place, where one felt so close to the Almighty, I wanted to walk all over the mesmerising terrain. But within the first hour, we thanked Khan: we were getting breathless. We had to stay there for four days to get acclimatised. And it was then that we saw the porters and the link commanders. The first were people who carried our heavy luggage, scampering about like mountain goats; the others were soldiers who knew the way between camps blindfolded; they have to work practically blindfolded when heavy snow obliterates all landmarks. Hence, if Almighty was just within reach in the sky so close above, he had already sent his seconds-in-command to us as porters and link commanders. And all their hopes lay in OP Baba.He was a soldier – Om Prakash – who died fighting the enemy alone sometime in the mid-1980s. After a while, he started coming in the dreams of soldiers, often forecasting trouble and guiding them out of it. From then on, no team goes up or leaves Siachen without propitiating the spirit of OP Baba at the picturesque temple, an all-religion affair created by the army. We did the same.
As one walked, the toughness of the terrain unravelled itself. Feet felt lead-cast. Besides, some unfathomable feelings gripped our hearts when we walked on the ladders over crevices; we could hear the sound of gurgling water somewhere deep down below but couldn’t see it: they told us that anyone hitting that bottomless pit would reach temperature levels of minus 200 degrees. Two months before we reached, the bodies of two soldiers who died falling in those crevices 14 years ago, had been recovered, still un-decomposed.
On the trek, our truest friends were the porters, and no one was so grateful to porter Tsengey than TSI lensman Mukunda De. Here, the “safety rope” is the margin between life and death, so one has to cling on to his rope all the time. But with a 12 kg camera bag, his own 16 kg luggage, and a steady rush of chilling wind, Mukunda had the onerous job of taking pictures. So when Tsengey took away his luggage, he realised the core value of the word 'relieved'.
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
Read these article :-
B-schooled in India, Placed Abroad (Print Version)
IIPM in Financial times (Print Version)
IIPM makes business education truly global (Print Version)
The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM)
IIPM Campus
ZEE BUSINESS BEST B SCHOOL SURVEY
For More IIPM Info, Visit below mentioned IIPM articles.
1500-plus IIPM students placed across the country with 44 bagging international offers
IIPM set to beat economic slowdown
IIPM, GURGAON
IIPM - Admission Procedure
IIPM awards four Bengali novelists
The Hindu : Education Plus : Honour for IIPM
IIPM ranked No.1 B-School in India, Management News - By ...
IIPM Ranked No1 B-School in India
Moneycontrol >> News >> Press- News >> IIPM ranked No1 B-School in ...
» IIPM ranked No1 B-School in India :: Education, Careers ...
The Hindu Business Line : IIPM placements hit a high of over 2000 jobs
Deccan Herald - IIPM ranked as top B-School in India
India eNews - IIPM Ranked No1 B-School in India
IIPM Delhi - Indian Institute of Planning and Management New Delhi ...
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