The unconventional answer for protecting an unconventional nation: Unifying the elite to serve better and to counter international as well as domestic threats to India.

The waking call for military India, according to the general public perception, is only when there is an official breaking out of war. But, there is a lot more to warfare in the world we live today. Battlefields have evolved since the days when India dug its feet in Kargil last. They do not necessarily have to be the desert covered landscapes or snow-capped peaks. Today’s battles are fought, many a times, in silos and under urban or foreign settings, in lands which might, in no logical way, be connected to a nation’s occupation there.

What are Special Operations Forces?
 

The reference here goes to Special Operations (SpecOps) forces. To Quote Wikipedia on the roles played by the SpecOps, include “Special reconnaissance/military intelligence, unconventional warfare, and counter-terrorism actions. Special operations are sometimes associated with unconventional warfare, counter-insurgency (operations against insurgents), operations against guerrillas or irregular forces, low-intensity operations, and foreign internal defence.”

Neo Nair Choppers: Edition IV

 Monsters for the 4th edition of Neo-Nair Choppers are here..

SPECIAL (CH)OPERATIONS BIKE

Other than making a really loud sound while starting and grunting on the road as it goes, what about this bike doesn't scream Military operation! Its edgy fender and tank give it the right amount of kick to be called as a military designed vehicle. But somehow I gotta stick with a red seat and handlebars, that contrast it pulls with a green paint job would look brilliant.

Neo Nair Choppers: Edition III

Batch 3 is up, Check it out!

THE REVOLUCION CHOPPER

I was listening to Il Nino's album Revolution Revolucion when writing this album. And I wanted to make something bare boned and would scream ghetto monster. The front spring suspensions, the stripped down plain tank and holes punched into the back fender really did the trick on this one for me atleast.

Neo Nair Choppers: Edition II

Welcome to another edition of Neo-Nair Choppers! Here's a collection of four more awesome beasts from my measly drawing board on MS Paint. I won't go talking much on this one. Check em out and let me know what you think.

THE LONG FORKER

So this one's a throwback to a classic chopper design technique of putting twice as long forks on a bike. It gives a really cruising limousine look if you ask me.

Neo Nair Choppers: Edition I

  So here's introducing a brand new section to our repertoire here. This corner shall be called 'Neo Nair Choppers'(Chopper - Customized and/or hand built cruising bike). I first came across the phenomenon of choppers about 7 years ago, while watching 'The biker build off' that aired on the TLC channel. I was in love from the get go, each custom model was worth drooling an ocean over. 

What caught my attention the most was the sheer amount of customization that is possible on a chopper. Right from major parts such as fuel tanks to minute details such as foot rests. It appeared like a canvas which needed different tools altogether to create upon.

Out of the many ways that stood out in custom building a chopper, I was most intrigued by the 'concept or theme chopper' style. Here, you bike on a theme such as , say, an F16 fighter jet or Shelby Mustang and go about building a bike inspired from those elements.

I started out drawing sketches of these awesome creatures using my own imagination by picking a theme and going about designing a concept bike. It got tougher as staying or carrying pencil and paper everywhere was a hassle. Ergo, I started using the digital equivalent of the simple tools of pencil and paper, that is, MS Paint.

As it turns out, you can do some very interesting and cool stuff with that primitive old toolbox you've had since forever in your PC.

So here's my first edition of chopper designs for you to see. I hope you guys love them .There's about a 30 odd of these unholy beasts I've designed and are awaiting launch. So keep comin' back as I'll keep posting a lot more. 

I don't know about you folks, but I think there's something very Rock n Roll about choppers. Cheers!

(PS: Check the description below each design to know the inspiration for each bike..although some of them are just a motley of inspirations coming together)

 This is my take on a 'Bomber Chopper'. It had to have the meanest possible look ever..what says that better than a mean lookin' grinning tank and horns on the front mud-guard.

Terrorism – An HR and management perspective on how the world of terror thrives

The brand of terrorism has gone global since the 9/11 attacks and the world realized that even the most powerful countries can become a target. The modus operandi of terrorist organizations has become to widen their reign of influence beyond tribals and locals of under-developed and oppressed Middle Eastern countries to not just educated Muslims but also people of other religion even in developed countries. The perspectives of people towards the kind of people terror organizations attract has been limited since the late 80’s to what pictures rural Iraq and Afghanistan draw in their minds. The game today, in this limitless digital age, terror has become organized and flexible in its management than ever.

A TOI-let in need of a thorough scrubbing

The news appalls and the scenes shock...But c’est la vie in the seekers’ sneak world of journalism. The recent happenings are only a choiced pick of events where a targeted ‘Human’ decided to cough back a word or two to the wildly wielded tongue of national news writers. Personally, my feeling towards this kind of culture of journalism has two sides.

One, where I feel that this attitude of journalism, rightly pointed can bring about social change. If a similar zeal with which such dramatic-cinematic matters are pursued, a simple societal issue is picked and followed through...Imagine the gravity it would gather, the sheer volume of buzz. All that effort of an entire segment of news-makers aimed towards bringing the need for change to light.