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luckySnow

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Posted: 7 years ago

#11

Originally posted by: deepikagupta9
Like bucephalus , Maharana Pratap's horse Chetak also was very brave horse , he also saved Maharana Pratap many times , even died while saving maha Rana Pratap . Chetak also never allowed anyone else ride him accept Maharana Pratap. Maharana Pratap also grieved heavily on death of Chetak.
There is samarak dedicated 2 Chetak in haldighati

Yes remember chetak

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luckySnow

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Posted: 7 years ago

#12

Famous statue of apex and bucephalus in macedonia

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sashashyam

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Posted: 7 years ago

#13

I have seen this statue when I was posted in Belgrade. In those days, Macedonia --- which is currently a hot contestant for being THE Makedonia of Alexander with the Greek Makedonia. ---. was one of the six constitutent republics (provinces) of Yugoslavia.

Shyamala Aunty

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Famous statue of apex and bucephalus in macedonia

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sashashyam

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Posted: 7 years ago

#14

But Alexander wanted to assimilate the Persians with the Macedonians, so why would he deliberately humiliate the Persians?

It is another thing that he burnt down the palace in Persepolis to complete the Greek revenge against the Persians for the invasion and conquest of Greece by Xerxes.

Shyamala Cowsik

Originally posted by: luckySnow

His special stable was filled with mares they say😆 and alexnader actually took bucephalus into the main chambers of persipolis palace( seen by many historians as intentional to disrespect Persians)...

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Vicariously

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Posted: 7 years ago

#15

Originally posted by: sashashyam

I have seen this statue when I was posted in Belgrade. In those days, Macedonia --- which is currently a hot contestant for being THE Makedonia of Alexander with the Greek Makedonia. ---. was one of the six constitutent republics (provinces) of Yugoslavia.

Shyamala Aunty

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Famous statue of apex and bucephalus in macedonia

Aunty, I would like to become a diplomat too 😛 It must be an enriching experience, to revisit and get an approach in your daily life of different communities, their history, their culture and their lifestyle. I hate leading a daily life like a routine. I wish each day of my life would be different, where I get taught and to learn new things, meet new people, travel in a new country, encounter the diversity which composes this World.

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sashashyam

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Posted: 7 years ago

#16

Oh yes, my dear Deepika, Chetak was a phenomenon. He carried Maharana Pratap to safety after the battle of Haldighati though he was himself mortally wounded. Maharana Pratap must have been crippled by his death, just as Alexander was after the death of Bucephalus.

Shyamala Di

Originally posted by: deepikagupta9
Like bucephalus , Maharana Pratap's horse Chetak also was very brave horse , he also saved Maharana Pratap many times , even died while saving maha Rana Pratap . Chetak also never allowed anyone else ride him accept Maharana Pratap. Maharana Pratap also grieved heavily on death of Chetak.
There is samarak dedicated 2 Chetak in haldighati

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sashashyam

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Posted: 7 years ago

#17

It is all of that, Sweety, which is why I chose the IFS over the IAS. I had stood first in the All India Civil Services exam that year, being the first woman to do that, of which I am more proud than about having come first. So I could have chosen any service I wanted.

That was also because I am a nomad at heart. It is not for everyone, being uprooted lock, stock and barrel every three years or so, kid's schooling disrupted and his friends lost, my own friends left behind, and a host of problems while settling down in the new environment and working to make a whole set of new contacts in the establishement of the new country.

Not all the countries where one is posted are pleasant or even safe. Anything can happen at any time. I was once, in the immediate aftermath of Operation Blue Star in 1984, besieged in the Indian Embassy in Bangkok by a 5000 strong crown of Sikh protestors who were planning to wreck the building. The Ambassador was out at lunch, luckily, and I told him not to come back till I called him. I then went down, talked to the leaders of the crowd, and got 12 of them to come to our conference room in the Embassy to let off steam.Luckily, they did so,at great length,and then agreed to go away after presenting a very strong memorandum to the GoI.

However, it was touch and go,and could easily have gone the other way, for the Thai police could not have got there in sufficient strength in time. It was an interesting experience.

Many of my IFS colleagues, women and men, have faced even more dangerous situations bravely and successfully.

Then again, I was, though not in danger, but under great strain, with my Sasha only two months away, when a hijacker held an Alitalia plane hostage at Bangkok airport for three days. There were 4 Indian MPs and 29 other Indians on board. I had to practically stay at the airport for all that while, and see to it that everyone of our people was taken care of after the situation was defused and the hostages released.

But of course the positives far, far outweigh the negatives, and I loved all my 38 years in the IFS. You should definitely give it a shot and take the AICS exams next year! I will keep my fingers crossed for you to sail through and get the IFS.

Shyamala Aunty

Originally posted by: Vicariously

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Vicariously

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Posted: 7 years ago

#18

Originally posted by: sashashyam

It is all of that, Sweety, which is why I chose the IFS over the IAS. I had stood first in the All India Civil Services exam that year, being the first woman to do that, of which I am more proud than about having come first. So I could have chosen any service I wanted.

That was also because I am a nomad at heart. It is not for everyone, being uprooted lock, stock and barrel every three years or so, kid's schooling disrupted and his friends lost, my own friends left behind, and a host of problems while settling down in the new environment and working to make a whole set of new contacts in the establishement of the new country.

Not all the countries where one is posted are pleasant or even safe. Anything can happen at any time. I was once, in the immediate aftermath of Operation Blue Star in 1984, besieged in the Indian Embassy in Bangkok by a 5000 strong crown of Sikh protestors who were planning to wreck the building. The Ambassador was out at lunch, luckily, and I told him not to come back till I called him. I then went down, talked to the leaders of the crowd, and got 12 of them to come to our conference room in the Embassy to let off steam.Luckily, they did so,at great length,and then agreed to go away after presenting a very strong memorandum to the GoI.

However, it was touch and go,and could easily have gone the other way, for the Thai police could not have got there in sufficient strength in time. It was an interesting experience.

Many of my IFS colleagues, women and men, have faced even more dangerous situations bravely and successfully.

Then again, I was, though not in danger, but under great strain, with my Sasha only two months away, when a hijacker held an Alitalia plane hostage at Bangkok airport for three days. There were 4 Indian MPs and 29 other Indians on board. I had to practically stay at the airport for all that while, and see to it that everyone of our people was taken care of after the situation was defused and the hostages released.

But of course the positives far, far outweigh the negatives, and I loved all my 38 years in the IFS. You should definitely give it a shot and take the AICS exams next year! I will keep my fingers crossed for you to sail through and get the IFS.

Shyamala Aunty



Aunty, I would like to become a diplomat too 😛 It must be an enriching experience, to revisit and get an approach in your daily life of different communities, their history, their culture and their lifestyle. I hate leading a daily life like a routine. I wish each day of my life would be different, where I get taught and to learn new things, meet new people, travel in a new country, encounter the diversity which composes this World.

Aunty, thank you so much for the detailed reply, and for generously sharing with me your career journey, your bundle of experiences as well as your genuine feelings about every event you had been through. India Forum is indeed a great platform if it makes us encounter with such veteran, experienced and wise person like you Aunty, who has lots to share and to teach to us youngsters. I loved your reply for the fact it really helped me to balance my view on such career. I was all in for the positive outcome of such profession, naive that I am 😆 but I have never considered or rather very leisurely the risks and perils which can consist such professions. I would have gladly given a shot to AICS as you adviced me too but I am currently studying law in France so I am not sure how the system works here. In fact the law field was a great surprise to me because I had a really negative preview of it thorough friends, from ear to mouth, as if it was a really strict, competitive and stagnant field but once you get in, and you get yourself to familiarize with the different subjects, and concepts involved and you take genuine interest in classes, and keep on striving to give your best through your works, it really isn't that bad but the hardest thing is here at university, your professors are really not after you, to check upon you and to verify if the works are done. You have to dwell within yourself the will, volunteer and determination to give your best, sometime they don't even provide minimal directions or methods to direct you in the right path, it's all upon you. Which is why the percentage of success in law field is very low especially in those top law universities where it varies in between 20-30% I am in one of them and the atmosphere is indeed really suffocating sometime, with people forming their own groups of solidarity, to dig against or drown others, unhealthy competition etc. But your child is doing her best aunty 🤗 I plan to study international laws to be able to work in later in international organizations.

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