The persistent shortage of officers’ cadre in the armed forces and army in particular is well known fact. There has been a deliberate media campaign to attract the youth towards the profession by hosts of measure by the government- one of which is the well known signature line (my blog heading above) of the ad campaign to join the Indian Army. Also refer, this report at http://www.india-defence.com/reports-4148

So I'm asking a question here, which is not a very healthy state of the nation which claims to be the emerging world power. Do take a poll and let your opinion count, to spread the awareness and in helping to find a solution. Compulsory military conscription is one of them and debatable. Let's first find the resons leading to such a problem before working out the solutions. So go ahaed and take the poll. And do let me know if the similar problem is there in your country as well.

2. Batman and Robin are now Batman and Pedro. Batman fired Robin and hired Pedro because Pedro was willing to work twice the hours at the same rate

3. Iron man is now "air-pooling" with Superman to save fuel costs.

4. Women are finally marrying for love, and not money

5. Question: With the current market turmoil, what's the easiest way to make a small fortune? Answer: Start off with a large one.

6. The credit crunch is getting bad isn't it? I mean, I let my brother borrow $10 a couple of weeks back, it turns out I'm now America's third biggest lender.

7. Q: Why have Dubai real estate agents stopped looking out of the window in the morning? A: Because otherwise they'd have nothing to do in the afternoon

8. Q: What's the difference between an American and a Zimbabwean? A: In a few weeks, nothing.

9. Dow Jones is re-branded as "Down Jones"..

10. Quote from a wall street banker: This is worse than a divorce. I’ve lost half of my assets and I still have my wife…..

A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.

SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"

DAD: "If you must know, I make 100rs an hour."

SON: "Oh," the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: "Daddy, may I please borrow 50rs?"
The
father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can
borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you
march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you
are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish
behavior."

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's
questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:
Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that 50rd and he really didn't ask for money very often. The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

"Are you asleep, son?" He asked.

"No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier" said the man.

"It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the 50rs you asked for."

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. "Oh, thank you daddy!" He yelled.

Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The
man saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again. The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his father.

"Why do you want more money if you already have some?" the father grumbled.

"Because I didn't have enough, but now I do," the little boy replied.

"Daddy, I have 100rs now. Can I buy an hour of your time?

Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

The father was crushed. He put his arms around his little son, and he begged for his forgiveness.