VERY NICE
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Mohamed Jaffer <mjkassam@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can you hear a pin drop?
>
> What is the meaning of pin drop silence?
>
> Following are some instances when silence could speak louder than voice.
>
> Take 1:
>
> Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw once started addressing a public
> meeting at
> Ahmedabad in English. The crowd started chanting,
> "Speak in Gujarati. We will hear you only if you speak in Gujarati."
> Field Marshal Sam Bahadur Maneckshaw stopped.
> Swept the audience with a hard stare and replied,
> "Friends, I have fought many a battle in my long career. I have
> learned Punjabi from men of the Sikh Regiment; Marathi from
> the Maratha Regiment; Tamil from the men of the Madras Sappers;
> Bengali from the men of the Bengal Sappers, Hindi from the Bihar Regiment;
> and
> even Nepali from the Gurkha Regiment. Unfortunately there was no
> soldier from Gujarat from whom I could have learned Gujarati.".............
>
> You could have heard a pin drop
>
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> Take 2:
>
> JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early
> 60's when Charles DeGaule, the French President, decided to pull out of
> NATO.
>
> DeGaule said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.
>
> Rusk responded, "does that include the 180,000 who are buried here ?"
>
> DeGaule could not respond.
>
> You could have heard a pin drop
>
> -------------------------------------------------
> Take 3:
>
> Robert Whiting, an elderly US gentleman of 83, arrived in Paris by plane.
>
> At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his passport in his
> carry on.
>
> "You have been to France before, Monsieur ?",
> the Customs officer asked sarcastically.
>
> Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France previously.
>
> "Then you should know enough to have your passport ready."
>
> The American said,
> "The last time I was here, I didn't have to show it."
>
> "Impossible. Americans always have to show their passports
> on arrival in France !" , the Customs officer sneered.
>
> The American senior gave the Frenchman a long, hard look.
>
> Then he quietly explained ...
>
> "Well, when I came ashore at Omaha Beach, at 4:40am, on D-Day in 1944,
> to help liberate your country, I couldn't find a single Frenchman to show a
> passport to.... "
>
> You could have heard a pin drop
>
> --------------------------
> Take 4:
>
> Soon after getting freedom from British rule in 1947,
> the de-facto prime minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru called a
> meeting of senior Army Officers to select the first General of the Indian
> army.
>
> Nehru proposed
> "I think we should appoint a British officer as a General of
> The Indian Army, as we don't have enough experience to lead the same."
>
> Having learned under the British, only to serve and rarely to lead,
> all the civilians and men in uniform present nodded their heads in
> agreement.
>
> However one senior officer, Nathu Singh Rathore, asked for
> permission to speak. Nehru was a bit taken aback by the
> independent streak of the officer, though, he asked him to speak freely.
>
> Rathore said,
> "You see, sir, we don't have enough experience to lead a nation too,
> so shouldn't we appoint a British person as the first Prime Minister of
> India?"
>
> You could hear a pin drop.
>
> After a pregnant pause, Nehru asked Rathore,
> "Are you ready to be the first General of The Indian Army?"........
> Rathore declined the offer saying
> "Sir, we have a very talented army officer, my senior, Lt. Gen. Cariappa,
> who is the most deserving among us."
>
> This is how the brilliant Gen. Cariappa became the first General and
> Rathore the first ever Lt. General of the Indian Army.
>
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