Jun 26, 2026 · 10 min · 5 segments
A good solid foundation for everybody in everyline of work starts with Theory meeting practise via an Apprenticeship. I have applied it to learning the ropes in management, as do large corporate…
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On the training ship, which was anchored in the middle of Bombay Harbor, We were schooled in typical Indian Navy style.
Alongside professional subjects from 0830 to 1500 hours, we learned naval etiquette, especially the unique naval salute required whenever passing an officer or instructor on deck.
Officer-like training also meant proper grooming, regular visits to the ship's barber, understanding uniform codes such as number eights, number twos, and six Bs, and even knowing the purpose of a kamar bandh.
Outside the classroom, we learn practical seamanship, using oversight stages while fellow cadets man the ropes to build trust, painting with a warp and weft brushstrokes without holidays or gaps, using grease guns and cleaning or de-sludging engine room bilges.
Instructors supervised every task to maintain high training standards and often making us repeat jobs until perfection was achieved.
Twice a week, holy stoning the wooden decks was part of life on the training ship.
The eight tops, which are much like houses in a boarding school, were assigned different areas across the decks and cadets were divided into three teams.
One crouched on the haunches along the fore and aft blanks of the ship, scrubbing with holy stone blocks made of sandstone.
A second team who was engaged in sprinkling dry sand ahead of them, which was used as an abrasive.
and a third team which handled seawater hoses and long-handled brushes, lubricating the work and washing away the remaining sand to leave the wooden decks sparkling.
It scrubbed away our hang-ups, our prejudices and any discomfort we may have had about manual or menial work.
On the training ship, which was anchored in the middle of Bombay Harbor, We were schooled in typical Indian Navy style.
Alongside professional subjects from 0830 to 1500 hours, we learned naval etiquette, especially the unique naval salute required whenever passing an officer or instructor on deck.
Officer-like training also meant proper grooming, regular visits to the ship's barber, understanding uniform codes such as number eights, number twos, and six Bs, and even knowing the purpose of a kamar bandh.
Outside the classroom, we learn practical seamanship, using oversight stages while fellow cadets man the ropes to build trust, painting with a warp and weft brushstrokes without holidays or gaps, using grease guns and cleaning or de-sludging engine room bilges.
Instructors supervised every task to maintain high training standards and often making us repeat jobs until perfection was achieved.
Twice a week, holy stoning the wooden decks was part of life on the training ship.
The eight tops, which are much like houses in a boarding school, were assigned different areas across the decks and cadets were divided into three teams.
One crouched on the haunches along the fore and aft blanks of the ship, scrubbing with holy stone blocks made of sandstone.
A second team who was engaged in sprinkling dry sand ahead of them, which was used as an abrasive.
and a third team which handled seawater hoses and long-handled brushes, lubricating the work and washing away the remaining sand to leave the wooden decks sparkling.
It scrubbed away our hang-ups, our prejudices and any discomfort we may have had about manual or menial work.
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