Velapanti Diaries 9 CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL HAPPENINGS THROUGH THE PRISM OF ‘ NERVE OF LEADERSHIP ’ “ To a true Leader the word ‘ nerve ’ offers a wide gamut of inflection, ranging from knowing the nerve, have the nerve, holding the nerve, pressing the nerve, losing the nerve, to bundle of nerves, and even battle of nerves; showcasing courage, spirit, audacity, guts, insolence, sarcasm, humour, and so on with equal ease! ” – Col RS Sidhu Nerves of Steel What differentiates a true ‘ Leader ’ from a ‘ bureaucratic head ’, in any domain, is a deep understanding of the term ‘ nerve ’ in relation to leadership. Here, identifying own and the adversary’s ‘ nerves of vulnerability ’ is as critical as is the ‘ inflexion point of the nerve ’; the point, quantum, and time frame, of the pressure to be applied to make it collapse. A lot has been articulated over centuries on leadership; is a leader required…are leaders born or made…ideal traits of a leader…and even on the...