See, i guess you are reading my post(pg32) wrongly. I'm not lamenting abt British tradition. I'm all abt Indians not evolving their own indentity which is much better or as good as(subjectively) what British held at that time. IA as independent entity exits for more than 60 yrs. And people are talking abt falling Indian standards. Why? It is not a self-admission that it hasnt evolved. I take this example give below to put forward my point.manjgu wrote:kanson.. i cant understand you lament about british tradition and why is it holding back IA ?? what negativity do you see in that?? i think IA is contant evolving and responding adequaltely.
It is useless to blame anything on netas& babus. If then you dont need leadership in army; only netas and babus can run the Army, infact i guess that is what happening. Why you feel IA cant make changes. Let say, Chief, Commanders, and all Generals collectively make a decision of not importing any weapon by calling a conference with CII and media and forward that to Def. Ministry and President, let say, which netas and babus have the gall to import any weapon. This way you make a mark, you bring a tradition, you move forward for your own indentity.more than IA , i think it is the netas and babus ( majorly) who are holding back the nation. imagine what will a babu do if everything is privatized ??
recently met a british national who also happens to a be some kind of nuclear scientist/ engg. he said it is the stated policy of british govt not to import major arms and to focus on indegenous development
Dont we have a stark example of Siachen de-militarization before us.