EARTHWORMS

                                           EARTHWORMS…

                    Prof  Dr colonel ( Retired) K Prabhakar Rao 

                     Probably  the country needs war not one but many so that voice of army is heard by the civil servants.  . Some guys of course react that it was wishful thinking and out of frustration due to failure of civil government in reacting to demands of army. There is no frustration on this side. The real fact is that peace time army has no respect and also will have no respect especially in this land of oppertunists. This is truth whether some one likes or not. Many know this but out of modesty act as if not true or be a cat on the wall. They look other way. Many guys see Army as a waste of national resources. Are we maintaining army as a show piece as a safety factor? Second is rather true. We have already fought many wars and lost some major too. But for Army, Delhi would have been with Pakistan. In 1965, Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Pak President declared that He would have breakfast at Rawalpindi and lunch at Delhi or something to that effect. It shows how poorly he assessed and how very confident he was. They were so confident when American  M48 Patton Tanks lumbered across the borders in hundreds. Army then has shown what it means with World War II vintage American built Shermans and British Centurions. Kudos to them. Some guys who  claim to be the only  and sole experts in modern tank warfare might feel happy in arm chairs  probably without seeing a round being fired from a tank at real enemy. Cheers to them. Leaders like  former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and Jagivan Ram, Defense minister had guts and in fact Indians could have good lunch with roasted chicken and beer at Lahore. I am sorry. We are Gandhians. No Chicken and beer. We should not say loud. Topiwallahs ( Guys putting on caps) might get offended. We could have had some  raw vegetables and goat’s milk, peeled bananas and Parathas ( a type of Roti) in Lahore. Otherwise Gandhis soul would weep beating its chest and tearing clothes into shreds. We also would get into sins and land in hell.

                    But after 1971, we have gone into hibernation like shaggybears sleeping in caves or frogs sleeping under the earth.. Pakistan has gone nuclear. Rather we have turned a Nelson's eye to its activities. In similar situation, Israel smashed Iraq’s nuclear facilities. We only shout at pitch of voice and do nothing except to give long vague statements drafted by some babus and all knowing and eternal intelligent IAS men from the parliament and external affairs ministry that lead no where except to land the nation into a quagmire as faitaccompli. Now Pak is nuclear with missiles too. They can hammer us black and blue and probably they would do in next war. Their Al Khalid tanks reportedly are doing better and are in regular production. Our Arjun Tanks are mere sitting ducks even as per Janes weekly. Other Tanks such as T 90 are too having great problems. Guns are flowering too. Some concoction of T 90 hulls with turrets of Arjun is being thrust on army. DRDO would never agree to its faltering and letting down the army. Nearly 35 years have gone in discovering Newton’s law and Avagadros hypothesis again by them. and a junk Tin box came out not before scores of guys became Brigadiers, Major Generals, Scientists E , F and so on and many got VSM, AVSM and PVSM some with bars to the titles..         

                     Chanakya or Kautilya who was the master political leader in Magadha Empire ( He was the Prime minister to emperor Chnadragupta Maurya, contemporary of Alexander the great) wrote long ago that enemy should be smashed when he was weak. Our motto is to get smashed by enemy by remaining weak. We have failed to cut Pakistan into multiple pieces when it was not nuclear. We have not lerant lessons from History. None will come for our rescue in emergency. Who came to resue of Indians in previous wars? All Arabs were Cats on walls for whom we run around even today. Russians bless from a distance. But for American ( President JF Kennedy’s warning in 1962) threat, Chinese would have occupied Tezpur, the heart of Assam. They could have gulped Arunachal Pradesh formerly NEFA( North Eastern Frontier Agency). Can we do some thing strong against Pakistan now? We developed cold feet when Indian parliament was attacked. We sang Ram Dhun..Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram…. Pateeta Pavana seetha Ram.. Jai.. Seetha Ram….Hai seetha Ram… Oh Seetha Ram… Ram can never liberate Delhi from Pakistan or Arunachal from yellow men if occupied. Remember this.

                      We repeatedly prayed that wisdom should dawn on Pakistanis. Gandhi’s and Buddha’s sermons are pulling Indians rear wards finally to the doom day one day. It has done already in the past in 1947. Indian Army’s word would be never be heard as long as Army remains a ceremonial outfit without being active and without a strong rod that is called a spine that make people stand erect and stiff. People question why have such huge army and at all as white elephant when we make no use of it. To it ,we further add white elephants like Arjun Tanks more and more. Many years ago some one remarked that army should be used for constructional activities like fatigue parties (Labor ) and its ordnance factories and base workshops be used for making coffee pots.        

                    True, FM Kariappa ( the first Indian General who took over from British Commander in Chief) remarkably in his speech said Aaj hum sab Muft ho gaye hain ( We have become  valueless). He shoud have said Mukt ho gaye Hain ( We  have become liberated) when he delivered his famous speech after gaining independence. His prophecy has come true. Army has really become Muft.. He was weak in Hindi being a Koorgi ( person from Koorg a place in South India). As usual all North Indians feel that all south Indians are weak in Hindi and call them Tambis. The north south gap is still very much there. Although unknowingly he said these words, his statements were absolutely true. Aaj ham ( Army) muft ( Free of no value and in casual Hindi Phukat ho gayen hain ).

               True. Army in the eyes of all knowing IAS babus and Dhotiwallahs (Persons wearing Dhoti a long white cloth) and Topiwallahs ( persons wearing caps) and Safari suit wallahs and Jodhpur coat wallahs (People) and variety type fancy Turban wallahs has become a useless setup and of no consequence. They can be kicked and pushed around like a football. Usually football when is full of air bounces easily and when it strikes against a wall   comes back strong at the guy. A ball with less air sadly drops with feeble reaction. Army is like a deflated or punctured football now. It has to prove and justify and prove repeatedly its own existence. God bless the Indians and army’s future. It is loosing  its identity. The guys who cannot stand with spine shall fall down on the ground and have to crawl like earthworms searching for tit bits here and there. Others can easily trample them most cruelly.

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