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STATUS ,MONEY AND PRECEDENCE.... ARMY STRUGGLES
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Thu, 09/04/2008 - 08:37. Army Chinese india ISI JF Kennedy pakistan status and image There is lot of tussle going on over the pay, status and equivalaence. Status depends on following:
a. How much money you are making this way or that way
b. What is the official power you enjoy in society
c. Do have some thing with you i.e authority for which others flock to you
d. Are you given special powers and authority as commissioned officer in civil society
e. Are you given exemption for vital things in society or made to stand in line always along with sundry and whores, pimps and some times anti socials too.
How much money you make is agin controversial. governmnwt servents can not make fortunes if they are limited to their prescribed salary as per what they get as pay cheque.
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INDIAN ARMY OFFICERS AND CORPORATE WORLD
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 11:31. Army ego frustration rehabilitation. Corporate worldFundamentally Indian Army officers no doubt have many good qualities such as leadership, ability to lead men in crisis, Withstand hardships etc. However their actions are completely limited to four walls of uniform bound limits. Most of the jobs are got done by the order and discipline that is inbuilt in the system. Fear of punishment, adverse remark and loosing promotions loom largely on them. As brought out by some, Army officers who slog around for 20 years to earn pension get outdated compared to corporate sector. Usually corporate sector likes to take people at senior and Middle level who can straight away deliver goods.......................
EARTHWORMS
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Thu, 07/24/2008 - 10:38. Al Khalid Army Ayub Khan Centurions Delhi DRDO Jagjivan Ram Kariappa Field Marshal Koorgi Lahore Lal Bahadur Shastri Nilgiri pakistan Sherman tanks warProbably 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 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 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 experts in modern tank warfare might feel happy in arm chairs without seeing a round being fired from a tank at enemy. Cheers to them. Leaders like 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 might get offended. We could have had some vegetables and goat’s milk, peeled bananas and Parathas in Lahore. Otherwise Gandhis soul would weep beating its chest and tearing clothes. We also would get into sins and land in hell................
AFTERMATH
Submitted by K Prabhakar Rao on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 10:24. Army Cadets Chetwode Indian Military AcademyThe imposing buildings at Indian Military Academy the prestigious and world famous Institution no doubt greatly inspires the cadets who undergo training. Sadly they are ignorant of life ahead of them and fate awaiting them. No career in society is nobler than the career in Army, Air force or Navy. But sadly in the current days it has been downgraded. In the melee of civil domination great damage has been done to these Institutions. Yet our officers and men go about their duties in mechanical way sticking to the oath they have taken at the academies. Within few years the cadets who gointo life realise the facts. But it is too late. They have to do their best in the circumstances, slog it out only to fade into oblivion unsung and unheard. As some one said, they are fed, housed marginally and spent off as gun fodder.