Thursday 1 July 2010

Jai Jawan!!

I was reading India Today.It run a story on the corruption in the bulletproof jackets purchase for the Indian army. It's been haunting me for years... corruption in our military force!!!How can anybody do so??? I mean, how can anyone be such an esurient treasure chaser, eating up their own fence!
Unfortunately it's true...The first of such incident hit my eyes long back, when George Fernandez was the Defence Minister. I think it's about the coffins bought for the Karl martyrs. After that there was a series of such corruption cases and our armed force was in the news for all the wrong reasons.
One day i read in the newspaper about a Major  faking encounters to keep up the name of the regiment. I still can't digest the fact- faking encounters!!! where are we going, what's happening? why can't we just leave our armed forces alone, save them from these greedy thugs?
You may think why am i making such a fuss about corruption. It is  so common in India, widely spread, more than the roads. Yes, it is true and i know that in India there are a number of battens. But, i expected the military force to be beyond petty chicanery. I am scared, these kind of greedy acts may result in some imperceptible events. It has the power to shake the roots of the democratic set up in our country. Why risk such a strong impact for a little money. I know gold diggers eye only gold, nothing else matters to them. But think, you have all the money in the world, but no way to spend them or even worse some one else eats out all of that. See what is happening in our neighboring country.
The jawans in the Indian military force are the custodians of our democracy. They guard us throughout the year in hostile situations, risking their life,away from their family; so don't we have a right to provide them with everything to keep them safe, at least for our safety.
More than the coffins i was more concerned about  the bullet proof jacket thing. Its true we have to bury our brave jawans with all the honour..but it didn't happen and they won't come back and ask for it. But, here we are talking about the ones alive. They are going out on the field risking their lives to fight against some unknown enemies. Interestingly, their enemies are equipped with the best in the industry safety covers and equipments.. Our jawans! they go out there with nothing much to boast about.It is just their love for the country that is motivating them to go out and fight it out against all odds.Jai jawan!!!
The India Today story also tells us that the commander in charge of the unit which used the bullet proof jackets complained against it to the authorities, but no reply. After a long wait the jawans went ahead with the faulty jackets and paid with their life. Who is there to blame? The dumb and mute armed forces' authorities who are sitting somewhere in the military mess, enjoying the meal away from all the troubles, or the politicians who shamelessly sacrifice our armed force just to grab some of those crispy notes? or the media which takes up and publicises all the wrong news and keeps their hands off from the real issue?

After the bombing incident in Mumbai and the death of one of the bravest police officer Hemant kalkare there was huge uproar against the lack of safety equipments in the police force for a few days  As the days passed and Mumbai sprung back into action, all was forgotten. Now, there is nobody to take up the case and again the political parties started their drama baazi... Are we waiting for something of that sort to happen again so that these issues should be brought back into the headline? Why wait ? Why can't all of the media take up this issue and force the government and the concerned authorities to do something about it. When thousands of tongues shout, the message will definitely go in to the ears of those terribly mute.

These kind of events kill the morale of our armed forces. We have one of the best army in the world, let us keep it that way.  Let us fight for those who risk their life to secure our life. Jai Hind!! Jai jawan!!

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