vanishing soldiers

what is tarun´s
contribution?

By Kulamarva Balakrishna

Vienna,Friday, February 29,2008: If reports
are to be believed, an interest in a career
as soldier is vanishing in India.Formerly,
army jobs were prize jobs for middle class
professionals as well as rural poor.For the
rural poor it also served as a school for
character building and education in general.
A soldier also served as a factor in national
integration.In a country of one billion plus
there is no conscription.Voluntary service
remained competitive.Not all volunteers
were absorbed.In the wake of Chinese
invasion in 1962 many colleagues gave up
journalistic career to seeking emergency
commission.I myself offered to join but was
rejected as underweight.

But today things have changed. Army posts
now bring less in return home for the risk and
the vigil involved.In other fields salaries have
sky rocketed.Business if a craze. Those who
would have volunteered as soldiers are now
volunteering to be langoti monkeys or pantie
clad langoors for the so called nationalist
political forces,some of which even do not
recognize Indian national identity.With a newly
imported authoritarianism indulge in disturbing
the public peace as evidenced by the
Maharashtra Nirmana Samiti campaign against
immigrating North Indians from the backward
states there.Even in those poorer northern
states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar bribes
get indisciplined lot uniforms and power
as seen in U.P. where the change of the
government had to dismiss some 18,000
langoti monkeys from the uniform posts.
Similarly in the neighbouring Bihar, we see
policemen punishing suspects cruelly in
public.U.P boasted the Monkey Trade
Mark of the police by employing a man for
the top job of the force who came for duty
in sari and with bangles on wrist only to
sing his love for the Lord Jagannath.

With the lucrative chances of heaping up
cash without giving anything in return or
bringing harm by thuggery to the nation has
discouraged the tendency among young
men to volunteer to join the defense services.
It is indeed a sad state of affairs.Who should
take responsibility for this? Tarun Vijay?
Rashtriya Svayam Sevak Sangh? General
right opposition scum that undermined the
rule of law?

Between 1962 and 2008 political stability
security environment from surrounding India
has become extremely fragile.Unstable
Pakistan,Bangla Desh,Mynamar Nepal and
a fledgling Bhutan all face to face with a shrewd
China cause India´s security vulnerable.In
the South also Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka play
the role of Hindu Taleban.

Will you,Tarun Vijay, blow Pancha Janya and
address a new Bhagavadgita for the Indian
Rashtriyas? Will your indisciplined short pant,
cheddi boys volunteer to join Indian Armed
Forces, just for a routine seven years national
service?Take the writing on the wall Tarun young.
That is the need of the hour when from across the
border in Kashmir from K2 mountain high armed
volunteers are determined to cross the line of
control in deep snow.It is time to show patriotism
that is shouted from house tops.M.F.Hussain is
not the issue Tarun, the issue is national defense
and internal security.Both are very important.
Not sentiments but reality of danger we need
to face yaar bachche.(end)