#The last bastion 2018 series#

We as a nation need to think, introspect and implement changes to stop this down slide in the last bastion of our country. At least I never came across during my 20 years of military service. Is it so normal and common? Well! by any analysis, it is not so. A reaction given soon after the incident of 16 CAVALARY in 2012. Our PM and the Chief may underplay, in the interest of the nation and the organization, by stating ‘that our army is 12 million strong and such small incidents do occur’. Then the question arises, what has gone wrong with our Armed Forces? It should trouble us far more than the incident like that of beheading our soldier by the Pakistani troops on the LOC. For them, their officer could be trusted blindly for their well-being and honour. Your own ease, comfort and safety come last, always and every time”. These officers who love their men more than their folks, who lead them into battle with a smile and similarly these men always considered their officers as virtual gods. The honour, welfare and comfort of the men you command come next. Where have the thing gone wrong? After all these officers were selected and trained into the military ethos which is guided by the Chetwode Credo of the Indian Military Academy, that says, “The safety, honour and welfare of your country come first, always and every time. My experience tells that this organisation is crowded with great fire fighters, where the effort of all at first instance is to brush the things under the carpet. The country should be forced to think of the larger reasons that have gone wrong and force course correction. A permanent injury from insult and shame of getting assaulted by your own men is unfathomable. Why does the situation develop into an ugly scenario so fast and regularly these days where jawans gang up and thrash up the officers flushing down the drain rich traditions, customs and ethos that we have been boasting for more than a century now? It is difficult to even imagine what mental trauma these officers must have undergone. Over the past decade, there have been regular reports in the media on suicides, fragging and to add further insult the incidents of officers getting beaten up by their very own men they commanded. We need to carry out an analysis and act fast to restore the shaking Astha. And if this was not enough, the news of arrest of a colonel for highway robbery in Mizoram appeared in press.Īll these faith shaking revelations and allegations of corruption have a collateral price to be paid.

#The last bastion 2018 series#

The latest in the series being the allegations of the Military Secretary taking bribe for promotion. Well the story of corruption is not so new but the magnitude is ever increasing by the day. The horrific revelations of a former Air Chief having taken bribe in the VVIP Helicopter deal, has betrayed the faith of millions in uniform. As the ubiquitous theme of the corporate dystopia in popular science fiction has it, resistance against the corporation and its evil managers can come only from subversive actors,constituting the last bastion of individuality and agency.…the question of, what has gone wrong with our Armed Forces should trouble us more? Probably far more than the incident of beheading our soldier by the Pakistani troops on the LOC. As the ubiquitous theme of the corporate dystopia in popular science fiction has it, resistance against the corporation and its evil managers can come only from subversive actors,constituting the last bastion of individuality and agency.ĪB - The future is dominated by mega-corporations, determining every facet of production, consumption and social interaction.

N2 - The future is dominated by mega-corporations, determining every facet of production, consumption and social interaction.