The only sensible solution is in having a separate pay commission for the armed forces.
The ties we fostered at NDA were borne out of enduring hardship together, ours are 24-carat bonds that would easily pass the test of time and trials. This camaraderie is the most perdurable gift of NDA.
A nation neglects its soldiers at its peril. Instead of structural tinkering through pay commissions, it makes sense to have a separate pay commission for the defence forces.
A nation neglects its security at its peril. And Sainik Schools are a pivotal cog in the security apparatus.
One hopes the big daddies of South Block and DRDO realise why radical reforms are so crucial.
The decreasing interest in joining the armed forces should worry not just the ministry of defence but the nation too.
'Why did Mother Sea do this to her children? He could not rationalise it.'
On this third anniversary of the tsunami, let us remember and salute the Indian armed forces for their admirable devotion to duty and for flying the Indian tricolour high.
The NFUP smacks of an extremist version of masochism. It's tantamount to: You, there, c'mon clobber me, but if you leave me alive I'll disembowel you!
Pilot Officer O M Nirmal Kumar, with barely 200 hours of flying experience, nearly pulled off an improbable forced landing of a crippled jet. Jet pilots will vouch that to force-land a jet is the devil's own job.
The N-treaty volte face is a big loss of face for our country. I wonder who will take a frivolous India seriously now. Given the resounding triumph of Leftist blackmailers, wannabe blackmailers can roll their sleeves up and expect a field day hereafter.
New Mobility (November 2001) had recounted the accounts of friends and co-workers who imperilled their lives to save two wheelchair-bound mortals.
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