Indian military veterans should provide that direction by raising uncomfortable questions of the defence services.
In an op-ed in Defense News, John Sayen lays down the tenets for reforming the US armed forces. Surprisingly, the broad parameters encompass the direction that any initiative for real military reform in India should also consider.
So what can we do [...]
…as part of a comprehensive reform process for the Indian defence services.
In the recent years, the CAG has been critical of many aspects of the Indian military’s logistics and supply chain setup — from planning and procurement to storage and supply. As the CAG reports, although tabled in the Parliament, are not publicly available, these [...]
In an article for Dainik Jagran of Februaray 3, 2008, venerated defence analyst and head of the Kargil Review Committee, Krishnaswamy Subrahmanyam had asked for a Blue Ribbon Commission for the Indian armed forces .
While the politicians and the Government have been paying lip service to the armed forces in the last sixty years since [...]
Previous post on the subject – Stuck in a different age
This is the summary of another of Don Vandergriff’s forthcoming books – Manning the Future Legions of the United States: Finding and Developing Tomorrow’s Centurions. While his book primarily refers to the US army, there are huge parallels with the current day Indian military in [...]
Michael Wade, one of my favourite bloggers, had listed the ten ways that organisations encourage unethical behaviour. The succinct and pithy list goes as:
Shooting bearers of bad news.
Labeling dissenters as incompetents and malcontents.
Letting the end justify the means.
Aiming solely for legal compliance instead of ethical behavior.
Seeking to be right instead of doing right.
Justifying questionable behavior [...]
The biggest hue and cry about the induction and role of women officers in the military was with the statement of the then Army Vice Chief a couple of years back- “We can do without them”. It ended with an unconditional apology from the General. The defence minister’s subsequent promise to the Parliament is going [...]
Delivering the Thirteenth Field Marshal KM Cariappa Memorial Lecture, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram spoke on “Emerging India – Economic and Security Perspectives”. He covered a wide gamut of issues concerning the economic and security landscape of the country. However the insistent theme in his narrative was of actively seeking transformation while resisting calls for [...]
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