It didn’t matter if one were a student, journalist or a businessman.
When the time came in 1962, we all offered our services to the country. Such
was the overriding spirit of nationalism which drove us at that time. Now,
things have drastically changed
The 50th anniversary of the 1962 India-China war this year, roused a lot of
passions in the country. Much of it was hot air, interspersed with some
critical analyses of the war and its aftermath. The analyses focused on the
strategic inadequacies of the national leadership, in handling national
security, that continues to this day. Even the national leaders’ suspicion of
the Armed Forces’ leadership still persists, as seen in Parliament during the
General VK Singh episode.
