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In India, except for his colleagues and a few others, no one is really interested in a soldier's autobiography or biography.
‘When war breaks out, truth is the first casualty.’
The general acceptance of wars, terrorism and violence in the Muslim world comes not from Islam but from the cult of the warrior that dominates the politics of most Islamic countries these days.
A major lesson learnt from this whole episode was that in every situation of ‘urgent purchase’ of defence items, every vendor, no matter from which country, would exploit the situation.
The opposition blames the government for the lack of defence preparedness but simultaneously kicks up a ruckus over every defence purchase.
