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The Indian Army in Kashmir

 
By Anonymous at Wed, 2006-02-22 18:38 | Ask SlashIndia

Desicritics is running an interesting post by Morquendi who spent a few days in Kashmir and has a few interesting tidbits to share about the conduct of the India Army.

He cites two instances which makes him to conclude that the Indian Army is an invading army rather than an enforcer of peace:

  • Manhandling of a STD booth owner by some army jawans.
  • Soldiers doing their thing on the rice fields.

Read the entire post here, and most importantly tell SlashIndia what you think about it.

1. I think the first point

By neeraj on Wed, 2006-02-22 18:41

1. I think the first point exactly proves the opposite - the Indian Army is NOT invading and they are trying to do some good....
the jawans form the lowest level of executive control in the army ...their actions, especially if they are done against the order of their superiors cannot be deemed to reflect the true nature of the army. Infact as it is mentioned that once the soldiers spied that a senior officer is coming they speedily emptied the STD booth, which is proof of the fact that the officer would not have approved of their actions at all. The officer is higher up in the execution chain and his actions, or rather his uprighteous image that instills this fear in the jawans is in fact a compliment to the Indian army. The conduct of officials higher up in the hierarchy is a better indication of the nature of such an executive force.
I don't really think that there is any army in the world where such actions would not happen or where the flow of control down the execution hierarchy would be completely unadulterated by the power that they enjoy.

2. about peeing in rice fields, I don't think it proves anything - almost half of this country not only pee's but also poo's in fields..there is little reason to believe that the soldiers did what they did because it was kashmir's rice fields and wudnt have done that on any other rice field...i think the guy has a soft corner for rice fields..in India we pee whenever and whereever no one is looking..also on a purely scientific note i think it is beneficial for the crops ;)

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Two deadly sins.

By Sudhanshu Raheja (not verified) on Thu, 2006-02-23 11:26

I am sure he did bother to ask what the commotion had been about, but he failed to mention it on his blog. The fact that has been disturbing me is that why didn't they just tap on the door and ask him to finish quickly, like it is done in the rest of our great country. But I secretly adore the principals of the booth owner who decided to put his own life in danger, and did not ask morquendi to come out of the booth.

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