INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN.. NOV 2020

INTO THE PAST WITH PAIN...2020 Nov 

Dr K. prabhakar Rao

Gandhi Patel and Nehru are sitting in a room in heavens.Gandhi is lying on a old cot. he is coughing  frequently.

Nehru. Bapu , you may like to gulp some cough syrup. 

Gandhi. I had two minutes ago. this damne cough does not leave So easily.

Patel. Yes babu. it has been troubling you greatly.

Gandhi. Patel . I have read in news paper about  some pension problems in services. What's that ...caughs..Uh uh uh

Patel.  Yeah ..I also read.  now  India has a chief of Def staff. Another guy to fish in troubled waters.

Gandhi. Why so ?in fact services wanted a CDS After Kargil war.It took nearly twenty years to appoint one.

Nehru. by appointing a CDS, services have burnt their own  hands. 

Gandhi. Why so?

Nehru. now every service chief wants to become a CDS . Rat race has commenced.  all the three chiefs are doing their role in rat race. other Lt gen are in rat race for chiefs place.It is also not a must that a retired chief will only become CDS. they can even promote a Lt Gen or any one that suits them .

Patel. it happens.They are expecting CDS to be a five star general. but till date it has not been sanctioned.

Gandhi.I think CDS is playing to the tune of babus and the top leadership. unless  he is  an yes man he will not get heavier brass. so he is always ready for the  dance and song. he plays to the tune merrily.

Patel. India in fact messed up its economy in the covid scene.  the country  is witnessing  economic chaos. Babus are crying about pension bill  of services. But they are not crying about pension bill of civilian employees in min of defence or in other civil services.

Gandhi. I see. Some trouble is brewing . Some guys are trying to hit services under the belt.

Patel. already we are in great troubles. Now they are up into something more dangerous for the nation.

Gandhi. What they are planning ?

Patel. now CDS is planning to increase the retirement age of some cadres and also reduction in pensions all of a sudden  of some categories.

Gandhi. how can he do that. will he give up his pension?

Patel .. no he will not do that.  He will hit under belts of others.He is safely placed. HE served full years and is on extension . THe suckers are the guys and officers and men who leave early.  they will get low pension if they decide to leave and also they were deprived of promotion due to steep pyramid structure. there is no NFU too . IAS officers  and police guys get NFU.  ARmy guys Are deprived of every thing. On every front army guys are on loosing front.

GAndhi. How bad it is. army being managed so badly by our guys and political  masters. THen why they should sacrifice themselves for this thankless nation. 

patel. true. SErvices are at receiving end at all fronts. govt promised OROP and then ditched them. OROP has not been revised too although they promised. POor services are  sucking thumbs .Bapu ....You know the veterans were on long hunger strike at Delhi.

Gandhi I know that, tHey were even lathi charged by dElhi police guys. HOw shameful it is. there was no reaction from top brass. I am sure many guys were happy too. I am hundred percent sure that it was ordered by. Senior guys and top leadership knew about it.

PAtel. I think India is the only country in the world where services are looked down, their status cut salaries lowered and   Any more problems

GAndhi. these are the ills of a democracy  in a country that got independence from whites. MOre so because Pakistan fell to military rule. Apart from Bangladesh. THe political leaders and top leaders are always worried about a coup

Patel. Herut was damne scared of gEn Thimmayya in sixties

NEhru. WHy should I .

Patel. YOu are surely scared. YOu upgraded air and naval chiefs. C in c was abolished. CAriappa was down played after retirement.Hecwas forgotten.Even Manekshaw was insulted later. no top leader attended the funeral if Sam Bahadur.

GAndhi. Patel. our days were over long ago.Now new generation has taken over.It is up to them to take country ahead or sink it.

Patel. I am sure they will sink it the way things are going. God bless our country.

Gandhi.  True

Nehru. Bapu I am feeling sleepy. Let us disperse.

All ....ok    Bye.

CURTAIN FALLS DOWN 

 Patel.