A NATIONAL SHAME

He was the greatest warrior and a legend in his community. His commitment to his duty was unquestionable. He was among the last of the endangered species of true patriots of this country. He was Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw.

Every citizen in this country who knows anything about the Indian armed forces would have learned about him, except the parliamentarians of this country who are totally blinded by the cancer of politics to such a grave extent that they neither respect nor recognize true patriots anymore.

It’s a shame that the parliamentarians of this country who are able to find time and logistics to attend the birthday party of a Chief Minister don’t have the gratitude to salute and pay homage to a legend and a patriot, but for whom and others in his class, they would not have been gifted with this Akshaya Patra (a vessel with infinite wealth) called “Independent India” who they butcher day in and day out for their own political interest.

As far as it concerns the three Service Chiefs who stand tall more on their snobbishness than on their feet, I only feel they would really not have found themselves dignified enough even to stand in front of the dead Field Marshall, leave alone when he was alive.

But who is bothered about a National Shame in a country filled with shameless nationals