![]() the US Army), we ought to also focus on the preposterous sense of entitlement that an army uniform engenders (with certainly officers and also soldiers expecting superlative treatment, if not outright monetary discounts, at establishments selling products and services to the general public with soldiers being used as domestic help by officers with soldiers talked down to by officers), the archaic cantonment system (the natives are a pleasant lot, once you get to know them), the even more puzzling perks system (artificially depressed rental prices, free of charge private communication, subsidized canteens and travel - why cannot all of this be monetized and published as part of the compensation package?) and the use of of a foreign language (English) by the officer class (helpful when called upon to defend the green fields of England, of course).Solving these issues - no easy task, for they are firmly entrenched - shall transform the Indian Army into a more professional and effective one at any rate, into one closer to the society it seeks to defend.The current role of the army officer, (morally) superior to (most) civillians and patronizing towards juniors, cannot be sustainable in the post-colonial world, once universal education kicks in and every single person has the right to be treated with dignity and hold a political opinion. This divide is mitigated by the fact that the army continually recruits, and this process is open to all.However, whilst we are on the subject of comparing the Indian Army with the most modern and professional of armies (i.e. The article does well to point out a fanliig in the Indian Army, in that it remains cut-off the civilian mainstream. ![]()
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