I agree: all people are equal but some are Special. General VK Singh is that Special someone!
I take a look around and I see the stark difference; he is a
face in a large crowd.
I think: how many people I know who are as courageous, as honest, with so much integrity,
and are committed completely to our
country. And very few faces flash by. General
VK Singh’s is amongst them.
I don’t know many people – Army Chief in particular - who have had the courage to take on the entire Establishment in order to fight for
one’s self-pride and honour. It must have been very hard to fight the
system which is infamous for being the most twisted and corrupt in the world.
Though we humans are supposed to be born vertebrates but there are few who have
the guts to stand on their spine. Otherwise, our world is inhabited by crawling
invertebrates all around.
I haven’t heard of any Army
Chief who made his mission to cleanse the Army of dubious deals and
characters. And in turn become an eyesore – a big thorn in the murky ways of
the corrupt system – and get targeted with frivolous things like age row. His
detractors tried to malign him with motivated claims that he wanted an
extension as the Army Chief, which was as true as Lord Ram’s wife Sita lying about her ‘days’ in Lanka!
I don’t know of any Army
Chief who was strong enough to take the entire corrupt system head-on and
did not deter from even taking the all powerful Government to courts after
having tried his best to make government acknowledge its mistake and restore
his honour and self-pride. And when
the honourable courts asked him to “flow with the wind”, he regretted having
gone to it for justice and with disgust he dropped his claims. But he never
showed any bitterness and acted with utmost dignity.
If I am asked that I know of any Army Chief who would have continued with his crusade of exposing the corrupt deals within the Army and not
succumb to the so-called pressures of “acting as per the dignity of his office”
and thus not get into the depths of decay within, I will say, NO!
I cannot recall reading about any Army Chief having the strength
to withstand the malicious campaigns against him which were so vindictive that
his reputation could have been into tatters. “Coup”, “bugging defence minister’s
office”, “lying about Rs. 14 cr. bribe offer”, “leaking his own letter with
details of deficiencies in the Army’s preparedness for war”, “bringing Army
secrets into the public thus endangering the nation”, “damaging the relationship between civilian government
and the army”, “vengeance at the core about his orders against erring officers”,
… the charges are endless.
And, I haven’t heard of
any Army Chief who was so close to his fellow country folks’ hearts!
India loves General
VK Singh! And we are so proud of him! Hope the transformational changes
initiated by him in the Army are carried forward by his successor. (Honestly,
the possibility of this coming true is remote.) Honestly, I wish he could continue as our Army Chief forever!
And I hope General
Singh does not retire from public life post his retirement as the Army Chief on the 31st of
May this year. I am sure he will
continue to lead India towards greater dignity
and integrity and thus respect in the global arena! And transform our country: from
Invertebrate India to Incredible India!
I salute you, General
Singh! You will forever remain India’s
Special VK Singh, General! :)
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“Badi mushkil se hota hai chaman mein koi deedawar paida …” ---
nothing seems to be more apt than these legendary lines from Tuloo-e-Islam by
Allama Iqbal about General VK Singh!
