Dear Colonel Athale Thank you very much for bringing out this article on Maj General Palit. It is indeed heartening to know about our long term thinking among Military strategist(s). Thanks are also due to rediff because of them we could know of a soldier like MajGen Palit. I look forward to more such articles but one question that keeps bothering me is lack of interest(my perception) of joining military services in these age and times. I keep also reading about our officers/soldiers quitting frequently. I understand that people in general in this country still hold army(and not necessarily paramilitary forces) with due respect,but yes respect alone can not hold against numerous options except for those who choose defence services. When i hear on 140 Chinese intrusions in a year and our excuses of LAC not being defined,i am not sure what to make of it.We may not be a nation of agressors, but we must defend what is rightfully ours. I was reading reference to Gurodongma while Chinese intrusions were described and could relate to it as i have been there. Why do not we have military exercise on Himalayan borders,last one was perhaps 15 years ago !! Noone respects the weak.We still have a long way to go to our erstwhile glory as a Nation even though we may not want to project it consciously. Thanks & Jai Hind
