Shameful," was the response of a wide cross-section of retired and serving armed forces personnel.
Said a Brigadier, "We, as a nation, simply don’t respect or remember our heroes. Cricketing ones are honoured even after 25 years of winning a world cup, soldiering ones are forgotten promptly after the war is over. The nation turns to the armed forces only in times of emergency."
But then, added another officer, what else do you expect from a nation where till recently the Service chiefs were frisked at airports, while even Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra could sail through the security checks. "It’s only after the media took up this issue that the embarrassing matter was resolved," said a Colonel.
