Paranoid nationalism doesnt make us secure: Admiral Ramdas on JNU crackdown
February 23, 2016 09:17
Admiral (retd) Ramdas who served in the Indian Navy for nearly forty five years has come down upon the Union government's crackdown on the JNU and its student fraternity. Here are some excerpts from a piece penned by the admiral.
I have been a proud member of the uniformed fraternity for nearly forty five years before retiring as Head of the Indian Navy in 1993.
The present turbulence in our top academic institutions together with continuing manifestations of mob violence, totalitarian behaviour and intolerance, impel me once again, to speak up and share my concerns through this open letter.
My two recent letters to the President and Prime Minister have not elicited more than a routine bureaucratic response. I am well aware that I may be one of the few from the fraternity of retired military veterans who continue to take public positions which might not always be in support of government policy.
However, I see this is both a right and a duty of a former serviceman and a citizen like myself. I am well aware that serving members in uniform cannot express themselves as per the service conduct rules . However, we veterans out of uniform certainly can and must. If people like myself are quiet today, my grandchildren will ask me If not you then who, if not now, then when?
The article can be read in its entirety HERE.
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