Oh monday morning…u come once in a week..and we all so loath thee..
Ha..one stupid attempt to make some poetry up..oh why do I even try?
and my morning times of India says: “India, a superpower without fire”
A wonderful article, and I sincerely want to thank TOI for putting it up front. What amazes me, though, is that the highlighted fact here should be that most of the defence deals are waiting due to bureaucracy and reed-tapism…and the country blames the politicos, not that they don’t deserve the blame, but not in entirity. The armed forces need to be technologically upgraded constantly.
I have a question here. Do we lack talent in India that we always have to look-out for technologies from elsewhere. When Indians can be the talented IT workers, who says they can’t be dedicated and talented scientists? But as the saying goes..”its all in the money, honey!”
The state of DRDO, and other such defence research organisations is well known. There is an exodus of scientists from these firms to join IT companies offering them huge pay packets, and this is alarming. if India’s defence is always going to be dependent on foreign arms supplies, all dreams of becoming a superpower must be abandoned.
A part of the defense budget must be allocated to research, so that DRDO & others are able to recruit more skilled personnel, get new equipment, and deliver on time.
This is not planning for today…its planning for tomorrow…maybe the day after too.
And maybe this future superpower can pay some heed to the people who work so hard to make it a superpower…see that its women are secure, its children not famished, and it does not depend on anyone else….for anything.
amen