Views of Lt Col BK Rai

From: Bhanu Kumar Rai [mailto:bkrai2005@yahoo.com]
Sent: 15 November 2009 12:52
To: Kamboj Chander
Subject: Re: SOME OF THE EMAILS RECEIVED FRFOM MEMBERS - "REPORT MY SIGNAL" - EMAIL 773/2009 - 14 NOV 09 (H to Z)

Lack of recognition of the Armed Forces and veterans in our country is a fact of life. Even in large cities and major establishments, the staff are ignorant of basic things about the Armed Forces. Even educated executives do not know much about ranks in the three services. This is one of the reasons for the prevelent general apathy.
Merely complaing about this will not help.

If some senior retired veterans think of reinforcing the ESM media cell and work out a campaign for a programmed public education initiative on Defence and the importance of the Armed Forces for the stability of our society, it may help in the long run.

The bureaucracy have a vested interest in keeping the Defence forces under their thumb and playing them down. Many of the honorable Members of the Parliament are just apathetic or plainly ignorant. If we cannot think of improving the situation, no one else will.

Can we think of involving some senior and sympathatic scribes like Karan Thapar, Kuldip Nayyar, and BG Verghese and TV editors like Arnab Goswami, Rajdeep Sardesai, Barkha Dutt etc. to guide and help the media cell.

-Veteran BK Rai, Bangalore
(Lt Col BK Rai, 3rd Tech Grad Course IMA, Founder Chairman of UPTRON Group, Former Chairman HCL and 20 other companies, Former Secy to Govt of India)
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