Judging a victory
Amartya Sen | Nobel laureate in economics, professor of economics and philosophy at Harvard University
The Indian Express
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While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
Together with the IFS and IAS you should also have added Gen V.K. Singh, former Chief of Army Staff, who has had the ignominy of being demoted from the Ministry of External Affairs to Roads and Highways.
I see this as a disturbing trend for two reasons.Firstly, it is indicative of a dearth of talent in the BJP. Imagine having 352 MPs and not being able to find a Foreign Minister!! Secondly, which is even more dangerous, if the bureaucracy and defence services are taking a sharp right turn they can never fulfill their constitutional duty with equanimity.
Will JS would be real EA or Modi would hog or hug all limelight, and Shankarji would remain a minister for rescue of Indians in overseas.
Together with the IFS and IAS you should also have added Gen V.K. Singh, former Chief of Army Staff, who has had the ignominy of being demoted from the Ministry of External Affairs to Roads and Highways.
I see this as a disturbing trend for two reasons.Firstly, it is indicative of a dearth of talent in the BJP. Imagine having 352 MPs and not being able to find a Foreign Minister!! Secondly, which is even more dangerous, if the bureaucracy and defence services are taking a sharp right turn they can never fulfill their constitutional duty with equanimity.
Among the former bureaucrats, Jaishankar got a prize portfolio