Dear Chief, Nov 2010
Your interview with Karan Thapar, in the prime time tv news channel programme ‘Devil’s Advocate’, was very inspiring and truthful. Corruption and its counterpart, sycophancy, have become the Army’s bane. Even with your most sincere and honest intentions to exorcise the twin virus of corruption and sycophancy, which plague the Army, my optimism in the matter is rather tenuous. Systems are as good or as bad as the people who make it. Therefore, the need of the day is to make the Army’s rank and file steeped in the culture of Character, Competence and Courage. The Good have to win over the Successful, always and every time. This will demand of the top rungs of the Army’s hierarchy, to do some honest soul searching and introspect into their own career growth.
You and the Army have to invest in the young leaders (both, officers and pbor) for a clean break from the prevalent culture of ‘ends justifying the means’. Market forces have overtaken military values and opened the flood gates for mediocrity to flourish. System building can only come about when the bulk of the human resource in the one million plus Army is, transformed from a follower into a leader. A leader who is driven by character and leads more from personal than positional authority. It is then and only then, that your conviction of soldiers and subordinates standing up to the wrong of their seniors will get realized.
I, send you a copy of my Book for your reading, as I feel that its contents are in keeping with your thoughts and may provide the desired direction to the Young and Middle rung officers.
I had also written to you earlier, when you were the COAS designate and in Eastern Command. The theme of the letter was similar and dwelled upon the Road Ahead for you as the Chief. I hope you remember.
With very warm regards
Yours truly,
Sarvesh Dangwal
Brig (retd)
Dehra Dun-248001
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