A series on the plight of retired army officers - I
He sits blankly staring in the distance in a drug induced stupor. 34 years, four wars and a lifetime given to the country and all he has to show is public shame and ignominy, 83 days in jail housed with common criminals and financial ruin.
Burdened by debt, threatened with arrest, mistreated and humiliated by sub inspectors and inspectors, the likes of whom would not have ventured within miles of him, the soldier in him fights on.
On the other side of the story sitting on a lawn chair in the Lutyens Delhi bungalow of a cabinet minister, with a smug smirk on his face lips slightly stained by the tobacco laced pan he is addicted to - the broker knows that his vice -like grip over the soldier is tightening by the day and soon the soldier will die, his dazed family will surrender on his demise and the broker will own is property.
Complaint after complaint unheeded, case after case, one police inquiry to another, the soldier fights on, a losing battle but then a battle nevertheless.
Is there an underbelly to the Modi government? Is it plagued by the same disease as the Congress? Is propaganda concealing reality?
I will pose these questions to you through the facts and do not be surprised if you start to feel that no one is honest.
He sits blankly staring in the distance in a drug induced stupor. 34 years, four wars and a lifetime given to the country and all he has to show is public shame and ignominy, 83 days in jail housed with common criminals and financial ruin.
Burdened by debt, threatened with arrest, mistreated and humiliated by sub inspectors and inspectors, the likes of whom would not have ventured within miles of him, the soldier in him fights on.
On the other side of the story sitting on a lawn chair in the Lutyens Delhi bungalow of a cabinet minister, with a smug smirk on his face lips slightly stained by the tobacco laced pan he is addicted to - the broker knows that his vice -like grip over the soldier is tightening by the day and soon the soldier will die, his dazed family will surrender on his demise and the broker will own is property.
Complaint after complaint unheeded, case after case, one police inquiry to another, the soldier fights on, a losing battle but then a battle nevertheless.
Is there an underbelly to the Modi government? Is it plagued by the same disease as the Congress? Is propaganda concealing reality?
I will pose these questions to you through the facts and do not be surprised if you start to feel that no one is honest.
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