Nor was it Borbora's first observation. The Telegraph is trying to
twist >Borbora's statement by implying that (according to Borbora)
the senior officers >in the forces are hypocrites. He himself being
s senior officer could not have >said it, but the way the telegraph
has reported, it gets implied.
*** I don't know what Borbora said, other than what I read in what
Hrishikesh Saikia posted.
However I saw the word "hypocritical" printed with quotation marks,
indicating it was an exact word used, even though it is not clear if
the context was what the Telegraph implied.
Question now is WHY Borobora would have used that word? Perhaps the
context was different as Hazarika implies. Can we ask Hazarika to
tell us what the correct
context might have been, in which the term "hypocritical" might not
have been targeted at those " senior officers"?
He himself being s senior officer could not have said it, but the
way the >telegraph has reported, it gets implied.
*** I do not have an implicit faith in the Telegraph's journalistic
standards or even integrity. But, I must ask WHY Borbora could NOT
have "said it"? Just because he too is a member of that elite group
of 'senior officers' does not necessarily PREVENT him from 'spilling
the beans' on those others who he considers "hypocritical", does it?
If it does or did, that would indicate a cartel of silence, wouldn't
it?
Borbora COULD be laboring under the burdens of such an attitude. But
we don't know that, do we? What was in the news, either in Telegraph
or elsewhere, that would indicate that Borbora is silenced by an
ethos of the fraternity of thieves, where one would not speak ill of
another ?
Perhaps Hazarika knows more than he stated in the post. But unless it
is stated clearly, the arguments made here do not hold up to
scrutiny. Is there possibly a bias here that holds the ranks of the
armed forces' officers' corps to a standard of excellence and honor
that is undeserving?
I don't ask that question frivolously. I know some 'senior' officers
in the Indian armed forces myself. They may not be as high ranking as
those being discussed here. But what they tell me is NOT pretty. They
say that SOME of Indian armed forces' top brass' ethics do indeed
reek.
cm
At 6:34 AM +0530 4/4/07, Shantikam Hazarika wrote:
It seems to be mischievous reporting again. None of the local
dailies have twisted what Borbora said the way Telegraph has done.
You will find that the quotation attributed to Borbora in the
Telegraph does not justify the heading or the leading paragraph..
Nor was it Borbora's first observation. The Telegraph is trying to
twist Borbora's statement by implying that (according to Borbora)
the senior officers in the forces are hypocrites. He himself being s
senior officer could not have said it, but the way the telegraph has
reported, it gets implied.
Needless to state the Telegraph editor, sitting in kolkata has found
it a bit unpalatable that an Assamese is heading the Eastern
Command. Hence he had to see how he can 'spin' the news so that at
least some feathers in the forces would get ruffled which may be
detrimental to borbora's career.
Shantikam hazarika
On 4/3/07, Saikia, Hrishikesh IN BLR SISL
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Air Marshal spills beans on 'hypocrisy'
OUR CORRESPONDENT
Barbora speaks at the media conference in Shillong. Picture by
Eastern Projections
Shillong, April 2: The indifference of successive governments and
disillusionment with the "hypocritical" conduct of seniors have
forced a large number of officers from the Northeast to quit the
services.
That was Air Marshal P.K. Barbora's first observation after he
assumed charge as air officer commanding-in-chief of the Eastern Air
Command.
Addressing a news conference in Shillong, Barbora said several
efficient young officers of the Northeast were leaving the services
because they were "highly sentimental" and could not cope with the
"hypocritical" attitude of their seniors.
"The indifferent attitude of the earlier governments towards the
Northeast, coupled with a feeling of alienation, have led the
defence forces to a situation where it has a negligible number of
personnel from the Northeast. Earlier governments tried to use the
same yardstick for all problems in the region and that led to
chaos," he said, adding that the situation was changing gradually.
The officer said modernisation of airfields like the one at Tezpur
in Assam was on his list of priorities, as was the implementation of
the Force Multipliers Programme. Sophisticated missiles are to be
added to the IAF's arsenal under this programme
<http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070403/asp/northeast/story_7598466.asp>
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