ABC ,Please read INdira's violent Return article in Express to under the autocracies of Indira.Indira was responsible for what we see corruption even at lowest ladder making common mans life miserable

In 1998 NDA/BJP made Nuclear tests without ANY REASON because the world knew India's capacity since such tests were already done in 1974. In reply to NDA's 1998 FIVE tests in Pokharan, Pakistan responded within two days with SEVEN nuclear tests. Similarly Kargil was instigated by BJP and the end result is that now our country is facing terrorism. The army officer can reveal certain facts only after his retirement in order to protect his job.

I see so much of outrage over the 'UPA Conspiracy to defame NDA'. When you go on rampage criticizing Panditji and Indiraji to Rahul on a minute to minute to basis, was it not dividing the society? Almost all of what what you people say about Congress are lies! It hurts when the rock hits you. Stop and think what YOU are doing! Stop throwing those rocks like mad monkeys! Shed that hate for Panditji, Indiraji and Rajivji, They're our jewels!

It is admirable that the Indian Defence Reviw reportedly has published an outspoken article by an ex-DCOAS on the Kargil operations and their aftermath.Not having read the article in full,it will be incorrect to comment on the contents. May one request the Indian Express to please arrange to reproduce the artcle on the internet,if necessary, in instalments ? It may be revealing and interesting about one of the greatest battles our Army fought with traditional valour under the most difficult conditions in the world. tcle on the internet,if necessary, in instalments ? It may be revealing and interesting about one of the greatest battles our Army fought with traditional valour under the most difficult conditions in the world.

This looks more like a Congress sponsored attempt to generate controversy and shift the blame for timid response to 26/11. During every crisis and conflict we are always under pressure from super powers and different world lobbies. That limits our response be it 1971 (lost opportunity to solve Kashmir), 1989 Siachin (another lost opportunity).

I fail to understand the numerous comments from the readers without any sprinking of history therein. Nawaz Sharif, the Ex PM of Pakistan has admitted publicly that Pakistan lost more men in Kargil War then they lost in 1965 & 1971 wars put together. If still this retired General says that response of India was "Timid" then I think that this General has gone senile. Secondly, the terror factor was introduced when daughter of then Home Minister Mr. Mufti Mohd. Saeed was kidnapped in Kashmir in 1979. Thereafter the Indian government after government played politics on the issue of terrorism and now it has become a worldwide menace. If you have guts and if you are truly Nationalistic remove Article 370 immediately- the result will end of separatism and terrorism in J&K in 3 years time. Secondly - no relationship at all with Pakistan on all fronts. Third - Any mischief from Pakistan to be replied instantly and with force more than required. Learn from Israel - Forget Gandhi for all times.

Brig Ashok Joshi has responded like a true gen.It is sad and also unleaderlike for the Gen to write after a decade such a negative book on indian military which paid heavily in defence of its motherland with sacrifice of its brave men&material.If he truly had facts&figures and his intentions were honorable he should have stood up to the then leadership and exposed their shortcomings rather than waiting for TEN long years and make an attempt at muckracking.

This is not the first time our leaders have let the country down by not giving the paki thugs a befitting reply which has time again used this as a sign of wekness and embarked upon risky adventurism . Had India responded effectively during the Kutch aggression by Ayub Khan/ Bhutto & co., 1965 war could have been avoided ( just read Gohar Ayub's statement ). Kargill was no exception.

Gen Harwant Singh's statement is based on Facts. Has India responded Attck on Parliamnet and Kargil misadventure of Pak, India would not have seen so many terroirsts attacks. We have proved that India is a coward state run by timid politicians and unfortunately brave Jawans are paying the price with their lives to save the brigade of Politicians who are just like Eunuchs. As if this was not enough, the butcher of Jawans in Kargil (Gen.Musharraf) was given red carpet welcome and our great PM and Chairperson enjoyed cricket match in his company. Jawans don't deserve to die for such timid, coward politicians. Hope they will wake up now or it would be never.

After a embracing the NDA government with a wish list and expectations, people have realized how this crooks cheated them ( religious corruption using RAM for wining votes, Coffin Corruption, Communal carnages , escort services for terrorists ...endless list ). Once out of power BJP and NDA are in disarray and the crooks are out to cut each other throats. I am quite shocked to see comments on UPA , instead of looking into a very serious charge placed on record by Army General. The very army which we trust our security and lives to protect us. It is not a question of UPA or NDA. People of India as Indians have to raise and ask all political parties how they intend to protect the country.

Our Generals of the Army are confusing the Public. Some Generals, especially the retired ones say that our Army is illequipped to fight China or Pakistan. Some Generals in service say that we would give a fitting reply to the aggressors. What is the real position?

The General has put it well. Gutlessness pervades through all Indian government actions and reactions. Has India ever been assertive in anything? It is no wonder China and Pakistan are wiping their shoes on India and the US notices India in passing. In no world forum does India take a bold stand and make itself felt. The putrid leadership is to blame for this. As a result, 1.2 billion people in the country have a disgustingly low rating in the world.

truth is inthefact thwt we are hypocrates. If we believe in secularism, why we agreed to have a country on base of religion, and allow lakhs of indian suffer in Pakistan on name of religion?fact is we had surrendered inm 1947 against religious zealots. They are curse on humanity nad they are making every pakistani( indian)Suffer. since they have got a country on basis of hatred, they have only one strength with them i.e. hatred. They have no national idemntity, they have no sense of belonging, because if they develop it then their fanatic struggle of creating pakistan will become meaningless. so for their survival, they are to keep the flame of hatred, which created the nation of pakistan, alive till the time they can afford. we are to realise this truth at home as well as across the border, or pretend to be peaceloving and compromising and get thousands wounds to bleed till eternity

I bet this is a well disguised attempt of UPA to shift the blames of their failures to their predecessors. Everybody knows that UPA's performance in their previous stint was horrible as far as tackling the issue of terrorism was concerned. India faced more terrorist attacks in last 5-6 years not because of Kargil or Tashkent but simply because UPA virtually enticed them to come and attack by removing the only existing deterrence we had namely POTA - in the name of vote-bank politics. And not before the attack on Mumbai on 26/11 shook the nation (forget about countless others which preceded 26/11) they realized their mistake and hurriedly got together to enact a renamed version of POTA again. Now coming to Kargil - this war deserves a special mention in modern history. No nation has fought a war in 20th or 21st century with so much restraint and has still achieved the desired results. Somebody has rightly pointed out that even a full-blown war wouldn't have fetched us this result!

The problem is that Indians are not aware of how much enemy of thiers is this terrorist Pakistan till 26 Nov 2008. Before that from Indias side only appeasement and wooing went on to this terrorist Pakistan. It was a Pak strategy to hold so called peace talk between India and Pak while 26/11 was being performed. Some so called Pseudo-intellectuals in India at first mentioned that,while Indo-Pak "peace talk" was going on this 26/11 happened, hinting Pak is good but West is bad. This is the Indian Public Opinion of Cunning and terrorist Pakistan by Indians. In fact Indians are so much confined top their internal affairs that they are not aware of who their most dangerous external enemy is.

I bet this is a well disguised attempt of UPA to shift the blames of their failures to their predecessors. Everybody knows that UPA's performance in their previous stint was horrible as far as tackling the issue of terrorism was concerned. India faced more terrorist attacks in last 5-6 years not because of Kargil or Tashkent but simply because UPA virtually enticed them to come and attack by removing the only existing deterrence we had namely POTA - in the name of vote-bank politics. And not before the attack on Mumbai on 26/11 shook the nation (forget about countless others which preceded 26/11) they realized their mistake and hurriedly got together to enact a renamed version of POTA again. Now coming to Kargil - this war deserves a special mention in modern history. No nation has fought a war in 20th or 21st century with so much restraint and has still achieved the desired results. Somebody has rightly pointed out that even a full-blown war wouldn't have fetched us this result!

The Indian army general's point that a weak response to Kargil by India led to a series of terrorist attacks on the country is a valid one. Let us remind ourselves that for almost two years leading up to 26/11 attacks, India had been hit by terrorist attacks practically every two months resulting in many, many deaths. Still, Manmohan Singh did not move against the home minister Patil, who would show up in hospitals in "sympathy" for the bereaved in impeccable suits. I started out as a strong Manmohan Singh supporter, but now have strong reservations about him as an effective PM. His coalition received a good mandate in the recent general election, which his government could have used to move forward with economic reform legislation with urgency. But nothing has happened. There is talk of "we will do this and that reform" but things do not move forward with speed. The political system is sick and suffers from inertia. Meanwhile, Pakis and others exploit India's weaknesses.

It is unfortunate that to sell a book the author wishes to blame his comrades. The then COAS,Army Cdr,Corps Cdr and others did whatever was possible to give reply to the intrusion which had taken place.You could not have taken steps to have the matter escalated to war like situation. But the question still remains as why nobody was sacked for the intrusion which remained undetected? I wish the author has highlighted this,as i have no desire to read this book as he has been writing on every subject with which he had no association.

kargil or no Kargil Pakistan will always have some excuse or the other to bleed India. The real analysis that need to be done is does India have any excuse to attack Pakistan and shut them off once and for all?

Mr. Singh, I would be interested in your take on a.the refusal/inability of the then Prime Ministers of India to resolve the Kashmir issue during 1965 and 1975. b. Nehru's role in literally "creating" the China problem. c. The need for continuing article 370. Do not mind, the timing of and the delay in your reaction, make your intentions suspect. Do have political ambitions but in the process, plz do not malign or attempt to disgrace the other political side. Kindly do not politicize the defence aspects. The politicians are already doing a "good" (pun intended) job on that front!

Easy to talk of Bold responses when one is not in the hot seat, In the light the of what we have seen regarding Chinese incursions and Paki attacks in 2004-09 how would the UPA be different.

What is this General commenting ? No Indian would buy his argument that all the terrorist attacks that happened in India was because of the so-called "timid approach" to the Kargil attacks. In fact General Musharaff was forced to make a shameful surrender to our brave jawans. Where is the correlation between Kargil and the subsequent terror attacks ? In fact, the terror attacks would have been more otherwise.

The General's comments are unrealistic and uninformed. He should know that the government has to take many factors into consideration, including the international community. It is foolish to think by any sane mind that with US interests in Pakistan and US forces sitting in there, America would have allowed India to beat up Pakistan.

The mobilazation of troops after the attack on Parliament. and the kargil encounter was push back of the terrorists, and Pak army. We just managed to push them back from our door step. All for political macho image creating. It was punctured by the Kandhar surrender. NDA govt never recovered that image again. Propoganda tried to create a paper victory of Kargil. Churchill said, of the escape of the British army from France, after the fall of France, "Do not clothe this escape with attributes of Victory"

pakistan thinks that its nuke will act as a deterant and they will get away with anything. Indian army should have crossed the loc and punished the pakis once for and all.