A battle behind the lines

Like the metaphorical iceberg, what is visible to us in the ongoing controversy involving the army chief and the defence ministry, is just the small fraction floating above the line. Much of the public debate has been occupied by trivial issues like his date of birth or scandalous matters like corruption in defence procurement. While the service tenure of an individual officer is of little relevance to national security, corruption among the top brass most certainly is.

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