Repair the ramparts

Shekhar Gupta’s gallant attempt (‘Ministry of Indefensible’, Indian Express, March 31) to salvage the sullied reputation of the armed forces, after the recent media-battering it has received, was as commendable as it was unexpected. Sadly, the damage done to a grand edifice, and the wound inflicted on the psyche, self-esteem and esprit de corps of a million-and-a-half young officers, soldiers, sailors and airmen go deep and may not mend soon.

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