CUPID IN OLIVE GREENS

 So a young smart aviator of the Indian Army proposed to his girlfriend where the helicopter, his flying machine was in the backdrop; well what is all this hullaballoo!! A bright young man in the prime of his youth is expressing his love to the beloved and actually declaring his intent and a sense of commitment, I think deserves to be commended  rather than ridiculed. In today’s day and age, when youngsters are commitment phobic, this officer seems to be a pathbreaker of sorts, firstly joining the army itself is a huge commitment and then this proposal for marriage. I think we need to give him a huge round of applause.

Now who are the spoilsports in this game of Cupid, I bet they are the old fogies, who themselves were betrothed courtesy their parents, left to themselves, they would not have even reached the proposal stage. I am sure most of the veterans would recall, in our days, there were no NDA/IMA Balls, when it was introduced for our course while in NDA, there were just a handful out of the 300 of us who could even muster up a dance partner, forget about a girlfriend. Then there are those, who go on endlessly about the helicopter being visible in the photograph, as a breach of security, the fact that he was in uniform and it was all over the social media, is in contravention to the existing orders on the subject. Well, to these wise souls, I must say, Have a heart, the photograph of the flying machine is available in the open source at umpteen number of places, so  relax, no national secrets have been compromised. The aspect about him being in uniform, does need a small rap on the knuckles, as the fact that he proposed is his personal matter but posing and posting it on the social media, well that can be avoided, as you never know, the creativity and imagination of the Gen Zee where will the next one lead to.

For the veterans, just a small word of advice, please stop taking yourselves too seriously, as no one else does. The current generation is well equipped to handle the challenges, as we once were and any interference was hardly welcomed. The fact that even these guys out of respect let us be, just like we did. Times have changed, environment is no longer the same, the troops are agniveers, mind you, thankfully we didn’t have to contend with this new species. I have hung my boots just three years ago, but the nature of warfare is being revolutionised at such a pace that even six months seem like history. We only gave presentations and wrote our thesis on RMA  (Revolution in Military Affairs) remember, they are living it.

Evolution is a continuous process friends, none of us can stop it and why should we, after all I bet these guys are as professionally competent or may be better than most of us were. Be rest assured they are as committed or may be more committed than we were. 

Finally I think, the photograph is actually excellent advertisement for ‘joining the armed forces’, may be we could just use it with their permission of course!

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