You dont expect Indians to be disrespectful towards their army in a forum like this...... do you????? And most of the members here are military enthusiasts and it is natural that one admire own military.....
In India Army is not worshiped, or we Indians do not believe they are the only saviors of the country..... Yes when it comes to an external threat, That is when they become relevant.....most of the population take Army as a another security agency......
My take of the statement is " Since there is no war, people do not understand or overlook the importance of army" ..... Now it can be interpreted differently, and the interpretation depends on one's interest.....
Rightly said by Mr. Parikar. People treat Army as another security agency. In northeast they are mostly look down upon due to various rapes & false encounters carried out by few of the IA jawans. Which left An non fixable scar in their image. Even now, people view army personals with doubt. Maybe withselfless sacrifises IA will be able to gain trust of the common population in NE.
Also this lack of respect from the people comes because thier role somehow has always been shadowed or not represented correctly.
I am not sure can someone tell me where in our school (CBSE) textbooks, wars we fought with Pakistan have been dealt with?
Media twisting statements - the question was about difficulty in acquiring land for defense establishments so he replied people don't understand the importance these days as they've never seen a war he also clarified he's not war mongering in the same sentence