Stars and not mere satellites will now guide the Indian army
Some of us believe the future for India lies in scientific, economic and, hopefully, political progress as we prepare to assume a weightier role globally. Military might too plays a role. Not for nothing do we spend billions of dollars buying stuff ranging from fighter jets to navigation systems. We also have a healthy space/satellite programme.
Perhaps, all that is redundant, going by what one of the Commands of the Indian army seems to think. Reports say this Command has just trained (and more will be trained) officers and men in 'astronomical and astrological' learning, whose role shan't be mere holding of pujas but extend to 'strategic manoeuvres' . Dharam Gurus is what these celestially-informed soldiers are called.
Devised by a Jyotish Sansthan, and approved by a Sanskrit scholar, the course was validated by the relevant commanding officer. His logic is that since marriages in India are decided according to horoscopes, then why not use this knowledge in the army? Right. It would then, perhaps, also make sense for the army to become the nation's principal matchmaker. The 'trained' corps could also predict, astrologically speaking, what the heavenly will is. Which, then, would make wars all that simpler.
Perhaps we can now dazzle the next foreign joint-exercise army team with this stellar prowess of ours. And, making obsolete everyone's satellites et al, make India the hub of global navigation. With that success ensured, maybe the Dharam Gurus could start guiding economic policy. That this stunning development is good news is confirmed by reports saying the said commanding officer has moved on to an even more senior, extremely high ranking, post in the army. If anything goes wrong, the fault would lie clearly with us, certainly not our stars.
Stars and not mere satellites will now guide the Indian army - The Economic Times
Some of us believe the future for India lies in scientific, economic and, hopefully, political progress as we prepare to assume a weightier role globally. Military might too plays a role. Not for nothing do we spend billions of dollars buying stuff ranging from fighter jets to navigation systems. We also have a healthy space/satellite programme.
Perhaps, all that is redundant, going by what one of the Commands of the Indian army seems to think. Reports say this Command has just trained (and more will be trained) officers and men in 'astronomical and astrological' learning, whose role shan't be mere holding of pujas but extend to 'strategic manoeuvres' . Dharam Gurus is what these celestially-informed soldiers are called.
Devised by a Jyotish Sansthan, and approved by a Sanskrit scholar, the course was validated by the relevant commanding officer. His logic is that since marriages in India are decided according to horoscopes, then why not use this knowledge in the army? Right. It would then, perhaps, also make sense for the army to become the nation's principal matchmaker. The 'trained' corps could also predict, astrologically speaking, what the heavenly will is. Which, then, would make wars all that simpler.
Perhaps we can now dazzle the next foreign joint-exercise army team with this stellar prowess of ours. And, making obsolete everyone's satellites et al, make India the hub of global navigation. With that success ensured, maybe the Dharam Gurus could start guiding economic policy. That this stunning development is good news is confirmed by reports saying the said commanding officer has moved on to an even more senior, extremely high ranking, post in the army. If anything goes wrong, the fault would lie clearly with us, certainly not our stars.
Stars and not mere satellites will now guide the Indian army - The Economic Times
