Forging national security | The Indian Express

Forging national security | The Indian Express

Written by Arun Prakash |Updated: June 13, 2019 12:30:57 am

The writer is a retired chief of naval staff.

Forging national security

Defence reforms should be a priority, the most vital being the creation of a Chief of Defence Staff

The Pulwama terror strike and its sequel saw a major shift of political focus with national security issues being accorded prime importance in election rhetoric. (Express Photo)

Each of India’s post-Independence conflicts has seen the Indian public aroused by intense patriotic fervour; a phenomenon duly accompanied by suitable bombast from politicians. But no sooner has the crisis passed, that more mundane and pressing concerns about issues like “roti, kapda, makan, naukari”, rightly, resume their significance in the lives of people as well as “netas”.