Comments on: IN THE SHADOW OF SPITUK GOMPA

By: Dhiraj Mullick

Dhiraj Mullick — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 09:33:17 +0000

Great write up!

Vividly brings out the travails of Army life.

What I found interesting is the closing line inviting views “….on how such incidents should be tackled, to strike a balance between the exuberance of the youth and wisdom of the old” This seeks to rule out the official Army mandate of holding a C of I in such cases. Of course this is not unusual since in our service all of us have, on various occasions, closed this option basis wisdom and prudence.

Beyond this I think it is largely a question of morality. Which means any action taken by the person in charge loosely fits into the old dictum ‘nothing is right or wrong it is our thinking that makes it so.’

Morality is less objective and mostly subjective by nature. This subjectivism make morality relative…. making moral probity relative to the particular circumstance or individual/in this case an Army unit as long as it is done in good faith. This is clearly the case here.

By: Col S S Malik

Col S S Malik — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:25:08 +0000

sir, An interesting situation of offence, VALUE OF LOSS, auth, punishment, OLQ, SUNDRY FACTORS etc.

Once lost goods identified then that much should have been recovered rightly.

Warning to the shopkeeper could have been enough.

By ransacking his shop displays a very poor picture of the people in uniform and more so the Officers 1/c.

Since crime was not pin pointed wrt culpability, (inside job unlikely), that much degree of punishment may have been scaled down since civilian involved

In the END JO HUA ACHHA HUA. KAR BHALLA HO BHALLA.

LUCKY THEY WERE NOT CONTROLLED STORES.

By: Lt Gen Kapil Aggarwal (Retd)

Lt Gen Kapil Aggarwal (Retd) — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:58:38 +0000

Good to see your comments Anupam. I would like to know that with your extensive experience, would you approve of such actions when confronted with a petty theft. If not, then what should have been the line of action?

By: Lt Gen Kapil Aggarwal (Retd)

Lt Gen Kapil Aggarwal (Retd) — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 07:54:37 +0000

Dear JK Sir, Thx for taking out time to again post your “disappeared response”. You have commanded institutes of national importance in HAA, I would be eager to know how you have handled thefts of this kind.

By: Commander VK Jaitly

Commander VK Jaitly — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 08:38:07 +0000

An excellent narration by Lt Gen KK Agarwal. I enjoyed reading the incident. I haven’t been to Leh/Laddakh yet. Now I shall make plans to visit in the near future. Shall visit the scene of theft and then give my remarks

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:30:59 +0000

Dear Kapil,

The root cause of the evil is the creation of ‘surplus stores’ and ‘unit funds’

During my service the most painful duty which I had to perform was to sit in the Court Marshal of a Commanding Officer, who had created a ‘CO fund’ and built of a large reserve of ‘fuel for warming and drying’ He was so attached to his command that he never took annual leave, to keep these two things a secret from his second-in-command. Eventually his officers got together and let the cat out of the bag. The highly qualified and ambitious officer received a severe punishment, about forty years ago.
There was a lesson for every one else in the formation.

Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:22:30 +0000

Dear Sergeant Major

Thy word is my command!

Surjit

By: Surjit Singh

Surjit Singh — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 06:21:16 +0000

Dear ‘Babbar Sher’

No one has spent more time in the high altitudes than you. And your adventurous journey to the South Pole is a milestone was a truly historic and heroic act.
Why not share a story with us?
Regards to Lalit and the young ladies.

Surjit

By: Ashutosh mathur

Ashutosh mathur — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 08:31:16 +0000

I can only call this an interesting episode and not a Story, as Stories are normally fiction.
Without an iota of doubt, this is an Inside JOB, performed by some one who had full knowledge of the Q M store and the reeoom in which all this stuff had been stored, including the weak spot, WINDOW , thru which he broke in, pilfered and escaped.

Such incidents won’t be uncommon in remote areas, only seldom reported ’cause,
“Aare Bhai, Unit Ka Naam Badnam jo Hota Hai”

Ashutosh Mathur, an EME Veteran

By: Ashutosh mathur

Ashutosh mathur — Tue, 08 Jun 2021 08:08:11 +0000

An interesting episode, I won’t call it a story, as stories are normally fiction,
without doubt, it is bound to be an inside JOB, some one who had first hand knowledge of the Q M Store where all these items were stored, including the weak spot, The WINDOW, thru which he could make an entry, pilfer and escape.

Such incidents might be not so uncommon in remote places, but then seldom reported,
“Aare Bhai Unit Ka Naam Badnam Hota Hai”
CHEERS !!!
Ashutosh Mathur, an EME Veteran