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We are All Style, No Substance!

  • Deepak Sinha
  • September 28, 2022
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India has become a jejune society which is happy cheering optics rather than being concerned with issues concerning the larger good of all.

It seems that to the vast majority of us in this country, from every stratum of society, what matters most, is keeping up appearances rather than concentrating on the substantive aspect of the issue. A characteristic that we are willing to defend at any cost, in the courts, indulging in verbal jousting and even letting loose bulldozers.

Take for instance the issue of developing patriotism within our citizenry. Undoubtedly a noble endeavour, but hardly likely to be fulfilled by launching a one-week concerted drive to convince citizens to fly the national flag on their balconies or in their cars, that is if it is to be anything more than just a marketing gimmick. Yet the Central Government did just that with the “Har Ghar Tiranga” initiative, launched by the Prime Minister, just prior to our Nation’s 75th Independence Day.

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Deepak Sinha

Veteran Brigadier Deepak Sinha is a former Para Officer in Indian Army and and commanded a Para Brigade. He is Senior Fellow with TPF. He is a prolific writer on national security, terrorism and counter- insurgency, and geopolitics.

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