[Assam] Air Marshal spills beans on 'hypocrisy'

[Chan Mahanta]

>Nor was it Borbora's first observation. The Telegraph is trying to 
>twist >Borbora's statement by implying that (according to Borbora) 
>the senior officers >in the forces are hypocrites. He himself being 
>s senior officer could not have >said it, but the way the telegraph 
>has reported, it gets implied.



*** I don't know what Borbora said, other than what I read in what 
Hrishikesh Saikia posted.

However I saw the word "hypocritical" printed with quotation marks, 
indicating it was an exact word used, even though it is not clear if 
the context was what the Telegraph implied.

Question now is WHY Borobora would have used that word? Perhaps the 
context was different as Hazarika implies. Can we ask Hazarika to 
tell us what the correct
context might have been, in which the term "hypocritical" might not 
have been targeted at those " senior officers"?


>  He himself being s senior officer could not have said it, but the 
>way the >telegraph has reported, it gets implied.

*** I do not have an implicit faith in the Telegraph's journalistic 
standards or even integrity. But, I must ask WHY Borbora could NOT 
have "said it"? Just because he too is a member of that elite group 
of 'senior officers' does not necessarily PREVENT him from 'spilling 
the beans' on those others who he considers "hypocritical", does it? 
If it does or did, that would indicate a cartel of silence, wouldn't 
it?

Borbora COULD be laboring under the burdens of such an attitude. But 
we don't know that, do we? What was in the news, either in Telegraph 
or elsewhere, that would indicate that Borbora is silenced by an 
ethos of the fraternity of thieves, where one would not speak ill of 
another ?

Perhaps Hazarika knows more than he stated in the post. But unless it 
is stated clearly, the arguments made here do not hold up to 
scrutiny. Is there possibly a bias here that holds the ranks of the 
armed forces' officers' corps to a standard of excellence and honor 
that is undeserving?

I don't ask that question frivolously. I know some 'senior' officers 
in the Indian armed forces myself. They may not be as high ranking as 
those being discussed here. But what they tell me is NOT pretty. They 
say that SOME of Indian armed forces' top brass' ethics do indeed 
reek.

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At 6:34 AM +0530 4/4/07, Shantikam Hazarika wrote:
>It seems to be mischievous reporting again. None of the local 
>dailies have twisted what Borbora said the way Telegraph has done. 
>You will find that the quotation attributed to Borbora in the 
>Telegraph does not justify the heading or the leading paragraph.. 
>Nor was it Borbora's first observation. The Telegraph is trying to 
>twist Borbora's statement by implying that (according to Borbora) 
>the senior officers in the forces are hypocrites. He himself being s 
>senior officer could not have said it, but the way the telegraph has 
>reported, it gets implied.
>Needless to state the Telegraph editor, sitting in kolkata has found 
>it a bit unpalatable that an Assamese is heading the Eastern 
>Command. Hence he had to see how he can 'spin' the news so that at 
>least some feathers in the forces would get ruffled which may be 
>detrimental to borbora's career.
>Shantikam hazarika
>
>On 4/3/07, Saikia, Hrishikesh IN BLR SISL 
><<mailto:Hrishikesh.Saikia at siemens.com> 
>Hrishikesh.Saikia at siemens.com> wrote:
>
>Air Marshal spills beans on 'hypocrisy'
>
>OUR CORRESPONDENT
>
>
>
>Barbora speaks at the media conference in Shillong. Picture by 
>Eastern Projections
>
>Shillong, April 2: The indifference of successive governments and 
>disillusionment with the "hypocritical" conduct of seniors have 
>forced a large number of officers from the Northeast to quit the 
>services.
>
>That was Air Marshal P.K. Barbora's first observation after he 
>assumed charge as air officer commanding-in-chief of the Eastern Air 
>Command.
>
>Addressing a news conference in Shillong, Barbora said several 
>efficient young officers of the Northeast were leaving the services 
>because they were "highly sentimental" and could not cope with the 
>"hypocritical" attitude of their seniors.
>
>"The indifferent attitude of the earlier governments towards the 
>Northeast, coupled with a feeling of alienation, have led the 
>defence forces to a situation where it has a negligible number of 
>personnel from the Northeast. Earlier governments tried to use the 
>same yardstick for all problems in the region and that led to 
>chaos," he said, adding that the situation was changing gradually.
>
>The officer said modernisation of airfields like the one at Tezpur 
>in Assam was on his list of priorities, as was the implementation of 
>the Force Multipliers Programme. Sophisticated missiles are to be 
>added to the IAF's arsenal under this programme
>
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