What democracy?

New Delhi is hosting the BRICS summit at this moment. In anticipation of the arrival of Chinese President, Hu Jintao a 27 year old Tibetan man poured petrol on himself and set himself alight on March 26. He died on March 28. In response the vicious, vindictive government has rounded up more than 250 Tibetans " under protective custody ". Tibetan SOS Youth Hostel in Sector 14, Rohini has been padlocked from the outside by Delhi police to prevent inmates getting out. They have been pleading to be allowed to write ongoing examinations but the brutal police are unmoved. Criminal politicians are forever shouting that India is the world's largest democracy and how " Parliament is supreme " yet no one has objected to this illegal imprisonment of Tibetans which would have been expected in Zimbabwe and China but not in any democracy in the world. So why are all the politicians so terrified of the nation of cockroach eaters? The answer is in a letter written by the Army chief, Gen VK Singh to the Prime Minister, which has been leaked to the press. In this letter Gen Singh has lamented the unprepared state of the army due to inadequate equipment. HT online, March 29. 1. The tank fleet is devoid of critical ammunition to target enemy tanks 2. Infantry soldiers lack night fighting capabilities. There is acute shortage of night vision goggles and night sights for tanks. 3. 97% of air defence equipment is obsolete and does not provide enough protection against air raids. Most of air defence equipment possessed by the army are of 1970 vintage and obsolete. Such as the Soviet supplied Zsu-23B and Zu-23 anti aircraft guns. 4. Elite forces are woefully short of essential weapons. There is acute shortage of assault rifles, night vision devices, special screening devices and related equipment. Special forces modernisation plan has not been implemented. When India is spending tens of billions of dollars in buying modern fighter aircraft, submarines and in refitting a retired Russian aircraft carrier why is the army devoid of basic equipment? When our scientists can send Chandrayan to the moon and successfully make missiles of various capabilities can they not make night vision goggles and surface to air guns? But where is the gain in buying small stuff? Real money comes from importing hugely expensive foreign systems, as the attempt to pay Gen Singh Rs 140 million in bribes to buy 600 substandard trucks has shown. Jintao will go home a happy man and will tell his engineers to go full steam ahead in diverting the waters of the Brahmaputra to China. Is there any hope for us?