Can India win if Indians lose?

 "India got a breather for just one year post demonetisation, during which there were very few reports of circulation of fake Indian currency notes (FICN). But after a year's halt, India's western neighbor continued with its nefarious designs to destabilise the country's economy by pumping in fake currency," daijiworld. "As India's western border is heavily guarded, Pakistan is now using other routes to infiltrate counterfeit money," and "it has been strongly suspected that big consignments of FICN are first brought to Nepal and Bangladesh from Pakistan through Gulf countries by air". Demonetisation refers to the sudden withdrawal of Rs 1000 and Rs 500 notes from circulation with just 4 hours notice on 8 November 2016 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, wikipedia. That led to long queues of desperate people trying to exchange old notes for new ones, with banks running out of cash and people dying of the unbearable stress, TIE. Pakistan wins, Indians lost. "Thousands of farmers in Haryana have been booked for several 'criminal offences', ranging from sedition and attempt to murder, during the course of the year long agitation against the three contentious farm laws -- which now stand repealed -- that began from Kurukshetra's Pipli town on September 10, 2020," TIE. "Farm leaders estimate that FIRs (first information reports) have been lodged against 48,000 farmers during the agitation in Haryana." In October, a video appeared to show a vehicle belonging to Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, deliberately running over farmers from behind, killing 4 men and injuring many others, Scroll. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has "pointed out that the incident was well-planned and a deliberate act, and not of negligence or callousness", ET. The minister has not resigned nor asked to go. Two weeks back the Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat was killed in a helicopter accident, along with his wife and 11 other armed forces personnel, BS. Tragic as his death is, Gen Rawat joined UP Chief Minister Adityanath on a visit to the Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, skipping the wreath laying ceremony in Delhi for Navy Day in the bargain," and it is believed that he was to be a candidate for the ruling party in the next general election, The Wire. Retired four star General VK Singh is a Minister of State in the Ministery of Road Transport and in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, wikipedia. Former Chief Justice of India is a member of the Rajya Sabha for the BJP, wikipedia. As a result of the politicisation of the armed forces, "Defence services leadership would be walking down a slippery slope in seeking to please the political masters of the day. That is how the police service has devalued itself," wrote Sanjaya Baru. Apparently, the government is considering promotion of armed forces officers based solely on merit. That would be dangerous because officers will take decisions to please politicians and lose respect, wrote Retd Chief of Indian Navy, Arun Prakash. "Law enforcement having metamorphosed into the dreaded 'coercive arm of the state', means that the thought comes from the state, which, in turn, is executed by the muscle of law enforcement," wrote Retd IPS Officer Dr NC Asthana. We, the people, always lose. But, who wins? Merry Christmas.