“IS IT WRONG TO BE A LEADER?”

      I still remember what my management guru said to differentiate between a Boss and a Leader “The Boss says do the Job…. While a Leader says let’s do the Job”. The difference is not grammar but it conveys a whole lot of things, the group dynamics and efficiency of work. Army leadership is good example to differentiate the two. But sadly over the days leaders with mettle have become a rare commodity, just as to find a needle in a stack of Hay. A leader has to always lead from the front and bear the brunt from bullets to the barb of backbites.

     Coming to the present situation where India is facing a severe threat from both internal and external elements. It has become a testing time for the Military leadership to prove their mettle. There was a strong argument from some quarter of the society that the present Military leadership in Army Headquarters is weak, follows the policy of Govt, non-aggressive and indecisive. Sometimes one feels they are correct because of lack of availability of factual information. Can one really say that Indian Army is not retaliating? See our opponent’s media they are full with Anti India news? Is there some truth in what they say? These are few questions when asked we would realize the actual stance of our leadership today.

  Present Army Chief, who has been always at the forefront in every battlezone, visits each and every location from most inhospitable terrain of Uttarakhand to the LoC, to make his presence felt. Due to his clear guidelines and instructions more than a dozen operations were conducted eliminating many hard core terrorists.  He always pulled up his commanders whenever he found some flows.  But the Irony is that his activity of being a Leader, giving clear instructions to the military commanders is being questioned by some corners of the society. My Questions to you all is “Is it wrong to be a leader?  Would you like an armchair General or a Robust, forthright General? ”