With these words, retired Gen Panag gives us a glimpse into the military records of the Indian action.
Indian records are notoriously understated. Whether it is health, or the economy or any other negative metrics that are perceived as disadvantageous to the authorities, this colonial legacy (that resembles the Chinese ‘save-face’) has been deliberately nurtured in free India. Goans who pooh-poohed the idea of army misbehaviour whether rape or looting, have now to explain away the vision provided by a tiny peek the Indian Army brass is now providing us into Goa’s 1961 Pandora Box. 1962 war was unavoidable. Goa liberation lulled India into false pride about military prowess. https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/1962-war-was-unavoidable-goa-liberation-lulled-india-into-false-pride-about-military-prowess/459498/ Roland. Toronto.
