Radharao Gracias: Will the RSS at least now prove its patriotism and provides its cadres for recruitment into the army? It is time that the Sangh Parivar cadres display their patriotism on the Indo-Pak border! That is where the threat lies.
Response: I am reminded of an incident narrated by J F Ribeiro during the course of a debate on 'Big Fight'. When Mr Ribeiro was the Police Commissioner of Bombay, the Shiv Sena used to regularly go on a rampage every now and then. They would be arrested and then released under political pressure. This went on for sometime. One day they crossed the limits and Mr Ribeiro decided to handle the situation unconventionally. Winking at his deputies, Mr Ribeiro said to them in a loud tone,( within earshot of the arrested shiv sainiks) to get the arrested shiv sainiks enrolled immediately into the army, and have them sent to the Indo-Pak border so that they could show their bravado which was being displayed on the streets of Bombay. In next to no time, the shiv sainiks fell at his feet and whimpering promised to keep out of trouble. After that incident, Mr Ribeiro never faced any trouble from the SS. Similarly, the sangh parivar cadres could be recruited into the army and a separate regiment created for them. They could then be deployed in J&K on the Indo-Pak border. They could also be sent to Afganistan to take care of the Taliban or to Iraq to help the beleaguered US forces. They could even be outsourced to the UN to be deployed in troublespots like Somalia, Nigeria, Croatia. Regards, Marshall
