Army's job is to fight wars when needed and maintain perception of preparedness for the national security in the times of peace. While this is as simple as it could get, General Bikram Singh, who became the 25th Chief of the Indian Army, knows that the challenges he faces as the Chief are far from simple. He literally has too much on his plate to keep him occupied till July 2014 when he steps down. Indian Army has been looking less like a war fighting unit since the previous Chief Gen V K Singh and his civilian counterparts in the ministry did more of firefighting over issues, serious and frivolous, in the last one year or so. What this has done is that it has tarnished the image of the security establishment and somehow cracked the perception of invincibility of the national security that is so critical for ensuring people's faith as well as the hostile enemy's fears in place. In the country where scams are dime a dozen and where there is also an active movement ...
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