Comments on: Brave Indian Army… treatment with women officers

By: Archana

Archana — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:09:25 +0000

Murthy you and your thinkings are rediculous. do you also look at your mother and sister with the same cruel angle?

By: Jawaid Sultan

Jawaid Sultan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:04:49 +0000

It is not surprising, and it is very comman practice in India, whereever women work the male supperiors always tried to attempt, they just want to see women by her sexual angle and nothing else.

By: Sultan Ali Khan

Sultan Ali Khan — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:50:30 +0000

Murty…..rather than wondering as to why women are joining army you better worry about finding a way of protecting their rights, respect and dignity while they are there…..Think positive and be progressive rather than blocking the advancement……..

By: murty India

murty India — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:31:45 +0000

I dont understand why women want to join Armed forces,when there are so many evenues for them to pursue a carreer.In india Women are most attractive things to men be it in college,be it in work place because of tropical weather conditions, which stimulates sexual desiremore compared to cold countries. Most of the cinemas dipict them them as lovable, sexually attractive Individuals. Many a times and many of them do accept that status. No doubt they are capable of doing any job with dedication. But for their biological,limitations and natures desire of sexual attraction towards other sex has its own pupose.It is propogation of human species.While all these things can be attributable to psychological behavioral pattern, because we are humans and have thinking capacity, the basic instinct can not be ignored.Officers in their private, and bars in officers mess do talk jokingly about women’ assets.Which now they may not do it.In western countries these are common.women donot mind .They themselves crack jokes.While indian women consider their modesty as their life.Any annoyance to that effect will be considered as an offence. It is a vulnarable situation in the armed forces officers.No man can divert his eyes from an attractive girls assets.It is better for them and armed forces if they keep out of this organisation called Armed forces.

By: PP TALWAR India

PP TALWAR India — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:30:36 +0000

It is a pity that a small fraction of women army officers serving the army are indulging in acts of indiscipline, bringing bad name to a large number of women army officers happily serving the Indian army. Since army discipline is of paramount importance, any women army officer found guilty of indiscipline has to be dealt with under the Army Act. -PP TALWAR – India

By: Saleem

Saleem — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:29:57 +0000

By the very look of it and also the severity of punishment decided to be inflicted on Captain Poonam, I feel this is yet another case of giving a dog a bad name and hanging it. From my own experience of having seen an otherwise upright officer was arraigned twice before two courts martial forhis offence of representing genuine grievances strictly as per then existing regulations right up to the

Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. I stress on the word upright because this officer held charge of his office and continued to function as a regular staff officer even as he appeared before the courts martial as the accused! I have first-hand knowledge of the length to which the establishment would go to cover up and justify the sins of omissions and commissions of senior officers. I most sincerely hope the lady gets due relief from the courts of justice. These trials I mentioned were conducted in open court hearings decades back and the officer later decided to prematurely retire in disgust.

By: Shakuntala

Shakuntala — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:29:07 +0000

army should respect woman and should give fair treatment and should listen to her allegation she alone cannot stand against three officer. i think any woman who get harresment from army personnel should report directly to media and in civil court and not in army court. army is to protect us and not to harass us our tax money is paid for their salary they should keep in mind

By: samiksha

samiksha — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:28:01 +0000

Respected sir/madam,
This is samiksha 23 years female wanted to join the service at Military nursing i have completed my GNM currently doing my PBBsc nursing i am very eager to join please do the needful.

By: Lt. Sushmita Chakravorty

Lt. Sushmita Chakravorty — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:26:42 +0000

you are Our Sister Mis Chakravorty Dont u Worry Inshallah We Soon Captured India and Indian Army Sub ko Theak kerdengyee hum.

Indian Army Convert Into Pakistan Army The Great Army “Inshallah”

By: Woman in Indian Defence services By Radio Pakistan New Dehli

Woman in Indian Defence services By Radio Pakistan New Dehli — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:24:57 +0000

From 50 officers in 1992 in military services now reached to over nine hundreds (on an average).Indian Army has got total officers 34,000 out of which 933 are women officers. In Indian Navy there are total 7000 officers out of which women are 100 and in Indian Air Force, out of total 10,200 officers, there are 450 women.

These services require a special attitude and aptitude fully different from other services. So, attitude and aptitude are the prime factors for the defence services. Thus, the candidates ‘C’ certificate passed in N.C.C are given preference. Till now, women officers are inducted in short service commission can serve only for maximum 14 years of services. They are put in in all the supportive services of military except in combat corps.

The floating question is whether woman can be inducted in combat corps and given permanent commission. Let us hear the valued opinions from two ex- Generals and one ex- Maj. General. “Women must not be employed in frontline combat roles” , said General Shankar Roychowdhury, former chief of army staff. “ The Indian armed forces can not do something socially unacceptable. Would you want your wife or sister to share a bunker with five other men like they do in Siachen?” asks former chief of army staff General Ved Prakash Malik.Ex- Major General H.S.Gill said “…..allowing women in combat roles means to make army lesser efficient.”

In Israel, women serve in infantry units. But, even they(army authorities) do not send women for combat roles. That means, time has not come to think and consider women for combat roles. Surgeons Vice-Admiral Punita Arora, Retd. Director General Medical Services expressed, “We must proceed slowly until we build up comfort levels.”

So, there happens nothing to create pressure on defence authorities for inducting women in the combat roles in Indian army. We have to wait and see how time settles the issue of induction of women in combat roles.

The demise of Sub-Lt. Sushmita Chakrabarty on 15/16 June, 2006 at Udhampur made a rousing call whether women in army get proper treatment as required. It was reported by the media that she committed suicide. Suicide happening in any life indicates extreme frustration following depression. Investigation was ordered by the defence minister.

While investigating this case, a few important points should be kept in view. They are:

1. Whether she had got proper aptitude and attitude to serve in army services.

2. Whether she passed C certificate in N.C.C in her student life.

3. The statement by her father and reporter’s comment published in Anandabazar Patrika dt.17.6.2006 and allegation made by her mother and reporter’s comment published in the same Bengali news paper on 08.7.2006 must be analyzed from different angle to arrive at a correct decision.