A welcome holiday

Budha Purnima
Today is 'Budha Purnima' and it's a closed holiday. We did not venture out anywhere thanks to the sizzling heat prevalent outside except for our usual evening walks. Late in the evening, the temperature came down a bit thanks to a dust storm. But there's no sign of rain as yet! The peacocks' cries are getting shriller for the raingod to be kind. And can we ever stop hoping for cooler climes?

The fudged report on Kargil
Sad to hear about the fudged Kargil report consequent to the judgement given by the Armed Forces' Tribunal to Brig(Retd) Davinder Singh who'd to exit from the scene of action, rather ignominously, thanks to his bad vibes with his then Corps Commander, Lt Gen(Retd) Kishan Pal. Dirty linen is being washed in public and it's indeed sad. The only positive note is that, in future, the seniors would be more circumspect in their actions and avoid being vindictive on their subordinates for telling the truth. To my mind, this bickering brings down all those youngsters' (who'd laid down their lives so valiantly for the sake of their country) efforts to naught.