“21st Century best Period to be an Indian, Armed Forces Produce the Best thinkers Practising Morality and Military Ethics”: Pallam Raju
The Minister of State for Defence Dr. MM Pallam Raju has hailed the Indian Armed Forces for grooming some of the finest professionals in arms.
“I have the good fortune of working at the MoD and interact with some of the world’s best thinkers practising morality and military ethics. From them I have learnt that there is a bridge between moral philosophy and the profession of arms. The true virtues at the core of the profession of arms are the cardinal virtues,- of wisdom, justice, courage and temperance. Sadly few are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to interact daily with men like these and it is here that the NCC can play an important role,” said Dr. Pallam Raju, addressing a National Seminar of the NCC on ‘Empowering Tomorrow’s Leaders for Nation Building – The NCC Training Philosophy’ here today.
Dr. Pallam Raju said that the aim of the NCC “must be not to provide the youth of the country with military skills, but rather to teach them basic life skills that are required in a work environment with the military environment used as a platform to instill discipline, routine and work ethics.”
“Whose ethics will we teach? We could spend a great deal of time debating this topic. Some people argue that in a multicultural country like ours, we are hard pressed to delineate our understanding of ethics. None of these points make any negative impact on the fundamental truth: Human beings generally know right from wrong, honour from shame, virtue from vice.”
Proudly recalling his days as an NCC cadet in the early Seventies, Dr. Pallam Raju said that “the country is poised at a moment in history when a much brighter future for its entire people is within its reach.”
“(But) the India of that period is vastly different from the India of today. Without doubt the 21st Century is the best period to be an Indian. Never before has the level of confidence in us been as high as it is today. Fifty percent of all Indians are under the age of 35; that’s more than 500 million youngsters raring to take India to the top of the world. Young Indians have achieved professional and personal excellence on a level unseen before and this is only the beginning.”
Speaking on the occasion Lt. General PS Bhalla, Director General, NCC, said that the largest uniformed youth organization in the world is motivating more than 1.3 million enrolled boys and girls in carrying out the message of education, hygiene and sanitation and environmental consciousness to the villages during the National Integration Camps and other mobilization camps across the far corners of the country.
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