Recall a scene from the latest war movie that you have seen. We're talking tanks, aircrafts and other heavy artillery vehicles charging towards the enemy on a battle field. And right behind them are troops of shiny white golf carts attacking the terrain with the same brute force as our local auto-rickshaws. Confused? We'll explain. An audit of the military's recent spending revealed that the Indian Army chiefs had spent 10 million rupees of the defence budget on 22 golf carts, many of which now shuttle courses in Chandigarh, Jalandar and Ambala. When asked where all this money was being spent, our stick savvy generals were quick to fire claims in typical ambiguous military jargon that the money was spent on "silent reconnaissance vehicles for missions beyond enemy lines". Ingenious.
And wait, there are more twists in the tale. To compensate for this expense, the military bought half a dozen of the relatively cheap Dhruv choppers that can only do 5000 metres, thousands of Russian shells which do not fire, and plenty of "special stretchers" that are far from suitable for evacuating combat casualties.
So yes... terrorists and militants have reason to smile. Again.
