Prasad” (Admiral Ramdas says, attempting to interject) but Barkha Dutt doesn’t let him speak. Malik contradicted him very conclusively, Admiral Ramdas you need to understand that Pakistani people will lap up your comment, and seek to condemn Indian army in no uncertain terms, I am seeing that happening, for heavens sake don’t make these sweeping comments.” Ramdas has been a distinguished Naval chief, but for him to make a comment that even Indian forces have been beheading, I am happy Gen. Around 26:39 minutes into the program, Ravi Shankar Prasad says – “…Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad begins, not by immediately addressing Barkha Dutt’s question, but by contradicting Admiral Ramdas. She mentions Vajpayee as the architect of the India Pakistan Peace Process, Kargil, Parliament Attack, Hijacking of IC 814, Historic Ceasefire of 2003 etc. Then, a BJP Politician and spokesman for his party, Ravi Shankar Prasad is asked by Barkha Dutt about the NDA’s record on India-Pakistan relations.
Was she lying in 2001, or, is she concealing the truth now? How long can it be before she gets called out for the gross irresponsibility of her reticence on this very crucial matter. She is not ‘anybody’, she was there, and this is an issue that is being discussed on a show that she is anchoring. So that is an instance where ‘this kind of inhuman act’ did happen. “The boys got it as a gift for the brigade,” said the colonel, softly, but proudly. It was a head, the disembodied face of a slain soldier nailed onto a tree.
“Look again,” said the army colonel, in a tone that betrayed suppressed excitement. I looked harder and amidst all the green, there was a hint of black-it looked like a moustache.
At first glance, all I could see were some leaves. Balanced on one knee, in a tiny alley behind the army’s administrative offices, I was peering through a hole in a corrugated tin sheet. I had to look three times to make sure I was seeing right. As has been pointed out before on Kafila, she has written about it (the decapitation of Pakistani soldiers by the Indian army during the Kargil conflict in the summer of 1999) herself in Himal magazine (June, 2001). Malik says (around 24:40 minutes into the program), “…And I don’t agree with Admiral (Ram) Das that both sides have been doing this, I would like to see anybody give me one instance where this kind of inhuman act has been done by the Indian army… I know that with great respect, we not only buried their bodies with great respect…we returned any body that they asked for.”īarkha Dutt knows what Admiral Ramdas was talking about. Malik to speak, she also asks him to talk whether ‘Sporting and Cultural Ties should become the fall-guy’. Why is she so anxious to change the subject? Is it because Admiral Ramdas is clearly speaking about something she personally does not want spoken about? Barkha Dutt was silent on this matter.īelow is a summary of some highlights of the discussion.Īround 21:15 minutes into the programme, Admiral Ramdas says, “Beheading of Troops has been going on from both sides has been for some time, I mean there is evidence of this…”īarkha Dutt, eager to change the subject, nervously interjects and says ‘I want you to comment, Sir, on Sporting and Cultural ties, because that is what has been hit today…’. Malik, former chief of the Indian Army contradicted him, and said this had never happened. On the of latest edition, (telecast a few hours ago, on the evening of the 15th of January, 2013) of ‘The Buck Stops Here’, (a flagship news show on NDTV anchored by Barkha Dutt) – ‘ India-Pakistan:Another Tipping Point‘, Admiral (Retd.) Ramdas, former chief of the Indian Navy said he knew that Indian forces have beheaded Pakistani soldiers in the past.
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