Col Dinesh Kumar (R)
Joined: January 26, 2022
The author was commissioned the Indian Army’s Regiment of Artillery, in 1978. He participated in Operation Meghdoot, Operation Parakram, various counterinsurgency operations in the northeast and in Kashmir, and took part in Operation Vijay. He retired from the Army in 2009.
In this op-ed, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) writes that even after 22 years of its existence, the ECHS hasn’t got out of its “teething issues”, resulting in great hardship and distress to veterans seeking treatment. He also gives a few suggestions how this system can be improved.
2 WEEKS AGO
In this op-ed, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) discusses the rising incidents of police mistreatment against serving military personnel and/or their families. He says these incidents are a symptom of a deeper rot, and unless the government and the military brass fix the issue, things will turn for the worse.
7 MONTHS AGO
In this op-ed, veteran Col Dinesh Kumar writes that the procurement of the basic rifle for the Indian Army has turned out to be a never-ending nightmare, and there’s something more than what meets the eye in India’s defence purchases.
8 MONTHS AGO
In this op-ed, veteran Col Dinesh Kumar discusses what ails the Indian armed forces today and laments their erosion in both stature and strength.
8 MONTHS AGO
In this op-ed, Col Dinesh Ishwar Kumar (R) writes that the government is blatantly discriminating against the Indian armed forces when it comes to other central government organizations. He uses cogent arguments to prove his points and also insinuates that the top Indian military brass is in connivance with the government.
ONE YEAR AGO
In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) laments the government’s U-turn on its OROP promise and – what he perceives to be – the constant politization of India’s armed forces. He also highlights some serious issues, which he believes to be addressed.
2 YEARS AGO
In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) highlights the endless struggle of armed forces’ veterans for real OROP and brings out certain facts behind the Modi government’s U-turn on its pre-poll promise in 2014. Please have a look.
2 YEARS AGO
In this op-ed, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) laments the Indian Army’s gradual crumbling as an institution in the face of political pressure, the latest being the Army leadership’s lack of resistance against the “decolonization” proposals.
3 YEARS AGO
In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) writes why it is not proper to “celebrate” the Kargil Vijay Diwas. Instead, he argues that the occasion must be observed as a solemn remembrance to those soldiers killed or maimed in the war, where India gained nothing.
3 YEARS AGO
In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) writes how the current smear campaign against our armed forces, short-changing them on OROP, and the implementation of the Agnipath-Agniveer scheme has eroded the sheen of a career in the Indian military.
3 YEARS AGO
In his second article on the Agnipath scheme, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) says the government must come clean on pushing through it. He also raises several questions on the scheme and the fate of those Agniveers released after four years.
3 YEARS AGO
In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) wonders how the Agnipath recruitment scheme in the Indian military will work out favourably for the armed forces as well as the Agniveers, who will not know the true sense of “Naam, Namak, Nishan”
3 YEARS AGO
In this article, Col Dinesh Kumar (R) writes how the government’s backtracking of its OROP promise has left a sense of betrayal among our military veterans.
3 YEARS AGO
It is more than obvious that the “merging” of the Amar Jawan Jyoti with the flame in the newly built National War Memorial been done to erase the legacy of the past governments, especially of the Congress governments led by Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. .
3 YEARS AGO
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