It is a shameful and sad state of affairs created by our babus where, like never before, the defence forces had to openly ask for parity. Armed forces do a real tough job and for that their morale has to be high.The head has to be held high and the mind has to be without fear to take a risk of lives of the troops under him and hisown life. Indian armed forces are a highly disciplined lot unlike in case of pakistan and the beaurecracy need not be scred of them. Rest assured they will never create any nuisance under any circumstances. We are not asking for money but status and what ever we earn to earn it with honor and pride. Money is made by prostitutes and corrupt people but that is without any respect or honor. On the army we are taught "Death before Dishonour". what a pity we fight for the honor,pride and respect of the nation and in turn the nation can't give us the same, instead tries to keep us on their toes. When there is a war you say"mere desh ka jawan, desh ki shaan", but when it is over we are tild we are having a ball. All the duration when there is no war, we in the armed forces are always training and preparong for war and wars are not too frequent because our enemy knows our ferociousness. In case life is very cool in army, please send your sons to enjoy it.but u will not do so because you know the reality. when police fails in there duties defence forces are called ,when babus fail in thir administration again army is called to restore the situation.Dont let the forces get into a low morale, because if it happens and theor is a war, no IAS, no PCS can come and take over the command and save the day. Have a heart and have a thought before writing any thing like this.