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Byline: Vikram Doctor

I'VE GREAT admiration for the Indian Army. I think its successes must be cheered, its losses supported, its gallantry rewarded and any increases it wants in the defence budget should be immediately approved. I have only one request for the Indian Army.

Could it PLEASE stop sending its deadbeats and dropouts into the business world to become administrative heads or security consultants to companies?

Of all plagues to afflict the business world, the major-turned-manager ranks way up there. It's not just that studied straight-backed gait with which he patrols the corridors of companies looking for sloppy dressing or messy ...

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