Was there any need for President Pratibha Devisingh Patil to fly aboard the SU30MKI? Was it a cheap attempt at overshadowing the real people's President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's feat a couple of years ago?
No the flight didn't serve any cause. The flight of the 74-year-old woman didn't serve any purpose than to waste the time and money of Indian Air Force. The sortie aboard the supersonic jet was meaninigless as it flew on sub-sonic speeds and didn't show our supreme commander any offensive manouvres of the jet fighters. Moreover, the point here is that she might be the nominal supreme commander of the Indian armed forces but her defence forces are not yet ready to deploy women combatants on mainstream duties. So it is better that she persuades her commanders to opt for a better treatment of the women in the armed forces. When world over women have been absorbed in active combat duty what are the Indian armed forces waiting for?
PS: And what is with the middle name? Devisingh......
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