Civilians
often mockery army personels for their sense of obedience. Example of
casabyanka is quoted as the weakness of faujis.
Whatever
instruction is given to the army personel, is has to be executed without any
delay. Delays can be fatal. Action is important. They don’t question or analyse
the verbal (not written) orders given to them by superior. Rather they are
trained to act immediately on the ‘word of command’.
On the face of it, it may look funny, but if
you analyse deeply, this type of philosophy has got a great meaning. Compare it
with the favourite dish prepared by your mother. For an outsider or any other
person, it is just a food item which may or may not be liked by him/her. S(he)
will analyse it based on his/her experiences and expectations and then express
his/her final verdict about that item. But we don’t go into this rigmarole
alltogather when it’s our mother’s preparation. Rather we are delighted and see
mother’s love in her creation. While other person wills critisise the dish for
its shortcomings/limitations, we ignore this; we don’t focus on its limitation at
all. In spite of its limitations, we consider it the best dish on earth.
It is a decision taken out of love and gratitude towards our mother without
analyzing or judging its quality.
A
true soldier is also filled with similar sentiments toawards his/her motherland
and do not analyse or judge anything given to him/her. Whatever is given to
him/her to eat/sleep or to fulfill the basic need, s(he) accept it volunteerly
with gratitude. Instruction given to him/her by his/her superior is taken as
mother(land)’s desire. S(he) does everything
to honour it irrespective of circumstances. In doing so, his/her actions may
sometime appear silly or foolish to others from outside.
The
soldier is always satisfied irrespective of external environment around him/her.
What others see as hardships; those situations are not felt bad by him/her. Life
is still beautiful for him/her. But you have to be a fauji to realize feel it.
