10-20-2003, 07:08 AM
Congratulations for an Indian forum that is quickly picking up speed!!
The format and range of topics is pretty good!
I registered in August, but this is my first post here. I have been away from both IF and BR for most of the past few months. I didn't know about a lot of things that happened at BR during that time. Although going by past happenings it seems that another of those "discussions" erupted that led to further pruning in the type of topics that could be discussed. It was apparent for a while that another forum was also needed. BR is a great forum, but is limited in mandate and scope to primarily military matters. Since perhaps many people at BR deal officially with Indian Military personnel regularly, they are bound to feel awkward including controversial political or religious topics in the forum due to the strong apolitical and secular nature of Indian armed forces. That dilemma is understandable. It is good for BR to be focused in its core competency that is military matters. But BR regularly attracts many patriotic Indians who wish to discuss aspects other than military, corectly believing that "security" goes beyond merely military matters. This forum hopefully will fulfill that gap and more.
Ashok.
The format and range of topics is pretty good!
I registered in August, but this is my first post here. I have been away from both IF and BR for most of the past few months. I didn't know about a lot of things that happened at BR during that time. Although going by past happenings it seems that another of those "discussions" erupted that led to further pruning in the type of topics that could be discussed. It was apparent for a while that another forum was also needed. BR is a great forum, but is limited in mandate and scope to primarily military matters. Since perhaps many people at BR deal officially with Indian Military personnel regularly, they are bound to feel awkward including controversial political or religious topics in the forum due to the strong apolitical and secular nature of Indian armed forces. That dilemma is understandable. It is good for BR to be focused in its core competency that is military matters. But BR regularly attracts many patriotic Indians who wish to discuss aspects other than military, corectly believing that "security" goes beyond merely military matters. This forum hopefully will fulfill that gap and more.
Ashok.