VK Singh

Former Army Chief VK Singh is a straight-talking soldier who parachuted himself into the field of politics and is perhaps not used to its compromises or intricacies. Which is why he finds himself in a controversy of his own making, following his attendance of a dinner at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi to celebrate the National Day of Pakistan. After being harangued on television channels for this, the Minister of State for External Affairs sent a series of tweets that had him reflecting on the concepts of ‘Duty’ and ‘Disgust’. The former included ‘a task or action that a person is bound to perform for moral or legal reasons’ while the latter was ‘to sicken or fill with loathing’.

Singh later said that the disgust was aimed at the media. ‘Disgusted to see how certain sections of the media are twisting this issue’, went his tweet blaming the media. If that was the case, then why issue homilies on duty in the first place? As if he was reluctant and needed to justify his attendance. Why perform a duty that forces one to endure such disgust? And if he wants to pin it all on the media, then why be so cryptic? Why use words that are so easily misconstrued? There are times when silence speaks just as well, and this was one such moment.

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