Shoma Chaudhury's video: Super reform Or super disaster 4 generals on the raging Agnipath controversy Shoma Chaudhury

Have we bitten a bullet? Or delivered a self-inflicted wound? Super reform? Or super disaster? A younger fitter tech savvy army? Or one hollowed out of prestige, promise & battle readiness? The Modi government’s controversial new army recruitment scheme — Agnipath — has quite literally set the country on fire. Triggering heated debate & protests. So how will this huge gamble — announced with customary suddenness — play out? 4 decorated combat hardened veterans — AIR VICE MARSHALL RAJESH ISSER; Lt GENERAL DS HOODA; Lt GENERAL VINOD BHATIA; Lt GENERAL SURENDRAN KULKARNI — take on the many thorny questions that arise. Will Agnipath transform India’s youth into an idealistic resource pool? Or will it militarise civil society in dangerous ways? Will this enable selection of the best, or has the army been turned into an internship turnstile? Is this a well thought out move? Or a rash, speculative promise? It’s tough to get more experienced & incisive insight than this. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 1:41 Isser on why Agnipath is an important scheme 5:40 Bhatia's concerns about Agnipath 11:24 Hooda's concerns about Agnipath 14:22 Kulkarni on if Agnipath should have had a pilot 22:42 Is the scheme making false promises of rehabilitation? 30:14 On anxieties and psyche of the soldier 35:08 Is the pride of being an army man diluted? 41:00 Will there be militarisation of civil society? 46:18 Was Agnipath the right way to downsize 51:12 Will the demobilisation of the army cause civil war? 54:29 Will representation in the army get skewed? 56:29 What reforms would Bhatia ask for? 58:39 Bhatia on the dominance of one group in the army 1:01:50 The benefits and problems of the scheme 1:12:16 Will army 'interns' put their life on the line? 1:15:08 Protest culture, military & democracy --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . With Shoma Chaudhury (Please like & press the subscribe button on https://bit.ly/34MNcEb ) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/EnquiryWithShoma Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/enquirywithshoma/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enquiry.shomachaudhury/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShomaChaudhury