Reflections of Rajaram Bojji

----------------------------                              FIELD MARSHAL SAM MANEKSHAW’S LECTURE                              AT DEFENCE SERVICES COLLEGE, WELLINGTON                                         ON LEADERSHIP AND DISCIPLINE                                                 11TH NOVEMBER, 1998        Commandant, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am fully conscious of the privilege, which is mine, to have been invited here to address the college. A while ago, I was invited to a seminar where the subject was youth, and people said that the youth of this country was not pulling its weight, that society generally was not satisfied with how the young were functioning. When I was asked what I thought about it, I said that the youngsters of this country are disappointed, disturbed and confused. They cannot understand why all these untoward things are happening in this country. They want to know who is to blame. Not them. If they want to study at night and there is no power, they w

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