Apropos K D Singh’s letter “One-sided story” (February 15), the writer appears to have given a new meaning to the words “duress” and “coercion”. If General Singh felt strongly about his date of birth and deemed it a matter of “honour” (that overused term), he should have stuck to his stand, risked his promotion and sought legal redress prior to his (conditional) promotion in 2008 instead of knocking at the doors of the Supreme Court after becoming the Chief of Army Staff and just before his retirement. What kind of honour is involved in going back on one’s commitments, taking cover under fictitious “duress” and “coercion”?
P Chaganty Mumbai
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