General Bipen Rawat, Chief of Defence staff of India,who kicked the bucket last Wednesday in a helicopter crash was blue eyed boy of Modi who had created special post of chief of defence staff after his retirement as army chief as he wanted to retain him in army for some more time after his retirement
General Rawat had some time ago said sardonically that we are going to change the DNA of Kashmiris.Little did he know then that very soon Indian government would have to send special DNA mobile laboratory to the place of occurrence of air crash for identifying his badly burnt and charred dead body.
Monarchies are on the wane in the world. The Brits are,however,very farsighted people in the sense that they in their own wisdom realise the difference in thinking and temperament of the people living in England, Scotland,Wales and Northern Island which make up what is billed as the UK.They have kept their monarchy intact because they believe that it is a symbol of unity among them. It is like a gel or glue that holds them together.
Queen Elizabeth is now on the wrong side of 95 .Age has lately caught up to her .She realises that her days are now numbered.Insiders believe that she understands that the people of her country don’t like her eldest son Prince Charles to succeed her as king because of his poor marital record.Prince Charles too knows that he is not popular among the people of his country who prefer his son Prince Williams to succeed once queen Elizabeth’s number is up or she steps down in a year or so. It is just possible that sooner or later the queen might call it a day and Prince Williams becomes the king of Britain.
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