Defence is a non-issue in India

NDTV broadcast an interesting program on 7 Jan 11 evening - Dead (ly) weapons. The program showcased the terrible state of the weapons with our defence forces. It made clear to anyone who cares that Indian defence capability is severely handicapped by lack of modern weapons. As an ex army officer, I always had the dilemma as to why no one cares about this?
Why are the citizens more bothered about loss of money in scams than in the vulnerability of their country? My question was answered towards the close of the program. An ex IAF Chief, who had lamented the sorry state of air weapons throughout the program, assured the country that this lack of preparedness notwithstanding, we will not allow a repeat of 62 ( it is another thing that the IAF was not used in 62, which was a grave error). He guaranteed it. An ex army chief, too, spoke highly of the morale of the army. Hearing this, my dilemma cleared. If two ex chiefs go on record to say that India is safe despite this state of weaponry, why bother?
The fig leaf had been provided.
My take is - we are relying too heavily on the raw courage of our youngsters which can last but 14 days. Just that many to die needlessly. In military history, there is a quote - 'Do not use my men where you can use artillery'. Obviously, the quote could not have come from an Indian General.
The fact is that, overall, we are in a terrible state militarily. Such a shocking state of artillery, submarines and aircrafts should be more unacceptable to a nation than any number of money scams. Even with our known adversaries, we can no longer guarantee success in all scenarios. If we do succeed, it will be at unacceptable cost of human lives. And in case we have to cross swords with a really modern army, we simply had it. No ifs and buts.
Hey, I have just found a humorous analogy for our FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE WHAT’S IMPORTANT: My house is on fire! Quick, call the post office and tell them to hold my mail! My country's defence is at stake. Quick, let me bother about money scams!