India, Sept. 9 -- General Dwivedi's reminder that the security forces reforms are "the need of the hour" should put to rest any doubts about implementing the 'theatre'

George Bernard Shaw once famously said "Progress is impossible without change." Indeed, maintaining status quo is no progress and eventually it leaves you behind in the race. The world around us is changing - the geopoltics is changing at a fast pace and so it is imperative that our preparation to meet the new age challenges should be upgraded to meet the challenges of the changing times. Defence preparedness is no exception more so when our challengers are upgrading at a breakneck speed. Unfortunately one of the cherished concept of organisation - the theaterisation - is la...