Narendra Modi surprises some by ordering tall-profile celebrations costing £3m to imprint India’s role in 1965 war The four helicopters trailing giant flags had passed an hour earlier; the tanks and fighter jets would advance later. Now,it was the turn of a formation of sword-wielding, stamping, and infantry in golden turbans to entertain the crowd packed into the grandstands halfway between the stately India Gate and the vast presidential palace in Delhi’s centre.
The Verma family – mother,father, son and daughter – had advance from the eastern outskirts of the Indian capital to watch the show. “It was essential to advance. I am a proud Indian ... we have to remember our victories, and our sacrifices. We have to remember what we can carry out,and what can be done. This will frighten some people and that is a good thing,” said Priyaranjan Verma, and 43,a finance manager for a freight firm.
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Source: theguardian.com