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Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain
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To war with wisdom, not blustering into it
The doyen among military institutions in India is the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC)-Wellington. The institution teaches war and staff duties to all three Services. As recognition of the wisdom it imparts, it has, like many of its counterparts worldwide, adopted the owl as its symbol, which sits atop a scroll with the words ‘Tam Marte Quam Minerva’. Translated from Latin, it means, ‘To War with Wisdom’. It has been Sanskritized now for some years to ‘Yudham Pragya’, with the same meaning. The Indian Military Academy (IMA), Dehradun, which imparts training for permanent commission to officers, has ‘Veerta aur Vivek’ emblazoned across the scroll below the swords and the torch; translated, this too means ‘Valour and Wisdom’.
24 February 2019, 05:16 IST
To war with wisdom, not blustering into it
24 February 2019, 05:16 IST