If You Have A Tattoo, The Indian Army May Reject You

 

Getting into the Indian Army is such a matter of pride among Indian youth since it is considered to be one of the revered jobs in the country. Working for the nation; what could be more satiating than that, right? The rules that govern the selection process has seen a change that could amaze you.

Apparently, Army has said a big resounding NO to the potential officers having offensive tattoos.

The selection committee would now show zero tolerance to the people sporting tattoos.

Here are the new rules:

1. The candidate appearing for the post of commissioned officer will have to fill up a separate form which would entail complete details of the tattoos.
2. If the tattoo falls within the ‘approved parameters’ (whatever they are!) and is approved by the authorities, the candidate would then file an affidavit stating that he would not get any more tattoos before pre-commissioning training.
3. If the applicant has ‘objectionable tattoo’ (defined by Army policy), he would be rejected straight away for the subsequent stage-I of the five-day selection process.
4. Also, applicants from tribal communities would be allowed to have permanent tattoos but only if that is admissible for their respective tribes. For others, small tattoos would do.
5. Also, if the applicant has undergone removal of any tattoos on their body, then that would be treated as a scar.

Tattoos that spread racism, immodesty, indecency would not be tolerated at all. Also, demeaning a person based on race, ethnicity is also not allowed.

The size of the tattoo has also been given a thought. A 5×3 dimension tattoo would be approved!

Army policy has also come up with a standard tattoo size. Earlier, in July 2012, Army approved tattoos on the inner parts of the arm and on the backs.
Mostly our so-called culture belittles people sporting tattoos because that is something that sanskari people don’t do. People are looked at with disgust but making that the strict selection criteria in the Indian Army makes little sense because ‘offensive’ is a very subjective term. Who knows how many sectors would follow this rule in the near future.