Human memory tends to be short. So it is not surprising that a year after the Kargil war, the media has chosen to remember the shortcomings in equipment and intelligence the war revealed and overlook the high degree of professionalism and organisational skill, not to mention sheer heroism, that the army displayed. This wouldn't have mattered if it did not affect morale and battle-readiness in the future. But that is what it is threatening to do. This is therefore an attempt to remember both dispassionately, with the benefit of time.