Yesterday I suddenly saw General V. K. Singh, COAS, being interviewed by Major General Ashoke Mehta (retd.) on a programme called Defence Watch. The General explained the border "incursions" in the simplest possible manner. He pointed out that there was a disputed border. He explained that there was a line of actual control, but it wasn't very helpful, because it had been done by the Chinese side on a 1:1,000,000 map; on the ground, there were wide variations. As a result, the Chinese side had its perception of where the line was, the Indian side too had its perceptions. Both sides with the full knowledge of the other patrolled up to the point perceived by it. These were, therefore, not intrusions but transgressions; neither side took notice of it, recorded it or felt particularly tensed by it.
It was certainly a clear and logical explanation.