by Venu Gopal Narayanan - Jul 4, 2021 11:23 AM General Bipin Rawat. Snapshot Many issues and questions around theatre commands collided furiously when General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), gave an interview to a television channel on 2 July. There is a mighty war raging across India, and it is called âtheaterizationâ. The legions of this epic conflict are filled with countless sturdy belligerents, who strike to cut through the battle ranks of cyberspace, with the dash of an Alexander at Gaugamela, a Zhukov at Kursk, or a Harbaksh Singh at Asal Uttar. But who exactly is fighting whom, and why, is not too clear.