The tradition of military parades dates back to the ancient civilisational empires of the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans, who undertook celebratory parades to celebrate victories, invoke their gods, or simply intimidate rivals through the optics of grandeur. But beyond its political and societal rationale, these military parades also bore some functional utility -- such as instilling martial discipline with an insistence on total coordination, patriotism, and fidelity to the “flag”. As the concept of the nation-state started emerging, these spectacles became symbols of national remembrance, cultural coherence and deterrence. The tenor and the accompanying essentialities of these military parades obviously...