Doklam was in the news for almost three months this year, until the standoff concluded in Aug. In recent days, it is back, with reports of Chinese enhancing its activities in the area close to Doklam plateau including construction of buildings, gun emplacements and enhancing its deployment in the region. Speculations are ripe on possible Chinese intent including recommencing road […]
In his remarks on ‘meeting the foreign policy challenges of 2017 and beyond’ Rex Tillerson commented on North Korea and Pakistan as the US’s two major challenges in the coming year. These two have remained on the US agenda for some time, but there has been no forward movement by any government. Trump has adopted a more stringent approach than […]
Garga Chatterjee in his article published in the First Post on 17 Dec 17 entitled, ‘Indian army’s misleading tweet about 71 war adds to a culture of jingoistic misinformation puts Bangladesh government in a tight spot’, is a lopsided view of the 1971 war victory. His article is based on few tweets placed and removed from the army public information […]
The DRDO director general (BRAHMOS), Mr SK Mishra, while speaking during a session on ‘Role of DRDO in making India a world class defence hub’ justified high imports of military equipment. His reasoning was the existing security environment of the neighbourhood, wide weather variations in various parts of the country and our history of importing equipment. In his opinion, wide […]
The soldier who places his life and limb at risk to ensure that the nation is safe and secure, has no demands, but respect and status. ‘God and soldiers are only remembered in times of trouble’ as an adage, had always been true for India. However, in recent times, there has been a slow but positive change towards respecting the […]
As we celebrate Vijay Diwas, victory over Pakistan in 1971, it is time to retrospect. The 1971 war was a decisive victory. It concluded when Lt General AAK Niazi, then governor of East Pakistan, signed an unconditional surrender in Dacca on 16 Dec 1971 and Pakistani forces comprising of 93,000 soldiers, surrendered to the Indian army. Paintings of the surrender […]
It is an established fact that Pakistan has placed all its eggs in one basket, which implies China and the China Pak Economic Corridor (CPEC). It’s deep state’s policy of supporting terror groups, enhancing internal fissures and increasing insecurity is such that the world has ignored Pak in its development, leaving it as a country deep in debt. Comments from […]
A topic gaining prominence across the nation and being debated in multiple forums, mainly by political parties, is nationalism. It has been in the limelight since events criticizing the nation and supporting Afzal Guru began unfolding in JNU. Leading political parties have been blaming one another for changing the concept of nationalism on frivolous grounds, including religion. Despite orders from […]
Information on the armed forces flag day was for the first time well spread across the nation employing every medium, mainly social. While the event did have good coverage and possibly reasonable contributions flowed, however, the very concept and methodology of its conduct needs a revisit. It has followed a laid down schedule since 1949, with an increased emphasis this […]
Recent inputs project an enhanced drive by political parties to tap into the power of social media for the forthcoming Gujrat elections. This is the future and needs to be tapped in earnest by all seeking protesting against the government. As per available data, India presently has over 350 million smart phone users, with numbers growing rapidly. Thus, by the […]