Dealing with sensitive Ladakh The Excelsior 27 Sep 2025 A day after violence in Ladakh, the government dispatched a special envoy to the region, while a team of six negotiators including three each from Leh and Kargil flew to Delhi for talks. Thupstan Chhewang, the Chairman of the Leh Apex Body (LAB), stated, ‘An official of the Centre has […]
Targeting armed forces personnel The Excelsior 30 Aug 2025 Recent floods and cloudbursts in J and K, Himachal, Punjab and Uttarakhand saw the army out as first responders. They were there assisting and supporting the population even before the SDRF and NDRF could reach, largely because of their proximity. It is not that their camps were not affected by […]
Are Ladakhi’s being manipulated The Excelsior 19 Aug 2025 Ladakh recently witnessed a three-day hunger strike organized by the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance. On the last day of the strike was a protest rally where known climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and Ladakh MP Mohmad Haneefa Jan participated. The strikers demanded statehood for the UT (Ladakh was […]
Baseless doubts on Operation Sindoor reveal bankruptcy of Indian politics First Post 12 Aug 2025 While some may term it as politicization of the armed forces the fact remains that the Indian Air Chief, Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, spoke from his heart on Operation Sindoor while delivering the Air Chief Marshal LM Katre Memorial Lecture in Bengaluru recently. […]
Operation Sindoor: A triumph politicized not celebrated News 18 01 Aug 2025 The Operation Sindoor debate in parliament was a disgrace to say the least. The impression conveyed is that Indian politicians, desperate to take over reins in Delhi, were speaking through their hat, without a clue of basics of military strategy as also largely unaware of what transpired […]
Politicians should steer clear of military operations The Statesman 29 Jul 2025 In India, a nation always facing elections, everything is politics, whether it be a government decision or an incident or even a military operation. While the government feels it should be credited for everything, the opposition believes its role is to criticize, especially when it is taken […]
Greater indigenization essential for future conflicts Prabhat Khabar 24 Jul 2025 Speaking at a workshop on ‘Indigenization of critical components,’ the CDS, Gen Anil Chauhan, mentioned, ‘We cannot rely on imported technologies that are crucial for our offensive and defensive missions. We must invest, build and safeguard ourselves.’ He added that ‘Yesterday’s weapons can’t win today’s wars, tomorrow’s technology […]
Nationalism subjugated to narrow political ends The Statesman 10 Jun 2025 A tweet of Salman Khurshid, while being part of the national delegation of MPs to SE Asia, described the Indian pollical environment perfectly. He tweeted, ‘When on a mission against terrorism, to carry India’s message to the world, it’s distressing that people at home are calculating political allegiances. […]
India is enhancing its drone and counter-drone capabilities ETv Bharat 02 Mar 2025 The Russo-Ukraine war continues to witness a UAV dominated battlefield compelling changing concepts of operations and tactics. A difference compared to employment of brute military power of yester years. Russia initially employed Iranian drones and moved on to develop its Lancet drones which carry a 40 Kg […]
Army as first responder The Statesman 18 Mar 2025Photographs of residents of Wayanad in Jul-Aug 2024 lining up to cheer members of the army’s rescue team as it withdrew after successfully completing its daunting rescue task, post the landslides, dominated social media as also news networks. It was an emotional send-off from a community which lost many family members but […]