Hair-brained schemes will undermine our defence The Statesman 03 May 2022 Addressing the Rashtriya Raksha University last month, the ex-army chief, General Naravane, stated, ‘Whenever we talk about the armed forces, and whenever we talk about investments and expenditures made for the armed forces, we should see this as an investment — an investment on which you get full […]
Vital to stop those who exploit our fault lines The Statesman 26 Apr 2022 Recent communal clashes in Jahangirpuri and Khargone were alongside similar, near simultaneous incidents in eight other states. In early April there were communal clashes in Karauli, Rajasthan. The nation had faced violence over the Citizenship Amendment Act and long drawn protests over the farmer’s bill. […]
Caring for our own The Excelsior 15 Mar 2022 On the 8th of March, the Indian government was finally able to rescue its 700 trapped students from Sumy in Ukraine. An earlier attempt, a day before had stalled, as conditions were not conducive. The challenge for Delhi was to get Moscow and Kyiv to accept a ceasefire while hiring […]
A tightrope India must walk The Statesman 08 Mar 2022 India has been coming under increasing western pressure to back the west in condemning Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. India has thus far maintained a neutral stand, mentioning, ‘immediate cessation of violence and hostilities,’ as also, ‘the importance of respecting sovereignty and integrity of nations.’ It has abstained […]
Exploiting Indian fault lines The Excelsior 15 Feb 2022 Any protest in India is exploited on fault lines by adversaries for creating turmoil within the country or for their own gains, the Hijab controversy being no different. The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests were flagged by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan as a threat to Pakistan. He stated that […]
Power of the Indian buyer The Statesman 15 Feb 2022 India today is a global power, an economic powerhouse and a market which no global manufacturer wishes to let go. On Pakistan’s Kashmir solidarity day, a number of global companies’ Pakistani partners commented on Kashmir on social media networks. Most prominent was car maker Hyundai, which has a large […]
Why hesitation in appointing a CDS Chanakya Forum 28 Jan 2022 देश के पहले रक्षा प्रमुख (सीडीएस) जनरल बिपिन रावत की 08 दिसंबर 2021 को हेलीकॉप्टर दुर्घटना में हुई दुखद मृत्यु ने उन सुधारों को धीमा कर दिया, जो सशस्त्र बलों में हो रहे थे। सीडीएस के रूप में जनरल रावत ने स्वतंत्रता के बाद से सशस्त्र बलों द्वारा […]
Why all song and dance over ‘eternal flame’ and ‘Abide With Me’ is politically motivated First Post 28 Jan 2022 The decision of the government to merge the flames at India Gate with the recently constructed national war memorial resulted in an unprecedented political controversy. Added to this was the dropping of ‘Abide With me’ from the Beating of […]
Why does Nagaland need AFSPA? India News Network 24 Jan 2022 On 31st December the centre extended AFSPA (Armed Forces Special Powers Act) in Nagaland for a further six months. This, even while a committee composed by the centre, headed by a secretary, tasked to examine the possibility of withdrawing the act has begun its assessment. The state assembly […]
Elections in pandemic times: Why our political parties need to switch to digital canvassing First Post 07 Jan 2022 Addressing the media after his visit to Lucknow, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Sushil Chandra, stated, ‘all parties told us elections should be held on time following COVID-19 protocols.’ He further added that guidelines on managing large election rallies or if […]