By celebrating Pakistan victory, some Indians have made a ‘mauka-ry’ of Indian ethos and democracy First Post 29 Oct 2021 There are reports of arrests of those who raised the Pak flag or sang the Pak national anthem post the Indo-Pak cricket match in UP, while in Kashmir students and staff of medical colleges have been booked under UAPA. […]
The world is looking at India The Excelsior 28 Oct 2021 Till a few decades ago, India was considered a land of snake charmers and elephants. The world considered India synonymous to poverty. The change began in the early nineties when Narasimha Rao with Manmohan Singh as his finance minister, opened the Indian economy. India in 1991 was compelled […]
Security challenges galore The Excelsior 15 Aug 2021 Over the past seven and a half decades India has grown multi-fold. It is a nation with a strong economy, democracy and a powerful military. Global leaders rush to initiate economic deals and gain a foothold into the growing Indian market. It is considered a net security provider in the region as […]
CAPFs as part of theatre commands CLAWS 12 Jul 2021 The armed forces have projected including select Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), mainly BSF and ITBP, deployed along the LOC and LAC, within the gambit of theatre commands thereby seeking the unity of command and responsibility for securing un-demarcated borders. A similar demand exists from the navy on the […]
Throwing the blame on the polity The Excelsior 16 Jun 2021 A collection of retired bureaucrats, claiming to have no political affiliation, have written to the Prime Minister on the centre’s poor handling of COVID. At first glance, it appears that the bureaucracy, which failed in correctly advising the polity in every adverse situation that the nation has faced, […]
Government failures fall on the armed forces The Excelsior 26 May 2021 For years, the army had been demanding the raising of a Mountain Strike Corps (MSC), funds for modernization and making up deficiencies in war wastage reserves (WWR). All this was based on increased Chinese threats and possibilities of a two-front war. Governments at the centre, on the […]
Battling the second wave The Excelsior 12 May 2021 The nation is in the midst of an unprecedented second wave of the China Virus. Casualties mount, medical resources are stretched, and the national public suffers untold misery. There is almost no household which has not been impacted by the virus. Events like recently concluded elections, religious festivals and nonadherence […]
जब बाकी सब विफल हो जाते हैं, तो भारत के पास एक आखिरी रास्ता बचताहै-सशस्त्र बल, चाहे भूकंप हो, बाढ़ हो, ग्लेशियर का फटना हो, ट्रेन दुर्घटना हो या महामारी हो। नवीनतम रिपोर्ट में बताया गया है कि सेना की मेडिकल बटालियन को पूर्वोत्तर से बिहार में कोविड अस्पताल स्थापित करने के लिए एयरलिफ्ट किया गया है, क्योंकि वहां संक्रमण […]
Enhancing CAPFs capabilities The Excelsior 24 Apr 2021 The recent encounter in Bastar which led to 23 CAPF soldiers losing their lives has raised questions on the planning and conduct of operations in the Naxal belt. The DG CRPF, Kuldeep Singh stated that there was no flaw in the intelligence inputs which led to the launching of large forces. […]
New strategy needed to handle Naxals The Statesman 13 Apr 2021 The ambush on police forces by Naxals in Tekulugudam leaving 23 dead shook the nation. Those who backed, planned and implemented the operation defended their actions. The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Bhupesh Baghel stated, ‘It was not an attack on (police) camp…We had gone there to corner them. […]