Articles By Brig Anil Gupta
National Security Challenges
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Jun , 2019
The hype created about uncertainty of the outcome of election 2019 has ended with the nation re-imposing its faith in the leadership of Prime Minister Modi and expressing satisfaction with the...
De-limitation: A Step towards ending Regional Discrimination
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 06 Jun , 2019
Among numerous problems that engulf Jammu & Kashmir, regional discrimination tops the list. Not very long ago, there was a misconception in the country that J&K means Kashmir. Many official...
Re-emergence of ISIS: Threat to India
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 May , 2019
Ever since the rout of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also referred to as Islamic State (IS), a debate has raged in the strategic circles regarding its future. IS not very long ago was...
In Search of a Trigger this Summer
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 18 May , 2019
Come summer and coinciding with the “Durbar” move, it has almost become a routine that the Valley is set on fire by the elements inimical to the return of normalcy and peace in Kashmir....
Surgical Strikes-Avoidable Debate
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 May , 2019
In the ongoing elections for the Indian Parliament, “Surgical Strikes” have become a bone of contention. Modi government used the surgical strikes carried out by Indian Army in September 2016...
It is Win-Win for All but India still has a Long Haul
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 04 May , 2019
India has secured a big diplomatic victory with the listing of Masood Azhar, Pakistan –based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) Chief as global terrorist by United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after...
Ignoring Ladakh Detrimental to National Security
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Apr , 2019
The trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh with Zanskar ranges in the South and Karakoram ranges in the North bordering both Pakistan and China is strategically very important and vital for India’s...
Zanskar Deserves Justice
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 23 Apr , 2019
Zanskar is a sub-division of Kargil district of Ladakh Region, the cold desert of India. It is a sparsely populated Buddhist dominated area which has the distinction of being one of the three...
Kishtwar Killing Part of a Bigger Game Plan
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 11 Apr , 2019
The broad daylight cold blooded murder by jihadi terrorists of a devoted Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) leader and his police guard in Kishtwar town of Jammu cannot be treated as a stray incident...
China does it Again
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Mar , 2019
The nation yet again is busy discussing China’s decision to block efforts at the United Nations to ban Jaish chief Masood Azhar for the fourth consecutive time. The discussion appears to be...
Pulwama Terror Attack: Challenge by Jihadists
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 16 Feb , 2019
The deadly car bomb suicide attack on a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) near Awantipora in Pulwama claiming the lives of more than 40 troopers and leaving a score of them injured is...
A Wake up Call: ‘Izzat’ at Stake
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 05 Feb , 2019
Jammu & Kashmir continues to hog media limelight for one reason or the other. A recent happening in Kashmir, though outrageous and barbaric has failed to sensitise the Lutyens media while the...
J&K: A Counter Narrative
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Jan , 2019
In my previous article “Battle of Perceptions: difference correct wordings can make,” I had emphasised the need of winning the battle of perceptions in J&K. Building an appropriate...
Battle of Perceptions: Difference correct wordings can make
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 20 Dec , 2018
The state of J&K is passing through a very crucial phase. While the government agencies are working diligently to restore normalcy in the state, the vested interests which include, the pro-Pak...
J&K not yet ripe for a Popular Government
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 09 Dec , 2018
Though the state was placed under Governor’s Rule on 20 June 2018, the state assembly was kept under suspended animation as permitted by the J&K Constitution. The Assembly was finally dissolved...
Accession of J&K: Breaking Many Myths
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Dec , 2018
At the time of independence, British India was divided on the basis of religion. However, the princely states, on the other hand, were not divided. They were to go, each state as a whole, to...
J&K: Need for Regional Parties to play a positive role
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Oct , 2018
Kashmir Valley is once again on the boil. The reason is simple. Continued spell of peace and normalcy does not suit the narrative of the separatists as well as the regional parties. Of late, they...
Jammu & Kashmir: The Way Forward
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Vol. 33.3 Jul-Sep 2018 | Date: 21 Sep , 2018
“Kashmir is an integral part of India” is not a cliché, but a historical fact much before the happenings of 1947. Kashmir is the keystone of India’s heritage and fountainhead of its...
Local Bodies Polls in Jammu & Kashmir: Challenging Task
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 13 Sep , 2018
For the first time in the past three decades of political turmoil in Kashmir, the separatists and both main stream political parties have come on the same page and called for boycott of elections....
Bakrid Violence: a worrisome welcome for the new Governor
By: Brig Anil Gupta | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Aug , 2018
Kashmir witnessed one of its most violent and bloodiest Bakrid in the recent times, just a day after the announcement was made of appointment of a new governor of the State. Was it co-incidental...