Articles By Saikat Datta
Is West Bengal becoming a new jihadi terror hub?
By: Saikat Datta | Issue: Courtesy: www.hindustantimes.com | Date: 17 Oct , 2014
For several months, senior operatives of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) quietly slipped into India to visit seven madrasas across three West Bengal border districts to build a robust...
Employing Special Forces: A Response to Popular Fallacies
By: Saikat Datta | Issue: Vol. 29.2 Apr-Jun 2014 | Date: 20 Jun , 2014
In his article on ‘Special Operations Forces: Understanding the Dynamics of Change’ (refer IDR Jan-Mar ’14 Vol. 29.1) Brigadier Deepak Sinha (Retd.) makes an excellent case for setting up a...