IDR Blog
Know yourself, know your Enemy
It was probably in late 1963. A senior Indian Army officer, just released from a PoW camp in Tibet where he had spent 7 months in dreadful conditions, went to Grindlays Bank on Connaught Place in the Indian capital. As he entered the bank, he saw a familiar figure at one of the counters. He had served under this person before being taking...
Nepal crisis: Stoking anti-India sentiments will serve no purpose
Nepal has been in grave crisis since it adopted a new constitution without considering the aspirations of Madhesis and indigenous nationalities (Janjatis) of the Terai region. Locals in the Terai region are up in arms about their demands of representation. This has led to the Madhesis stopping fuel and other essential supplies from entering...
Modi’s Malaysia, Singapore visits: India's growing role in regional dynamics
Prime Minster Narendra Modi’s four-day visit to Malaysia and Singapore is a vital part of the continuing emphasis given to India’s Act East Policy. In November 2014, during the India-ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit at Naypyitaw, with Myanmar as the ASEAN chair, Modi laid emphasis to the fact that the Look East Policy would be...
Security forces are dominating the terrorists in J&K
Terror mongers from across the border have had to contend with a large number of setbacks during the summer gone by. The season normally witnesses peak activity in terms of successful infiltration, terrorist initiated violence in the hinterland and disruptive activity in the urban areas in the form of strikes and shutdowns. Infiltration,...
Peace: A High Hanging fruit between India and Pakistan
Associated with the common cultural roots and history, yet separated by borders peppered by bullets, and the ever present threat of war is the unfortunate saga of relationship of two neighbours, India and Pakistan. After independence, India and Pakistan have shared the relationship of love and hatred, punctuated by four major wars of 1948,...