IDR Blog
Operational Importance of AFSPA
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)-1958 was enacted by the Parliament on September 11, 1958, to provide necessary powers and legal protection to the Armed Forces while carrying out proactive operations against the insurgents in a highly hostile environment. Since then, the Armed Forces have been able to effectively contain insurgency...
Armageddon in slow motion: Threat to India
Bloody wars have been fought before but today’s media communications and live coverage has brought the horrors to our bedrooms, in almost real time. In the past nations fought in the name of political ideals democracy versus communism sort of thing or nationalistic goals, but were really seeking territorial aggrandizement and domination....
Hafiz-Vaidik meet could be calamitous
Indian news has been abuzz with the meeting of Ved Pratap Vaidik with in an internationally wanted Pakistani terrorist, Hafiz Saeed, while on a private trip to Pakistan. Much has been spoken on the rather unsavoury subject over the past few days, especially on the news channels. The Government of India, under fire of the opposition, has...
US has to see its role in MH17
In India, we need to separate our reactions to the human dimension of the tragic downing of the Malaysian passenger plane over Ukrainian airspace by a missile and its political dimension. On the humanitarian side, this incident deserves unalloyed condemnation, no matter who is responsible, as apart from the individual tragedies of those who...
The Embedded Chinese Threat
As the world gets more and more inter-connected in the cyber space, the Indian armed forces are no laggards. Today our Army, Navy and Air force are getting networked by more and more sophisticated networks. This has lead to an increase in irreversible dependence on Computer systems to take critical and faster decisions. Today the armed forces...