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जहां एक ओर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी घुसपैठ रोकने का दावा कर रहे हैं, वहीं चीन अपनी हरकतों से बाज आता नहीं दिख रहा है। भारत में सरकार...
1962: Why the IAF was not used
“The Indians at all levels are in a state of shock. Not one but two pleas for help are coming to us, the second one of them still highly confidential. They want our Air Force to back them up so that they can employ theirs tactically without leaving their cities unprotected…” JK Galbraith (US Ambassador in India during the 1962...
Afghanistan's Three New Crises
Afghanistan today faces three emerging crises just when one felt that the country, after decades of turmoil and violence unremittingly imposed from external forces, might be looking at a chance of returning to a semblance of normalcy with the second round of the presidential elections concluded on June 14. No country can afford this...
Human Rights and the Indian Soldier
Naik Ramesh was going on leave. Watching the lush green paddy field in the plains of Punjab go by from his military compartment of the Jammu Mail, he thought fondly of Indu, his loving wife back at home in Haryana. It was eight months since he had last been home on leave. She had just given birth to their first son, the cuddly little...
US Policies: Security Threat to India
Current developments in Iraq expose further the failure of US policies in West Asia. With all the resources at its command, of information, analysis and technical expertise, and the sense of responsibility that must accompany the overwhelming power it possesses, the US should not be committing egregious mistakes in dealing with an unstable...