Articles in Homeland Security
Modernisation of Indian Police
By: Dr Sudhir Hindwan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 10 Feb , 2014
During the last few days or so, due to uncontrollable repeated cases of rape and violence in different parts of country, the Indian Police perspective of dealing with law and order problem has...
North East in Turmoil
By: Dr Sudhir Hindwan | Date: 24 Jan , 2014
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland has resurfaced with gusto in the North East. On Saturday the separatists (NDFB) massacred two persons and left more than four injured. Earlier on Friday...
26/11: Pak Army Irregulars attack Mumbai-I
By: B Raman | Issue: Book Excerpt: Mumbai 26/11 | Date: 24 Nov , 2013
In 2008, India faced six major acts of terrorism in Indian territory outside J&K. Of these, four in Jaipur (May), Bangalore (July), Ahmedabad (July) and Delhi (September) were committed by some...
Refusing to learn from Mumbai attacks
By: Prakash Nanda | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Nov , 2013
It is five years since that dreadful night of November 26, 2008, which saw 10 terrorists making an amphibious landing onto the jetties of Mumbai, and proceeding to carry out sophisticated and...
The Chinese Incursion: Need to Introspect
By: Lt Gen (Dr) JS Bajwa | Issue: Vol. 28.2 Apr-Jun 2013 | Date: 04 Nov , 2013
Robert Kaplan in his book “The Revenge of Geography” suggests that, “India’s rivalry with China is not like the one with Pakistan: it is more abstract, less emotional, and (far more...
North-East India: Its place in the National Security Calculus
By: PM Heblikar | Issue: Vol. 28.3 Jul-Sep 2013 | Date: 29 Oct , 2013
There has been no major change in the military architecture in India’s Northeast region since 1962. In a strategic sense, India has remained more in a defensive posture all along the sensitive...
BDCA – Another Self Inflicted Wound
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Date: 23 Oct , 2013
The brouhaha about India having signed the BDCA agreement with China actually is a self-inflicted wound though providing satisfaction to Prime Minister Manhohan Singh that he too inked a border...
घुसपैठ भारत की कमजोरी
By: Bharat Verma | Issue: Courtesy: Rashtriya Sahara | Date: 09 Oct , 2013
केरन सेक्टर में घुसपैठ का खुलासा 23 सितम्बर को हुआ लेकिन पाकिस्तान की यह...
Another Kargil in Keran Sector ?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 03 Oct , 2013
You don’t require a genius to tell you that the serious intrusion in Keran Sector that has been ongoing since 23rd September, even before the terrorist attacks on Hira Nagar Police Station and...
What National Security ?
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 01 Oct , 2013
Not having a National Security Strategy is a terrific boon to the hierarchy, for where is the question of accountability. Without a strategy, national security can flow the way it wants, whose...
The Inside Story of Samba Attack
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 30 Sep , 2013
Having just returned from the unit, filling in on the events on 26 Sep – Sep has truly been a ‘BLACK SEP’ this year, losing 4 x Officers and 3 men! …the militants on the first floor realised...
Terrorist Attack: Persisting Parkinson’s Response
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Sep , 2013
The twin terror attacks in Samba today witnessed the expected response from our Parkinson’s afflicted polity – actions following previous set pattern, much to the glee of Pakistan and China. ...
Kishtwar Riots: The Beginning of Ethnic Cleansing?
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Sep , 2013
In just three weeks the Kishtwar riots have entered the penumbra of media attention. Before they fade from memory, certain points need to be made. These riots are a vivid reminder of...
Sunset Soldiering
By: Lt Gen Raj Kadyan | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 21 Sep , 2013
What do soldiers do after retirement? This question often finds a simpering response, ‘Well, they have the canteen booze for company’. But anyone who has toured the hinterland would think...
Andaman and Nicobar Islands: A security challenge for India
By: Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja | Issue: Vol. 28.1 Jan-Mar 2013 | Date: 16 Sep , 2013
India’s military build-up, particularly of its naval capabilities and naval installations in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, worried ASEAN policy makers, who saw India as a potential threat to...
Triple Whammy – Terrorist Threat to South India
By: Lt Gen Prakash Katoch | Issue: Courtesy: CLAWS | Date: 15 Sep , 2013
There is considerable commotion about the R&AW and IB warnings of threat to South India by the LeT off the coast of Sri Lanka. Last year, Daniel Benjamin, US Ambassador at Large and Coordinator...