Interviews
East Pakistan: The Mukti Bahini takes shape
By: Maj Gen Sukhwant Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: India's War since Independence | Date: 26 Mar , 2021
A bout the end of the first week of April 1971, most of the revolting Bengali troops had been flushed out into India by the sheer brute force of the Pakistani Army. Some of them were badly mauled,...
1971 War: Sinking of the KHUKRI
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Triumph | Date: 21 Mar , 2021
“The Story of the Pakistan Navy” has recounted the events as seen from the submarine HANGAR which sank the KHUKRI. HANGAR had sailed from Karachi on 22 November for a patrol off the Saurashtra...
1962 War: The Role of the IAF
By: Air Chief Marshal P C Lal | Issue: Book Excerpt: My Years with the I.A.F. | Date: 17 Feb , 2021
What part did the lAF play in this sad event? A noncombatant role but an important one nonetheless. It was a logistical role—transportation of men and material and supply-dropping with large...
Soldiers: The Rajput and Brahman
By: Edmund Candler | Issue: Book Excerpt: The Sepoy | Date: 26 Jan , 2021
In the early days, before the British Raj had spread North and West, there was a period when the Bengal Army was enlisted almost exclusively from the high-caste Hindu. In the campaigns against the...
Defence of Srinagar 1947
By: Col Bhaskar Sarkar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Outstanding Victories of the Indian Army | Date: 02 Jan , 2021
Battle of Shalateng When the British left in 1947 after creating Pakistan and India, the Princely States were given the option of acceding to India or Pakistan or to remain independent. All the...
1971: Finest Hour for the Indian Intelligence Agencies
By: Anand K Verma | Issue: Vol. 27.1 -Mar 2012 | Date: 11 Dec , 2020
Many are of the opinion that the year 1971 was the most glorious year of the Republic with a focused government in operation, well-thought out plan, adjusting admirably to the unfolding of events...
Won’t Allow Any Foreign Group to Interfere in Afghanistan: Taliban
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 19 Oct , 2020
Dr Muhammad Naeem Wardak is the Spokesperson for Taliban political office in Doha. Political talks are undergoing between Afghan government and Taliban at Doha but on the other hand, intense...
Chinese View: India thinks it has got the better of China, so it can dare China
By: Hemant Adlakha | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 28 Sep , 2020
The article is presenting what the Chinese are writings in their Media Original article title in Chinese: 刘宗义: 印度自以为把准了中国的脉，所以敢于咄咄逼人 Professor Liu...
Leadership in the 21st Century: Sam Manekshaw, MC
By: Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw MC | Issue: Book Excerpt: Field Marshal KM Cariappa: | Date: 17 Sep , 2020
Vice President, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am fully conscious of the honour and privilege which is mine to be invited here to address you this evening. The honour is even greater that you should have...
1971 War: The First Missile Attack on Karachi
By: Vice Adm (Retd) GM Hiranandani | Issue: Book Excerpt: Transition to Triumph | Date: 09 Sep , 2020
Events before the Attack Vice Admiral (later Admiral) Kohli, was the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command (FOCINCWEST). In his book “We Dared”, he states: “After...
Making of an Indian Army Soldier
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Book Excerpt: Third and Ninth Gorkhas | Date: 06 Sep , 2020
The Kanchas (young men) recruited by the Recruiting Depots and BRO are raw village boys. Rustic in the extreme, often semi-literate, with no concept of discipline, training, esprit de corps, or...
A British Private Company, raised a Private Army to conquer India!
By: Air Marshal RK Nehra | Issue: Book Excerpt: Hinduism & its Military Ethos | Date: 03 Sep , 2020
It is a law of nature that all civilizations must finally decay and be replaced; Muslims were no exception. By the early 1700s, Muslims were bored and fatigued with their 500 years of continuous rule....
Making of a General
By: Col Bhaskar Sarkar | Issue: Book Excerpt: Outstanding Victories of the Indian Army | Date: 22 Aug , 2020
“The personality of the general is indispensable. He is the head, he is the all of an army. The Gaul’s were not conquered by the Roman Legions but by Caesar. It was not before the...
MBDA Arms the Rafale: Interaction with the Editor
By: IDR Interview | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jul , 2020
The METEOR is a very long-range air-to-air ram-jet powered EM missile. How will its combination with the Rafale weapon system contribute to a real paradigm change in air- to-air affairs? India’s...
India and Israel Partnership is Comprehensive and Strategic in Nature:...
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 26 Jan , 2020
Dr Ron Malka is the Ambassador of Israel to India. In an exclusive interview to Manish Rai, Editor of Viewsaround and a geo-political analyst he spoke about various dynamics related to Indo-Israel...
Afghanistan has changed but Taliban hasn’t: Afghan Envoy
By: Manish Rai | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 15 Jan , 2020
Mr Tahir Qadiry is Afghanistan’s envoy to India (Charge d’Affaires). In an exclusive interview to Manish Rai, Editor of Viewsaround and a geo-political analyst spoke about various issues...
'Article 370 is a very misconceived Article'
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 08 Aug , 2019
Claude Arpi’s interview with Jagmohan, Former Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Union Minister. It was recorded in 2007. Claude: Sir, there are rumors that India and Pakistan will soon have a...
Kargil War: Role Played by the Indian Air Force
By: Maj Gen Jagjit Singh | Issue: Book Excerpt: Artillery: The Battle-Winning Arm | Date: 02 Feb , 2019
The bold decision taken by the Indian Government on May 25, 1999 to employ the air force in the Kargil War played an important role in the ultimate victory. Never before in military history had...
“Under Governor’s rule in J&K you will see a difference”
By: IDR News Network | Issue: Courtesy: Uday India | Date: 21 Jul , 2018
“We must understand the fact that radicalisation is not confined to only the Valley, but it is a global phenomenon. I can say that at global level, this radicalisation has increased at a rapid...
Faithful among the Faithful - Interview of George Fernandes in New Delhi
By: Claude Arpi | Issue: Courtesy: http://claudearpi.blogspot.in/ | Date: 05 Jun , 2018
In March 2006, I had the privilege to interview him on his relation with Tibet and the Dalai Lama …and China. Soon after, he would not be well enough to answer questions. Most of the Tibetans I...