Articles By Bhaskar Dutta Baruah
Social Distancing: Wuhan Virus and a Changing Socio-Political Order
By: Bhaskar Dutta Baruah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Mar , 2020
Amidst the state measures being taken to contain COVID-19 and the ensuing public panic, the element of maintaining physical distances between individuals and nations is seen as a common...
The New Han Empire, India and the Quashing of Tibet
By: Bhaskar Dutta Baruah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 02 May , 2018
In the 13th and early 14th centuries, a Chinese historian by the name of Ma-Twan-Lin wrote a grandiose history of China in multiple volumes filled with exaggerations on the so called glory of...
The Curious Case of Masood Azhar
By: Bhaskar Dutta Baruah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 12 Feb , 2017
At a time when countries across the globe are taking serious looks at their internal security due to Islamic Terrorism, India is among the few countries whose internal security is directly related...
India-China: Rasputin, Unholy Geopol and Chicken Sandwich
By: Bhaskar Dutta Baruah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 14 Oct , 2016
When China occupied Tibet, Prime Minister Nehru’s brows should have perspired, because he now had a monstrous red dragon to deal with, even as he struggled with mad dog Pakistan. But Defence...
Why India can’t Afford a Chinese Dalai Lama
By: Bhaskar Dutta Baruah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 29 Sep , 2016
A country’s defence strategy is not made after an enemy attack – steps taken during war time (or signs signalling a war) are more of a tactical nature rather than strategic. Strategy is a...
The Silent Chinese Invasion
By: Bhaskar Dutta Baruah | Issue: Net Edition | Date: 22 Sep , 2016
In the 1950’s the People’s Republic of China upped its ante for occupying Tibet. In the year 1959, His Holiness the Dalai Lama escaped from his land and the Chinese occupation of Tibet was...