An open letter to the Army Chief
ahmed sabirWhy do Kashmiri youth and women pick up stones and guns; Why do soldiers kill themselves and colleagues; Why does Saqib seek freedom from Major Sharma are questions that Army chief…
China is ready When the guns go silent who foots the bill?
By Sami Moubayed President Vladimir Putin may be hammering out an endgame in Damascus, but Russia has no money to rebuild once the shooting stops, but Beijing does l signals from…
Torture and Sexual violence in Afghanistan
By Musa Khan Jalalzai The year 2016 was a terrible year for Afghan women, girls and young children who were brutally raped, killed, kidnapped and tortured by war criminals or…
Indian army soldiers complain of poor facilities and harassment on social media
By Martand Jha In the last week, several soldiers in the Indian army and paramilitary forces have come out on social media to voice their concerns regarding the harsh conditions…
Is India secretly preparing for war?
By Aditya Bhat From stockpiling emergency weapons and ammo to revising its military doctrine, is there something afoot?Before winning the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi and promised to make India strong…
Why India cannot win wars against its neighbours (and why that doesn’t even matter)
By Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab 'A book Excerpt' Excerpted with permission from dragon on our doorstep: managing China through military power, Pravin Sawhney and Ghazala Wahab, aleph book company.A new book…
Why India is not a great power
A review By Jaideep A. Prabhu of the book of Bharat Karnad :: In why India is not a great power (yet), Bharat Karnad's majestic breadth of national ambition surpasses even…
India’s international child abduction dilemma
By Neeta Lal New Delhi faces pressure to ratify a convention that activists fear would ultimately harm Indian women and children. India has found itself in the eye of an…
Did Modi receive over Rs 55 crore from the Sahara Group as the chief minister of Gujarat?
By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Documents seized by the Income Tax Department in private corporations imply pay-offs were made to the PM and leading politicians. At 8 pm on 8 November…
Moscow moves into the Afghanistan vacuum
By Ahmed Rashid After the Soviet Union was defeated by the Afghan mujahideen and its 10-year occupation ended in a humiliating retreat by the Red Army in 1989, Russia pulled…