No Comments “Today from the ramparts of Red Fort, I want to greet and express my thanks to some people. In the last few days, people of Balochistan, Gilgit, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have thanked me, have expressed gratitude, and expressed good wishes for me.” When the Indian Prime Minister acknowledged the people of Balochistan from the ramparts of […]
No Comments The 1918-19 Spanish Flu caused by the H1N1 virus had infected close to one–third of the world population with 50 million deaths and was considered the most devastating pandemic. A century later, the world witnessed another highly infectious pandemic caused by SARS – CoV 2 virus, better known as Covid – 19. India being the […]
1 Comment China docked its ‘spy ship’ in the Hambantota port in Sri Lanka for several days. Despite India’s reluctance and insistence against this decision, Sri Lanka allowed the ship to be docked, buckling down under Chinese pressure. This move has several tactical and strategic consequences on the South Asian region and especially on India’s influence in the […]
2 Comments (This is the concluding part in the 2-part series on Dr BR Ambedkar and Veer Savarkar. First part can be read here) Over one hundred years ago Vinayak Damodar Savarkar had dreamt of creating a naval fortress to protect India. The analysis by one of the greatest strategic thinkers of modern India has never been […]
No Comments As India completes 75 years of independence, the first-ever documentary chronicling the stories and experiences of veterans of the Indian National Army and its Rani of Jhansi regiment who joined in the fight for India’s independence from the distant lands of Southeast Asia is now available on YouTube. The documentary film documents a significant part […]
1 Comment The geostrategic weight of the 21st century rests in the Indo-Pacific, and India would be geo-politically, geo-strategically and geographically sitting at the crossroads of Eurasia, North East Asia, and the Asian continent to dominate the region. Americans believe that the Indo-Pacific region is economically the most dynamic region which stimulates the growth and development in […]
No Comments The Chinese believe in utilising their defence forces as an instrument of strategic deterrence and posturing, which would intimidate its potential enemies. China does understand that U.S. Congress is an independent body and is not bound by the advice of even the president of the United States, in taking decisions which is independent of its […]
No Comments More than 30 per cent of the world’s seaborne trade passes through the Malacca Strait with China, Japan, and South Korea reliant on this strategic waterway for their supplies, especially energy. Beijing is seeking alternative routes to reduce its dependence on the waterway to ensure a more viable long-term energy security policy. China’s Strategic influence in the Indo […]
No Comments Sri Lanka never focused on wealth creation, but only on the wealth distribution, by taking endless loans from international players and organisations. There are some pro LTTE Tamil elements who are hijacking protests which might lead to the return of extremism and the reign of terror. India must develop a bilateral security pact with Sri […]
1 Comment (This is the first article in a 2-part series on Dr BR Ambedkar and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar) When India got its independence in 1947 in terms of diplomacy, national security, and the economy, India was in dire straits. And to further compound this problem, the new leader of India was to be the mercurial and […]
