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LIII: A command fit for a general

LIII: A command fit for a general

Theatre commands will have a four-star general at the helm — rank inflation or necessity?
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The National Identity XXXV: The Three Indian Armies

The National Identity XXXV: The Three Indian Armies

The grand 150-year Bengal, Bombay and Madras calculus
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LI: India, Osama, and the Tora Bora

LI: India, Osama, and the Tora Bora

An attack on the Indian Parliament opened up an escape route for Osama bin Laden in December 2001
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The National Identity XXX: Kargil, the Bodyguard of Pakistan’s Lies

The National Identity XXX: Kargil, the Bodyguard of Pakistan’s Lies

Kargil failed because Pakistani reading of tactics, geopolitics, and history, was, as ever, wrong
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XL: The Two Abduls

XL: The Two Abduls

The nuclearisation of the Indian sub-continent
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The National Identity XXIX: The Myth of Kashmiri Exceptionalism

The National Identity XXIX: The Myth of Kashmiri Exceptionalism

Kashmiris simply have to find a democratic solution — not a UN sponsored one
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The National Identity XIV: Inside the Special Forces’ Identity Crisis

The National Identity XIV: Inside the Special Forces’ Identity Crisis

A blood thirsty approach to earning the coveted “Balidaan” badge is slowly killing it; and the men who wear it.
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XLIX: Chinese Aggression is Reshaping South Asia

XLIX: Chinese Aggression is Reshaping South Asia

India, not Taiwan, is the first line of defence against an expansionist China
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The National Identity XXXVI: Understanding Mullah-Military…Mujahid

The National Identity XXXVI: Understanding Mullah-Military…Mujahid

The entire ‘complex’ in Pakistan explained in one incident
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L: Naam, Namak, Nishan — No More

L: Naam, Namak, Nishan — No More

Agnipath will make our forces weaker
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The National Identity XXIV: Karnataka’s Identity Crisis

The National Identity XXIV: Karnataka’s Identity Crisis

Why a linguistic division of the South still left it with a muddled identity
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The National Identity XXV: Doval Durbar

The National Identity XXV: Doval Durbar

Inside the offices of India’s most powerful ever bureaucrat
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The National Identity XII: The Games Generals Play…

The National Identity XII: The Games Generals Play…

The “Game of Thrones” Indian Army generals play; and its pernicious affects
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XLVII: An Ahir Regiment, Seriously?

XLVII: An Ahir Regiment, Seriously?

In an Army which recruits, trains, and fights in battalions organised along regional-caste lines — is creating an Ahir Regiment a bridge…
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XLIV: The Next Chief of Defence Staff

XLIV: The Next Chief of Defence Staff

The lack of planning is glaring and obvious — and it hurts our forces
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