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Laddoos, Loyalty, and the Line of Control
These morale-boosting, desi ghee churma laddoos, shaped by camaraderie and esprit de corps, carried the spirit of a man who simply...

Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Jun 263 min read


The End of Nuclear Blackmail and India’s Doctrine of Resolve
By refusing to be cowed by nuclear blackmail, India has drawn a red line after Operation Sindoor that challenges the West’s double...

Uday K. Chakraborty
Jun 155 min read


The Long Arm of Kyiv
Striking deep into Russia, Ukraine has rewritten the rules of war with its audacious ‘Operation Spiderweb.’ In the early hours of June 1,...

Shoumojit Banerjee
Jun 35 min read


On Operation Safed Sagar anniversary, IAF highlights role of air power in Kargil and now
The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Monday marked the anniversary of Operation Safed Sagar , which was launched during the 1999 Kargil War...
PTI
May 262 min read


Corridors of Memory, Faultlines of Empire
Azerbaijan’s backing of Pakistan in Operation Sindoor rekindles an ancient contest of empires, grievances and loyalties. Few in New...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 175 min read


A Tale of Two Responses: 1971 vs 2025
To canonise Indira Gandhi fire-breathing ‘defiance’ to Nixon while chastising Modi’s ‘submission’ before Trump is intellectually...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 145 min read


Where Eagles Dare: India’s Deep Strike Into Pakistan’s Heartland
Operation Sindoor played out like a Cold War thriller, as Indian fighter jets shattered Pakistani sanctuaries while whispering a warning...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 125 min read


How India’s Measured Drone Response Sets It Apart from Global Powers
In contrast to American overreach or Russian brute force, India’s restraint in dealing with Pakistan after the Pahalgam provocation sets...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 105 min read


Censorship and the Moral Arithmetic of War
From Bletchley Park to Pahalgam, governments have long walked the tightrope between truth and silence. But history teaches that in...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 94 min read


Pakistan’s Fire Within: Balochistan, Sindh and the Blowback of Proxy Wars
How Pakistan’s obsession with Kashmir has boomeranged into ethnic uprisings and secessionist sentiment at home. Even as Pakistan reeled...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 85 min read


‘Operation Sindoor’ and the end of Pakistan’s Strategic Impunity
India’s post-Pahalgam strike into Pakistani’s Jihadi heartland marks a turning point in the country’s counterterror doctrine. In the...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 74 min read


Marching Blind: Why Pakistan’s Generals Keep Misreading India
Every time Pakistan’s military elite tries to bleed India, it ends up slashing its own wrist. In his classic treatise On War (1832), the...

Shoumojit Banerjee
May 65 min read


The Art Of War and Peace
President Trump’s decision to suspend military and intelligence support for Ukraine is regarded as the best effort to end the...

Priya Samant
Mar 144 min read


A Grand Folly Worth Fighting For: Sergei Bondarchuk’s ‘Waterloo’
There was a time when war films aspired to something greater than the blood-spattered grit of today or tightly choreographed mayhem. They...

Shoumojit Banerjee
Mar 143 min read
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