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Married to the Army First!
Over the years, she realised we had sworn allegiance to the Olive Greens well before we married our soulmates. It was the third week of...

Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Sep 17, 20253 min read


Dominoes of Discontent
From Dhaka to Kathmandu, the rising shadow of foreign meddling in South Asia is compelling India to face new tests of resilience. When...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Sep 15, 20254 min read


Why Maoism is a failed idea in a rising Bharat
Once a potent force, the Maoists are now a relic of an obsolete ideology, unable to adapt to a confident and rapidly modernising India....
Janamejaya
Sep 9, 20255 min read


Breaking the Sound Barrier: India’s Race for Hypersonic Supremacy
As great-power rivalry intensifies by the day, India’s foray into hypersonic missiles reflects its ambition to secure strategic autonomy...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Sep 8, 20254 min read


The Brahmaputra in balance: Between promise and peril
China’s dams on the Brahmaputra threaten India’s water security, but they also open the door to fragile cooperation. After the Pahalgam...

Amey Chitale
Aug 20, 20254 min read


Myanmar’s Perils for India
The Burmese dha, a long, straight sword used in the martial art of banshay, is said to possess a peculiar virtue: it can strike even when...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Aug 18, 20254 min read


Tariffs, Terrorism and Treachery: How friends, foes and opportunists test India’s resolve
As our country turns 79, it faces an abrasive America and a perfidious Pakistan, and must balance external provocation with domestic...

Kiran D. Tare
Aug 14, 20255 min read


The Maoist Echo in India’s Cities
Maharashtra’s new ‘Urban Naxal’ law revives an old debate of how to fight insurgency without eroding dissent. Maharashtra’s politicians...

Uday K. Chakraborty
Aug 12, 20255 min read


Whirring Blades, Warring Neighbours
India’s Apaches and Pakistan’s Z-10MEs are signposts in an accelerating South Asian arms race. In South Asia, where the map is still...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Aug 11, 20254 min read


Heavy Lies the Box: The Hidden Perils of Misdeclared Cargo
The humble shipping container is being undermined by a toxic mix of deception, negligence and regulatory blind spots. In 2004, Efthymios...
Capt. Naveen S. Singhal and Capt. M. M. Saggi
Aug 9, 20254 min read


A Meal Without Their Commander: Tribute to Major Satish Dahiya, Shaurya Chakra (Posthumous)
When passion meets courage, there’s no looking back. Major Satish Dahiya embodied both. His supreme sacrifice on 14 February 2017...

Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Aug 6, 20254 min read


Damn the Chinese Dam
China’s mammoth hydropower project on the Brahmaputra is rattling its southern neighbours and the river itself. China has long sought to...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Aug 4, 20254 min read


Manufactured Menace: Why the Congress cannot stop fearing the RSS
Unable to counter the RSS’s grassroots reach, the Congress has chosen to criminalise it by transforming ideological rivalry into...

Kiran D. Tare
Aug 3, 20255 min read


A Deep Dive into Sovereignty
With the commissioning of INS Nistar, India marks a leap in underwater military autonomy and signals its rising ambitions beneath the...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 28, 20254 min read


Black Boxes, Clouded Truths: Why the Flight 171 Inquiry Must Be Above Suspicion
India’s worst aviation disaster in recent memory has put its crash investigation agency and Boeing under an intense global spotlight. The...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 21, 20254 min read


Sweet Deceit: Honey Trapping and the Indian Security Apparatus
A timeworn tactic, the menace of honey-trapping today endangers India’s military and scientific establishment. AI generated image The...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 14, 20254 min read


China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold
Beijing’s grip on rare earth minerals is reshaping geopolitics, supply chains and industrial strategy, compelling India and other...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jul 7, 20254 min read


Learning to Fall: On-the-Job Training in the Sky
Overcoming fear and embracing adventure comes to those who keep calm and control their minds. Do you have what it takes? We gain job...

Brigadier AS Ranade, VSM (Retired)
Jul 5, 20253 min read


Directorate General of Civil Aviation or Distress Gripping Civil Aviation?
India’s aviation regulator, which is supposed to act as a pillar of flight safety, faces serious turbulence of its own making. Few...

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jun 30, 20254 min read


Trump’s Perilous One-Man Tango with Pakistan
Donals Trump’s overture to Pakistan army chief Asim Munir reveals more about American misjudgements than any grand geopolitical strategy....

Commodore S.L. Deshmukh
Jun 23, 20254 min read
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