The launch of my book ‘Staggering Forward’, published by Penguin, will be livestreamed from seminar rooms # 1, 2, & 3, 1st floor, the new multipurpose Hall, India International Centre, New Delhi, 6:30 PM – 8 PM, Thursday, today (August 30). The event will feature, among other things,a panel discussion with the veteran BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, the Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, the former National Security Adviser, Shivshankar Menon, ex-navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash (Retd) and the author, and moderated by Col. Ajai Shukla (Retd.), consulting editor on strategic affairs for the ‘Business Standard’. This should be a lively affair.
Livestreaming may be accessed through the CPR website at https://bit.ly/2N1Y9v2.
Security Wise 
Would be interesting to hear your co-panelists explanations for Modi allowing a pipsqueak like Yameen to keep on insulting him.
Dear sir, is there any registration required to attend the event at IIC?
No. Please drop by.
You’re going to be in a room full of anti-Modi anti-bjp forces, except Admiral Arun Prakash who seems neutral, almost everyone their will be cackling in the same tune with slight variation. I’m surprised that you could not find a single pro-Modi pro-bjp thinker who also happens to be well versed in realpolitik.
As someone who carries the monicker of ’21st century Kautilya’ it’s surprising to see you falling for such an obvious PR blunder, or maybe I’m prejudging and you have other events lined up with thinkers who are closer to this government.
Mr Karnad,
Congratulations for this new book. Looking forward to this interesting discussion. Meanwhile one of your suggestions seems to be bearing fruit. DRDO leasing its latest technologies to private industry.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/drdo-wants-to-sell-super-radar-technology-for-fighter-jets-to-industry-invites-applications/articleshow/65597037.cms?utm_source=ETMyNews&utm_medium=HPMN&utm_campaign=AL1&utm_content=20
audio is not very clear. Please share any other like (with better audio) if u have.
also any comments on this??
https://www.rt.com/news/437261-us-warns-india-russian-arms/
Another capitulation?
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-us-may-sign-security-agreement-during-2-plus-2-dialogue/story-EWQtBS65KdvCCn7Zssh6gO.html
COMCASA to be signed on September 6 says this HT report.
Mr Karnad,
I read the introduction of new book staggering forward. One sentence I noted is perhaps not correct. Cow protection, Temple, Grooming (love Jihad) are not really fringe hindu issues they are Core religious issues for the Hindu vote base of BJP and I think they understand it’s vote potential but don’t/won’t do anything meaningful about it.
I am not convinced that the shrill English media noise on occasional violence related to these issues is a reflection of any increase of actual incidents after BJPs ascendancy. Only an objective data analysis can show us a reasonable picture. The media noise is quite selective hence not convincing.
Cow protection ?
Which cow BJP wants to protect?
They can make a deal with muslims to only stop eating boss indicus and vis torous breed and ask to eat what other forign breeds are there
Temple independent movement is only on paper
Not even BJP ruled states it’s achived
Bharat joker’s party plays jokes on hindhus
For Elections then forget promises made overnight
BJP and RSS have bought more enemies to hindhus than. Friends..
. being 10 million peoples organization
What has RSS done for sanskrit
Not even single University like what Christian’s or. Muslims do
We are jokers only on election will remember and fed with false. Promises
Motormouths of BJP spent 4 years. Time with media bringing more enemies to hindhus than slhelping us.