Category Archives: Indian Army

Bummer in Biarritz — potentially

Posted on August 22, 2019 by

(Modi & Trump) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be headed this weekend for Biarritz, on the southwest coast of France, where the G-7 Summit is being held. The informal UN Security Council session on Kashmir a few days back has … Continue reading →

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CDS; reliance on locally-made products — does Modi mean for national defence?

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

(Armed services chiefs meeting Modi at the Red Fort — Aug 15, 2019) Sometimes Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes up with pleasant surprises. There was the announcement in his address from the Red Fort ramparts about the chief of defence … Continue reading →

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Kashmir, Hong Kong, Huawei, and Indian infirmities

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

[Building a Fully Connected Chinese Intelligence world alright!] Soon after trashing Article 370, the first instinct of the Modi government was — no guesses here — to conciliate. S. Jaishankar, the external affairs minister and designated batter whenever China or … Continue reading →

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Amateurs Inc.

Posted on July 11, 2019 by

It is by now a historic habit for India to miss opportunities, avoid contestation and, when absolutely pushed, lose from a winning position, in the main, because we can’t seem to keep our heads or our wits about us. This … Continue reading →

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Strange GST slabs as they affect Development and Defence

Posted on July 5, 2019 by

[Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the way to presenting her first budget] There has been only a notional increase in Finance Minister Sitharaman’s defence allocation. It may not be sufficient to deal with even the rate of real inflation, what … Continue reading →

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Modi Needs to Realise What’s Good for the US Is Not Good for India

Posted on June 24, 2019 by

With both the prime minister and his new external affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, tilting towards the United States, India’s status and stature in the world is all set to decline. [Minister for external affairs S. Jaishankar, national security adviser Ajit … Continue reading →

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Pilatus; some tips for Jaishankar on how to handle Pompeo

Posted on June 23, 2019 by

[Modi and Pompeo] The Swiss Pilatus P-7 trainer aircraft for the air force was a new government’s turn away from becoming a full-blown public scandal. (Please refer all my past posts on the Pilatus in the ‘Indian Air Force’ section … Continue reading →

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