Modi-Putin Summit – bonding more strategically
byIndo-Russian friendship actually goes way beyond what is often termed as “all weather friendship”. Who can forget the Nixon-Kissinger sponsored USS Enterprise sabre rattling…
Defence/Security
Boosting PLA Power under tighter CCP Control
byThat Chinese Communist Party (CCP) controls the PLA is well known but the control just became tighter as PLA’s higher defence structure is reorganizing…
Pathankot attack fallout – Himachal police sound alert, release pics of Kangra taxi driver murder suspects
byPolice seek public assistance in tracing the car and the suspects
OROP–The Mess Gets Bigger
byIn my thirty-five years in government I have rarely seen an explosive issue being mismanaged as amateurishly as the OROP conundrum has been –…
Remembering Uttarakhand martyrs reduced to a ritual
byDehra Dun : Came Sept 2 and the political line-up of Uttarakhand underwent the ritual that has been an annual affair since this small…
OROP – A Fresh Approach
byThe One Rank One Pay (OROP) issue for the armed forces has become a balloon that is being inflated continuously and is now close…
The bitter truth about OROP
byThe current debate about OROP (One Rank One Pension) has become infused with too much passion, emotion, recriminations, frustration and downright prevarication. This, though…
The OROP Jinx – An open letter to the Prime Minister
byDear Mr Prime Minister, I just came across a piece of information via ‘What’s Up’ messaging that back room talks on grant of ‘One…
Indian army avenges Manipur ambush; gun down militants on Indo-Myanmar border
byHot on the tail of militants who had killed 18 Indian army men on June 4, early today morning the armed forces conducted a…
Optimizing Information Technology
byMore than two years back on November 2012, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon praised India as a “superpower” in the field of information technology…