In the summer of 1947, as the Union Jack came down over Delhi for the last time, the wagers being placed in London and Washington were not about how India would rise. They were about how quickly it would break.…

When 13 embattled colonies along the eastern seaboard of North America declared their independence from the British Crown on July 4, 1776, few among the crowned heads of Europe believed the experiment would last a generation. Two and a half…

— By Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee, VSM (R) There are books that tell a story, reminding what Thomas Jefferson once said, “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty.” The book, titled ‘China’s Colonial Games in Tibet’, published by VK…

In nearly four decades of soldiering, this author has stood on some of India’s most unforgiving frontiers – commanded a battalion in the western sector during Operation Parakram against Pakistan, led a brigade along the contested Tawang sector, and was…