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…
In this piece, this author wouldn’t discuss how the Israel & US-Iran war is going, as he has already done so in his last two op-eds here with a very high degree of accuracy in the predictions made in them.…
In his earlier piece here, this author argued that the war against Iran – Netanyahu’s war, fought with America’s blood – was a trap being set in the Persian Gulf. The trap has now sprung. What we are watching unfold…
There is something almost pitiable about watching the most powerful man in the world – the president of the United States, Donald Trump – being frog-marched toward a war he didn’t originally seek. He is being coerced by the imperatives…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent two-day state visit to New Delhi has been hailed by both governments as a landmark moment in the India-Russia strategic partnership. The 23rd Annual Summit produced impressive-sounding outcomes: the Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Support (RELOS)…
When Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, stood on American soil in Tampa, Florida, and declared that Pakistan would “take half the world down with us” if it felt threatened, he crossed a line that should alarm every responsible…
Thank you, Donald Trump. No, really. I mean it. As someone who spent three decades in olive green defending India’s borders and another decade analysing geopolitics, I never thought I’d be penning a thank-you note to an American president. But…
