Some Random Thoughts on Water Security of India Maj Gen AK Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM (Retd)
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Some Random Thoughts on Water Security of India Maj Gen AK Chaturvedi, AVSM, VSM (Retd)

Introduction India is a water rich country with 4% of world’s water resources. But, India is also one of the...
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Assessing Pak polity’s comments on talks The Excelsior 01 May 2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/assessing-pak-politys-comments-on-talks/ Assessing Pak polity’s comments on talks The Excelsior 01 May 2021           Addressing a news conference in the UAE...
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Eastern Ladakh: NTR – ‘Trust but Verify’ Information! by Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma (Retd)
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Eastern Ladakh: NTR – ‘Trust but Verify’ Information! by Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma (Retd)

Apparently, and correctly, there is a reportage fatigue on Eastern Ladakh, because of the intensification and severity of pandemic and...
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The Global Times accusing India of mismanagement should first investigate Wuhan, CCP The Print 26 Apr 2021

https://theprint.in/opinion/global-times-attacking-india-on-covid-mismanagement-should-first-investigate-wuhan-ccp/645547/ The Global Times accusing India of mismanagement should first investigate Wuhan, CCP The Print 26 Apr 2021 The Chinese...
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Divergences between India and China on Ladakh CLAWS 23 Apr 2021 Maj gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.claws.in/divergences-between-india-and-china-on-ladakh/ Divergences between India and China on Ladakh CLAWS 23 Apr 2021           The CDS, General Bipin Rawat, stated at...
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Pakistan Army’s “Culture of Entitlement” by Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)
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Pakistan Army’s “Culture of Entitlement” by Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)

If an outsider was to say that there’s rampant corruption in Pakistan army, especially within the top echelons, Pakistan army’s...
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Pakistan’s peace offer came with fine print. Optimistic Indians failed to read it, By Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)
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Pakistan’s peace offer came with fine print. Optimistic Indians failed to read it, By Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)

Indians are incurable optimists. We got so euphoric when Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said “bury the past and move forward” that we...
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Summer is around the bend The Excelsior 07 Apr2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/summer-is-around-the-bend/ Summer is around the bend The Excelsior 07 Apr2021           The Indian armed forces have gained immense experience, over...
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Flip flops from Pakistan CLAWS 05 Apr 2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.claws.in/flip-flops-from-pakistan/ Flip flops from Pakistan CLAWS 05 Apr 2021           In end March, the Pakistan Economic Coordination Committee headed by...
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India’s aggressive stance The Excelsior 04 Apr 2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/indias-aggressive-stance/ India’s aggressive stance The Excelsior 04 Apr 2021           Indian response to Pak’s terrorist strikes had always been meek....
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इमरान का पत्र: क्या पाकिस्तान वाकई शांति चाहता है? Amar Ujala 01 Apr 2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.amarujala.com/columns/opinion/imran-s-letter-to-modi-does-pakistan-really-want-peace प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी के पाकिस्तान दिवस पर भेजे गए पत्र का जवाब देते हुए पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान...
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Can Pakistan sell changed narrative to its people The Statesman 31 Mar 2021 Maj gen Harsha Kakar

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/3044513/Kolkata-The-Statesman/31ST-MARCH-2021#page/7/2 Can Pakistan sell changed narrative to its people The Statesman 31 Mar 2021           Addressing the inaugural Islamabad Security...
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Stumbling blocks between India and Pak CLAWS 24 Mar 2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.claws.in/stumbling-blocks-between-india-and-pak/ Stumbling blocks between India and Pak CLAWS 24 Mar 2021           General Bajwa, addressing the Islamabad Security Dialogue stated,...
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Drawing lessons from the ugliness of the past The Statesman 23 Mar 2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/3036209/Kolkata-The-Statesman/23RD-MARCH-2021#page/7/2 Drawing lessons from the ugliness of the past The Statesman 23 Mar 2021           The golden jubilee of the...
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Maritime Security of India By Maj Gen AK Chaturvedi,(Retd)
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Maritime Security of India By Maj Gen AK Chaturvedi,(Retd)

“... after nearly a millennium of inward and landward focus, we are once again turning our gaze outwards and seawards,...
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The Untold Story Of Pakistan Army’s Kotri Post In Balochistan – OpEd, By Nilesh Kunwar
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The Untold Story Of Pakistan Army’s Kotri Post In Balochistan – OpEd, By Nilesh Kunwar

A recently published article (‘Inter-Services Public Relations’ Not So Subtle Art Of Story Telling’ ), convincingly exposed the Pakistan army’s media...
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Chinese conundrum in raging Myanmar by Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh  (Retd)
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Chinese conundrum in raging Myanmar by Lt Gen Bhopinder Singh (Retd)

The complexity of the societal tinderbox in Myanmar has always been shortchanged for simplistic binaries of “pro-China” or “pro-India” assumptions,...
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The Military Coup in Myanmar and Thereafter by Lt Gen Shakti Gurung,  (Retd)
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The Military Coup in Myanmar and Thereafter by Lt Gen Shakti Gurung, (Retd)

On 01 February 2021, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing (MAH), C-in-C Defence Services Myanmar Tatmadaw announced a takeover after an...
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The way ahead for India and Pakistan The Statesman 16 Mar 2021 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/3028337/Kolkata-The-Statesman/16TH-MARCH-2021#page/7/2 The way ahead for India and Pakistan The Statesman 16 Mar 2021           The DGMO’s of Pak and India...
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Inter Services Public Relations’ Not So Subtle Art Of Story Telling – OpEd  By Nilesh Kunwar
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Inter Services Public Relations’ Not So Subtle Art Of Story Telling – OpEd By Nilesh Kunwar

For public relations [PR] agencies, ‘dressing-up unpleasant news through a mix of euphemisms, emotional rhetoric and even a bit of...
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Implications of the Washington lunch The Statesman 24 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/4025024/Kolkata-The-Statesman/24TH-JUNE-2024#page/9 Implications of the Washington lunch The Statesman 24 Jun 2025           There are many speculations on why Trump invited...
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West Asia Crisis Lessons from Israel-Iran conflict ETv Bharat 23 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!opinion/lessons-from-israel-iran-conflict-enn25062304369 West Asia Crisis: Lessons from Israel-Iran conflict ETv Bharat 23 Jun 2025 Israel’s Operation Rising Lion was responded to...
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Bangladesh instigates India The Excelsior 21 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/bangladesh-instigates-india/ Bangladesh instigates India The Excelsior 21 Jun 2025           Speaking at Chatham House in UK last week, Bangladesh Chief...
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India must prepare to plough a lone farrow The Statesman 17 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/4022065/Kolkata-The-Statesman/17TH-JUNE-2025#page/9 India must prepare to plough a lone farrow The Statesman 17 Jun 2025           Every time India reacted to...
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The burning Middle East ETv Bharat 17 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!opinion/the-burning-middle-east-enn25061606094 The burning Middle East ETv Bharat 17 Jun 2025           Israel’s strikes on Iranian nuclear and military facilities, under...
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Operation Sindoor Will Be Studied by Military Strategists for Years to Come ETv Bharat 12 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!opinion/post-operation-sindoor-india-and-pakistan-indian-armed-forces-military-enn25061202502 Operation Sindoor Will Be Studied by Military Strategists for Years to Come ETv Bharat 12 Jun 2025 The dust...
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Nationalism subjugated to narrow political ends The Statesman 10 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/4019284/Kolkata-The-Statesman/10TH-JUNE-2025#page/9 Nationalism subjugated to narrow political ends The Statesman 10 Jun 2025           A tweet of Salman Khurshid, while being...
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Demand for intervention in dialogue between India and Pak The Excelsior 09 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/demand-for-intervention-in-dialogue-between-india-and-pak/ Demand for intervention in dialogue between India and Pak The Excelsior 09 Jun 2025           Recent allocation of funds...
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Unfolding Of Operation Sindoor After CDS Remarks on Aircraft Loss Etv Bharat 03 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!opinion/analysis-unfolding-of-operation-sindoor-after-cds-remarks-on-aircraft-loss-enn25060304641 Unfolding Of Operation Sindoor After CDS Remarks on Aircraft Loss Etv Bharat 03 Jun 2025           The CDS speaking...
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How China’s Baloch outreach signals Beijing’s loss of trust in Pakistan First Post 03 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.firstpost.com/opinion/how-chinas-baloch-outreach-signals-beijings-loss-of-trust-in-pakistan-13893993.html How China’s Baloch outreach signals Beijing’s loss of trust in Pakistan First Post 03 Jun 2025    During the recent...
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India and Pakistan and global support The Excelsior 03 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/india-pakistan-and-global-support/ India and Pakistan and global support The Excelsior 03 Jun 2025           Post Operation Sindoor ceasefire, the Indian government...
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Armed forces need structural reforms The Statesman 03 Jun 2025 Maj Gen Harsha Kakar

https://epaper.thestatesman.com/4016632/Kolkata-The-Statesman/03-RD-JUNE-2025#page/9 Armed forces need structural reforms The Statesman 03 Jun 2025           The devastation to Pakistan’s air defence systems and...
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A Commonsensical Assessment of Operation Sindoor by Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)

Unanswered Questions So much has been said and written about Operation Sindoor that one is hesitant to add yet another...
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Operation Sindoor: Indian Army is Well Poised to Defeat any Misadventure by Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)

Nine days after the gruesome massacre of 26 tourists in Pahalgam, J&K perpetrated by Pakistan sponsored terrorists, Pakistan army chief...
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Operation Sindoor’s Rabindranath Tagore Connection by Col Nilesh Kunwal (Retd)

Fountainhead of Terrorism When he stated that “Terrorism is not something that is being conducted in dark corners of Pakistan;...
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Operation Sindoor: Pakistan’s Likely Retaliation by Col Nilesh Kunwal (Retd)

Befitting Retribution Reiterating that “We are living up to the commitment that those responsible for this [Pahalgam terrorist] attack will...
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Pakistan: a Plagiarised Photo Worth a Thousand Words by Col Nilesh Kunwal (Retd)

From the photos of Saturday’s grand dinner hosted by Pakistan’s newly promoted Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir to “honour the...
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More Effective Deterrents Needed Against Pakistan’s Proxy War in J&K by Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)

Sound and Fury The international community’s vociferous condemnation of the horrific terrorist attack on tourists in J&K’s Pahalgam area is...
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Has Gen Munir Bitten More than he can Chew? by Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)

A Gruesome Terrorist Attack Though every terrorist attack is despicable, the Baisaran Meadow carnage in Pahalgam [J&K] on April 22...
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Has Gen Munir Bitten More than he can Chew? by Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd)
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