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IN THIS VOLUME:Blueprint to Tackle the Maoists Denigrating the Armed Forces: a dangerous agenda Space: the emerging battleground Trends in Space Weaponisation Defence Research: India's Achilles heel Defence Procurements: time for radical reforms India-Pakistan Dialogue: an anatomy Implications of China's Rise Maoists: China's proxy soldiers Pakistan's Islamic Odyssey: dangers ahead Aerospace and Defence News Sino-Pak Strategic Partnership: the Chinese vision The Teenage Maoists Capture of India: the Maoist blueprint Inside Iraq: five days in hell Strategic Aspects of Climate Change The Ghosts of Kargil Enhanced Chinese Interest in Pakistan My Thoughts on Afghanistan The Great Upsurge of 1857: historical sites in Meerut cantonment
The Indian Defence Review is a quarterly review read by senior Indian policy makers at senior bureaucratic, political and judicial levels. The IDR boasts that it is the 'most quoted Indian defence publication.'
Autobiographical reminiscences of an Indian military officer.
Historical Perspectives Of Warfare In India: Some Morale And Materiel Determinants Seeks To Survey And Interpret The History Of War-Making In India From The Earliest Times. It Takes Note Of The Special Features Of Geopolitical, Strategic And Tactical Preferences And Compulsions Of Warfare In Different Temporal, Spacial As Well As Socio-Religious Contexts. The Supra-Physical As Also The Hardware Components Are Examined And The Distinguishing Features Of The Indian Experience Are Highlighted. Army Organisations And Operational Doctrines Are Focussed Upon Instead Of Individual Battles, Which Are Discussed Only To Illustrate A Point. Covering A Vast Canvas, The Specialist Contributors Have Given A General Broad Brush Treatment To The Subject, Going Into Details In Specially Interesting Topics. Features Well Known And Common To Warfare In Almost All Countries In The Given Epoch Have Been Flown Over To Keep The Book Well Within A Reasonablesize. The Editor'S Introduction Attempts To Provide A Synthesized Overview Of Indian Armies Over The Centuries.
Untold Story of Heart-Rending Discrimination Against Hindus in 'Our India' The Congress led UPA government which came into power in 2004 on the support of Muslims took a number of policy decisions which are patently against non-Muslims. In keeping with the Muslim demands, it set up Sachar Committee, Ranganath Misra Commission, Committee on Muslim Minority Education including a separate Ministry of Minority Affairs. Those conversant with the history of pre-Independence India would recall that the Muslim League was established in 1906 after a memorandum was presented two months earlier to Viceroy Minto. The memorandum had emphasized that Muslims were a minority with a imperial past. The govern...
On the political situation in Kashmir.
India faces a defining period. Its status as a global power is not only recognized but increasingly institutionalized, even as geopolitical shifts create both opportunities and challenges. With critical interests in almost every multilateral regime and vital stakes in emerging ones, India has no choice but to influence the evolving multilateral order. If India seeks to affect the multilateral order, how will it do so? In the past, it had little choice but to be content with rule taking adhering to existing international norms and institutions. Will it now focus on rule breaking challenging the present order primarily for effect and seeking greater accommodation in existing institutions? Or w...
When Pakistan was carved out of India in 1947 as a homeland for the Muslims of the subcontinent, it was envisioned as a secular state where non-Muslims would be granted freedom of religion and equal citizenship. However, the subsequent historical events led to a fast Islamization of nearly every part of public life and discrimination against the country's religious minorities, who today make up less than 4 per cent of the overall population. Based on extensive field work involving more than 100 non-structured qualitative interviews, this study explores the situation of the religious minorities and the dynamics of interfaith peacebuilding in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Primary focus was...
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