Month: September 2019
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INDIAN ARMY'S GODS OF WAR
HAPPY GUNNERS DAY THIS IS A GLIMPSE OF THE TOUGHEST AND DEADLIEST ARTILLERY IN THE WORLD The Indian Army has enough ammunition for its gunners to meet its threats. It’s rate of modernization will make you proud if you are an Indian and make you cringe with fear if you are its adversary. There is high…
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LEADERSHIP BY U TURN
I was popularly known as Taliban Khan. I used to be very critical of Americans and their Af-Pak Policy. I felt that we were becoming a Chinese colony due to CPEC. I used to air views on Army atrocities in Baluchistan and KP. All that changed. When I was selected as the PM by the…
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PIED PIPERS OF NAYA HYBRID PAKISTAN By Lt Gen P R Shankar (Retired)
This narration is not fiction or a flight of imagination. It is drawn from writings of either learned Pakistanis or from international opinions. This is not based on an Indian wish list or source. It is based on fact. The Strategy of Pied Pipers The space between the ears of the hybrid Pakistani establishment…
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A PLAN TO RETAKE PAK OCCUPIED KASHMIR, GILGIT AND BALTISTAN BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
Times Have Changed Abrogation of Article 370 has changed the Indo-Pak landscape in toto. It has irreversibly cemented J&K as an integral part of India like other states. It has brought into focus the future of illegally occupied POK and Gilgit-Baltistan. The statements of Shri Rajnath Singh that further dialogue with Pakistan will…
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Pakistan – ‘Break Ke Baad’ (After it ‘Breaks’) by Lt Gen P R Shankar (retd)
original article @ bharatshakti.in September 10, 2019 Editor’s Note Pakistan is on the verge of being a failing state or about to break up, are issues that have been discussed often in the past. In this article the author brings-in comparisons of other nations that broke up and expresses his skepticism of Pakistan continuing in…
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GOING ALONE – THE NEW PAKISTANI WAY OF FIGHTING INDIA by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)
Of all the countries I’ve dealt with, I consider Pakistan to be the most dangerous, because of the radicalization of its society and the availability of nuclear weapons…Pakistan was a country born with no affection for itself, and there was an active self-destructive streak in its political culture… The tragedy for the Pakistani people is…
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THE CURRENT SHAPE OF THINGS COMING FROM PAKISTAN POST 370 BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (RETIRED)
THIS IS A FOLLOW UP ON MY EARLIER ARTICLE @ https://palepurshankar.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-shape-of-things-to-come-from.html A lot of water has flown through Indus since the abrogation of Article 370. The shape of things to come from Pakistan is clearer. Superficially…
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Keeping China At Bay, Post-Article 370 Abrogation
Original Article @sniwire.com Lt Gen. PR Shankar (Retd) New Delhi 1 September 2019 In 2017, China was flying high. Economy firing on cylinders. Booming growth. CPEC and BRI taking off. Grand military parades in Tiananmen. Impending superpower. USA put on notice. Your time is up. Doklam crisis. The shrillness of Global Times. India will be taught a…