Month: May 2021
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The Generals Speak : Future Of India-China Equations
In this edition of The Generals Speak, Lt Gen Satish Dua, Aadi Achint and I discuss about various issues which will dominate the India China equation in the next five years. The idea was to identify the markers of the equation rather than trying to prescribe as to what should be done. We believed that…
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प्रधानमंत्री को कौन बताएगा? BY Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Original Version is in English and is available @ Who Will Tell the Prime Minister https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/04/who-will-tell-prime-minister-by-lt-gen.html प्रधानमंत्री ने संयुक्त कमांडरों के सम्मेलन (सीसीसी) के मान्य सत्र को संबोधित करते हुए राष्ट्रीय सुरक्षा प्रणाली में स्वदेशीकरण को बढ़ाने के महत्व पर बल दिया, न केवल उपकरण और हथियारों पर बल्कि सशस्त्र बलों में अभ्यास, प्रक्रियाओं और…
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Don’t Burn the Last Bastion by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
‘Sir, will China invade us?’ ‘We hear China has increased activities on the border’. Chinese consolidation activities on the LAC have prompted such reactions and fears. Lot of such inquiries from citizens within and outside India. Why? Bodies floating down Ganga, mass graves, lack of oxygen, medicines or hospital beds, botched vaccination program, uninterrupted work on Central…
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THE COLLAPSING THIRD POLE By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
Followup Reflections on Governance by The Unelected @https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/05/governance-by-unelected-by-lt-gen-p-r.html The leadership mantra When the problem is ignored, The problem becomes the leader and, The leader becomes the problem …The WhatsApp University of Wisdom In 2001, China was only slightly ahead of India on most metrics. Both were rising middle powers in the unipolar world…
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The Neighbourhood Watch
This is the inaugural session of Neighbourhood Watch. If India’s Neighbourhood First policy is to succeed, we must know and analyse what is happening in the neighbourhood. Neighbourhood Watch is an attempt to bring to all of you, as to what is happening around us with some analysis. In this inaugural session, Aadi Achint and…
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The Generals Talk : What The Armed Forces Can Do
In the second edition of The Generals Talk, Lt Gen Satish Dua and I, anchored by Aadi Achint, discuss about what the armed forces can do at this point of time during this unprecedented national crisis. we go into the capabilities and limitations of the Armed Forces in such a situation: specially when the situation on the LAC is still nebulous.…
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LIVE HANGOUT ON P GURUS
Today I had a live hangout with Mr Sree Iyer of P Gurus. We covered a wide range of topics from China’s distasteful picture to its rocket crash, the second wave in India, China’s likely offensive intent, the bio warfare speculation related to the Chinese Virus, Indian Armed Forces in response to the current situation,…
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Generals Talk : Indias Covid Crisis and Geopolitics
The Generals Talk is a new platform from where Lt Gen Satish Dua and I will be discussing various geopolitical issues concerning India. It is going to be a regular feature anchored by Aadi Achint of DefTalks. This is the first edition of The Generals Talk. In this edition we discuss the likely geopolitical fallout…
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Governance By The Unelected By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
NEXT ARTICLE: THE COLLAPSING THIRD POLE @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/05/the-collapsing-third-pole-by-lt-gen-p-r.html?m=1 Earlier articles : Who Is Leading Delhi Out of The Crisis? , Indian Leadership Vs Chinese Virus and India on the Mend I hear the hollow rattle of death racking up our toll of sorrow. The rattle starts when the wail of the siren fades. Today is the tenth day when the…
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India On The Mend By Lt Gen P R Shankar (R
Earlier articles : Who Is Leading Delhi Out of The Crisis? and Indian Leadership Vs Chinese Virus Overview We got caught unprepared due to some plain incompetency, lack of teamwork, power greed at political and administrative levels. We are paying an inordinately heavy price for it. The death toll due to the Chinese Virus has been…