Month: July 2023
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PLA PUSHED BACK IN 1967 AT NATU LA AND 1987 AT SUMDORONG CHU
Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (R) and I recounted the events of 1967 at Natu La and 1987 at Sumdorong Chu when India had the better of PLA. In fact the PLA got a bloody nose in 1967. More often than not these incidents fade with time and current narratives take over. Resultantly, the PLA through…
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Evolution Of India’s Africa Policy and Recent Developments
Shri Gurjit Singh our former ambassador to Germany , Indonesia , Asian , Ethiopia and the African Union gave a fantastic overview of India in Africa over the years. Most importantly he made me realise the depth and breadth of the Political and Human investment that India has made in Africa since the past eight…
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4D Strategy to Counter China
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and I discussed the 4 D strategy India needs to adopt to counter China. It revolves around – Defending the LAC, Denial of space in the neighbourhood, Diplomacy to balance and Domination of the maritime space. We had spoken about it peripherally often. Today we got down to fleshing out the…
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Command and Control of Joint Theatres
Lt Gen Satish Dua (R) and i had a discussion on the Command and Control of Joint Theatres as they would evolve. As the CISC , Gen Dua had worked on it and had contributed significantly to institutionalising jointness. His explanations simplified this complicated subject and made it easy to understand. This was one of…
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The Demographic Decline of China
The ‘all girl’ team from Chennai Centre of China Studies did a great job in highlighting the demographic decline of China. Old man Xi Jinping has a lot to do. Watch to believe and understand the future super power without people.
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India’s Rise and Open House QnA
In this episode, the theme was about India’s rise which is now irreversible.
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A Peek Into Everyday China : Is The Cake Getting Smaller As India Expands
There is no doubt that China is going through economically tough times. More people are talking of deflation as time elapses. Simultaneously, India’s foot print is enlarging. how will this play out in the long term is the issue.
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Indian Artillery : Yesterday , Today and Tomorrow
This topic was on popular demand due to the prominent role of Artillery in the Ukraine war. Lot of people were wondering and asking me questions if we have a strong enough Artillery. I had to explain that the Indian Artillery is one of the strongest in the world.
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Afghanistan: Changing Dynamics
In this episode Lt Gen Dushyant Singh(R) and self set out to discuss Afghanistan and its changing dynamics. However we spent some time discussing the launch of Chandrayaan 3 and the India France relationship also. It will be an interesting video to watch.
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INDIA USA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP : ACTUATING ICET
Converting all the proposals of the ICET into reality will be a mountain to climb . It needs innovation and thinking. It needs to based on a knowledge loop. The knowledge loop is critical to the Academia , Industry and Government interface which is visualised in the India USA strategic proposals. That is what Maj…
Gunners Shot 