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  • India's Emergence Beyond Reticence by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

    Ancient India was a great power due to its immense knowledge, culture and fabled wealth. It was a nation of states and never a nation state as ‘India’ is today. The conglomeration of states collectively represented a significant portion of the world GDP (as seen in the chart below). Invaders came to conquer or sack…

  • MYANMAR : AN OVERVIEW

    After putting out the Presentation, I had an interesting talk with Mr Sree Iyer of P Gurus. if you have the time and inclination please go through it.  I was contemplating writing an article on Myanmar and the latest situation there. As I started compiling the information, I put together this presentation. Finally I felt…

  • GABRANA NAHIN IN PAKISTAN

    Sometime last year I stopped writing articles on Pakistan…it is so confusing… better to let Pakistanis speak about their plight…well… If I were a Pakistani I would be wondering….no water, no food, no oil, no vaccines, no job, no security,…..increasing debt, Chinese all around…this is a living hell… I want to leave the country…where do…

  • Discussion on Pakistan with Mr Sree Iyer of P Gurus

    I had a great discussion with Mr Sree Iyer on the latest peace initiative  from Pakistan. We started from the basics and went on to discuss a whole range of connected topics. Mr Iyer  led me on to many issues and skilfully ensured that we navigated a large part of the Indo Psk terrain. We…

  • Pitch Strength Against PLA Weakness by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)

      THIS ARTICLE IS PITCHED FOR UNIT LEVEL OFFICERS TO UNDERSTAND THE PLA BETTER TO DEFEAT THEM IN BATTLE TOMORROW THE EMBEDDED VIDEO AND THE ARTICLE ARE COMPLIMENTARY TO EACH OTHER   The Sino Indian faceoff has recessed from an eyeball to eyeball confrontation to a military stalemate. However, the issue remains unresolved since the…

  • PAKISTAN IN CANCER WARD

     As I was reading DAWN, I came across some thought provoking articles. I am sharing them with you. Gives you an insight into this troubled frontline nation which prided itself on the terrorists it produced as national assets rather than investing in vaccines like a weak ‘Endya’. Like always there is nothing original in these…

  • PAKISTANI VIEWS OF THEIR OLIVE BRANCH – DEJA VU

    Like earlier articles of this genre, this is also a collection of excerpts from articles and opinions of Pakistanis.You may like to go to the link provided to get an idea about the whole article.   EARLIER ARTICLES STATE OF PAKISTAN  PAKISTAN INTERNALISING PAKISTANS SOCIETAL FRACTURE PAKISTANI INSIGHTS NAYA PAKISTAN NAYA ANARCHY A DAY IN THE…

  • THE GENOCIDE – PAKISTAN CONTINUES WITH, CHINA ABETS, BANGLADESH CANT FORGET, USA CANT REMEMBER AND THE BALOCH FEARS

    VISTAS FROM YESTERDAY AND IMAGES OF TOMORROW  The Genocide the U.S. Can’t Remember, But Bangladesh Can’t Forget …. the Rwandan genocide, or the Holocaust, or the killing that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia, the genocide in Bangladesh that ended 45 years ago this week has largely slipped out of public awareness—even though the upper estimate…

  • MAKING THE BEST OUT THE DEFENCE BUDGET by LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

    Refs:-  Politico Military Fusion for a Future Ready India @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/03/blog-post_10.html   Politico Military Leadership Challenges of 2021 @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2021/01/politico-military-leadership-challenges.html   Corporatisation of OFB: High Time for Action @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/09/corporatisation-of-ofb-high-time-for.html   Undissuasive Leadership, Undeterred China @ https://www.gunnersshot.com/2020/08/undissuasive-leadership-undeterred.html Preamble Economists told me that I was making fundamental sense in my article : Chinese and Indian Defence Budgets – Comparative Hype and…

  • PAKISTANS OLIVE BRANCH : GABRANA NAHI BY LT GEN P R SHANKAR (R)

    IMRAN  : “Kashmir Is The Lone Irritant Between India And Pakistan”. ME : “Renounce It. Hand it back to India! Ghabrana Nahi.” After the LOC ceasefire, the next move in the Indo Pak chessboard is the  olive branch being extended to India. Imran Khan spoke recently of necessity of India taking the first step, the Kashmir issue…