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WEBINAR ON THEATRISATION OF THE ARMED FORCES : THE WAY FORWARD
The next webinar in CASA forum is on the ‘Theaterisation of the Armed Forces-The Way Forward’. We are holding it on the coming Saturday 10 Apr at 5 pm. We have an eminent panel consisting of our ex CAS, FOC-in C and DGMO. They not only represent the colour purple together but will have a…
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Wings on Fire
With the Af-Pak region heading to a state of permanent instability and with Myanmar descending into chaos, our wings are on fire. Expectedly, China will fish in troubled waters. I had a discussion with Aadi on both issues as also on our other neighbours, who can not be left out. To put issues in perspective,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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