Category: CASA DIALOGUES
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Artillery in Kargil : The Winning Edge
Maj Gen Sanjaya Saran (R) is a decorated veteran of the Kargil war. He commanded an artillery regiment in the Batalik Sector. In this episode he recounts all the issues which went in to ensure that India won the war and how Artillery played a significant part in victory. This is a soldiers recall from…
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NATO @ 75
NATO has just finished 75 years. In this period it has grown from a membership of 10 to 32 with a few more waiting to join. It started largely as an anti soviet system focussed on European security. However its foot print and major conflicts are far beyond Europe. It is on the verge of…
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To Russia With Love
The PMs visit to Russia has raised some hackles in USA and China. This is what mr Sree Iyer and I discussed in this episode. The major issue to understand is that this trip signifies India’s emergence as a balancing power in Global Affairs which has signalled to everyone that it will excercise strategic autonomy…
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Winning Confidence of People in Disturbed Areas
Mr Sree Iyer and I had short and lively discussion on how the army goes about winning the confidence of people in counterinsurgency and disturbed areas.
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The Killing Fields Of Pakistan
Pakistan has three killing fields;ds in which it is active – the eastern front with India, the western from with Pakistan and the internal from it has created for itself. Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and I discuss these fronts and what it means to India , specially in the context of the fact that…
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China Jilted By Russia-N Korea Deal
The normal thinking seems to be that the Russia -N Korea Deal is another step in the alternate global order being established by China, Russia, Iran and N Korea. However the reality is far from that. China has maintained studied silence on this deal and that conveys a lot. This analysis tells us that China…
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Kargil- Pakistan’s Himalayan Blunder
This episode is based on Nasim Zehra’s book From Kargil to the Coup. I have outlined what she has written in detail with great authenticity. Lot to learn as to how the Pakistani mind works. The most important thing I have learnt from reading about Pakistan is that every military defeat of Pakistan is a…
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PUNJAB AFTER ELECTIONS
Lt Gen K J Singh (R) and I had a great discussion on the state of Punjab and what the elections results means for the state. Most of us see the present and rarely look at the history of the state. That is what Lt Gen K J Singh put into focus. Punjab is a…
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Can PLA Win Wars?
Armies are meant to fight wars to achieve political objectives of a state. Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan and I examined the PLA from this perspective. It emerges that the PLA though involved in many conflicts , shies away from fighting when the penny drops. The theories of war which its had propagated to present itself…
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Kashmir After Elections
Lt Gen Ata Hasnain (R) and I had a detailed discussion on Kashmir and the evolving situation in the state. The increase in terrorist incidents is a worrying sign and has many connotations. We covered ground on the multifarious aspects in a 360 degree manner including strengthening and refocussing the security grid, dealing with Pakistan…
Gunners Shot 