Category: CASA DIALOGUES
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Israel Palestine War : Agniveers, Women in Combat and Updates
I have always been of the opinion that the Agniveer Scheme is flawed since it adversely affects our combat efficiency. This war convinces me about its flaws even more. There is a need to modify it. Hamas handing of women also forces us to rethink about women in combat roles. A father’s message to me…
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India : The Fulcrum of the Global Order
Think about it. India for all its faults can no more be ignored. No global solution is feasible without India. Increasingly, India is emerging as the fulcrum in the emerging global order. Maj Gen Rajiv Narayanan(R) and I discussed about it. It was an interesting discussion. We also had a discussion on the raids going…
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What is Pakistan Upto?
Pakistan is upto a lot of things is what we discovered during the course of our discussion. Irrespective of the internal political or economic state of Pakistan, its anti India rant will not vanish and hence will always be a source of trouble for us. The evolving situations in Pakistan pose peculiar challenges to India…
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Overhauling DRDO : What Is To Be Done
This conversation with V Adm Raman Puri (R) went beyond overhauling DRDO and into issues which need to be tackled alongside. The major issue which came out is that DRDO is a silo with poor laterals with the people it is supposed to serve. Unless this silo is broken things will not improve. If silos…
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Fallout of The India Canada Spat
The discussion with Maj Gen Harsha Kakar (R) was free flowing and covered a wide range of issues in the India Canada spat. The audience interest was high and the questions were very good.
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Will Overhauling The DRDO Ensure Atmanirbharta?
Lt Gen Anil Ahuja and I had an informed discussion on the government proposal to overhaul DRDO. It was logical and well grounded. This was the first in the series. More will come. Unless we have more perspectives the issues at stake will not be clear . I do hope that the comittee which is…
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Looking Ahead in Manipur
This was the second CASA webinar on the Manipur crisis. The discussion was positive, open and frank. A lot of causative factors were discussed and broad options emerged. Many of them are doable. The most important issue is that the problem of Manipur has to be solved through a constitutional mechanism externally. The internal mechanisms…
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IMEC : A GEOSTARTEGIC PERSPECTIVE
This video has an update on Canada in the beginning. The more important aspect is the IMEc which has tremendous benefit for India even if it crystallises partially.
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The Pakistan of Military, Mullahs and Money
Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia and i had a free flowing and comprehensive discussion on Pakistan and how to deal with it. we spoke of the three Ps of dealing with Pakistan – Proaction, Pre-emption and Punition. A very interesting discussion.
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