The common perception is that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a nationalist entity. As a consequence of its nationalistic orientation, a...

A nation that manufactures its own weapons earns the respect of regional neighbours and saves on costly foreign exchange. Importing weapons is a sign...

The Modi-led government has laid focus on the ‘Made in India’ mantra to spur its indigenous manufacturing base. This is a welcome departure from the...

The One Rank One Pension (OROP) is an emotive issue for ex-servicemen. However, those not affected by the same feeling play politics over this emotive...

How should India respond to recent terrorist strikes carried out by Pakistan- trained ‘non state actors’ on December 5, 2014? What is the significance...

The Indian Army is an excellent fighting force, and has few parallels in the world. But  of  late, the image of the soldier is diminishing which calls...

Recently at Kalimpong some members of Gorkha civil society got together to debate 1950 Indo- Nepal Treaty on peace and friendship and its impact on...

Pakistan’s Diwali gift to India has been unprovoked firing on the borders and a resolution in its parliament asking for international intervention on...

The nation has faced two national calamities and one of the lessons that emerges clearly is that the first 24 to 72 hours matter. At the end of the...

The geneses of the Islamic State also called the caliphate are hazy, but some bare facts do stand out. There has been a civil war in Syria and  Iraq...

One of the great fall outs of the recent visit of the Indian PM to Nepal was reviewing the Indo- Nepal treaty of peace and friendship. This has been a...

This shattered the hill economy, 20,000 road side dhabhas which did brisk business and the vast network of ‘char dham tourism’, which was central to...