THE annual budgetary process is well underway and the expected allocation for the nation’s security under the defence head is a matter of great interest and greater concern. India has an inimical neighbourhood, both on the western and northern fronts. While the western adversary has been a con
THE face-off leading to a clash between the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and personnel of the Indian Army in the Yangtse area of Tawang in western Arunachal Pradesh on December 9 was a conflict waiting to happen, with a sense of unease prevailing along the Line of Actual Control (LAC
IN cricketing parlance, ‘Chinaman’ is a term, though no longer in vogue, for left-arm unorthodox wrist-spin bowling. The peculiar name of this bowling style was a bit of a mystery till I had the opportunity to study the ‘Chinaman’, while posted as a military diplomat in Tokyo
SIXTY years ago, Mao’s China launched an offensive across our Himalayan borders, resulting in a humiliating defeat for India. The casus belli was the territorial dispute across our northern borders, which were neither clearly demarcated nor delineated. Tensions over asylum given to the Dalai L
THE recent appointment of Lt Gen Anil Chauhan (retd) as the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) after an inexplicable delay of 10 months is indeed welcome news and puts at rest any apprehension about the rollback of this apex position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.