The broken republic
26 May 2023The PLA looks impressive in ceremonial parades, but unlike the Indian Army it has no battlefield experience
03 December 2021And China will realise why the hard way if it chooses the military option against India
18 September 2020Welcome the Super General
23 August 2019The next stage in dealing with a belligerent neighbour
07 March 2019More murky defence deals mean another long lull in the purchase of crucial equipment for the armed forces
12 May 2016About 28 years ago, I learnt one of the most fascinating tales of what military rivalry between India and Pakistan has meant for some families
27 August 2015Indian pilots spared Pakistani civilians in the 1965 war that started after a wily Zulfikar Ali Bhutto instigated General Ayub Khan to send soldiers to create trouble in Kashmir. Fifty years later, the author revisits the war for lessons learnt and tales of bravery
26 August 2015Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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