Novita Singh On October, 13, Union Home Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde proceeded on a three day visit to Jammu and Kashmir. During the tour, he co-chaired a meeting of the Unified Command in the State along with the Chief Minister and travelled to many regions to interact with Para-military troops deployed over there. Towards the end of his tour he said, quite firmly, … [Read more...] about The necessity of political convergence on security issues
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It is time we got our military history right
Jaibans Singh India looks upon October as a very auspicious month; the festival of Dusshera falls in this month and so does the very significant Muslim festival of Bakrid. Both festivals epitomise the victory of all that is just and righteous. Dusshera has a military significance since it denotes the victory of the righteous Lord Ram Chandra over Ravana the haughty Kind of … [Read more...] about It is time we got our military history right
Rehabilitation: generosity cannot override pragmatism
Simrit Kahlon Some one hundred and fifty odd people have set up a front called the POK Returned Families Rehabilitation Forum in the Kashmir valley. The constituents of the forum are such erstwhile Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) based Kashmiri militants who have returned to the valley with large families. The method of return is by and large illegal; most of these people … [Read more...] about Rehabilitation: generosity cannot override pragmatism
Hurriyat should shed propaganda and adopt people centric policies
Prabhakar Gupta Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, the chairman of the separatist Hurriyat group that enjoys a marginal presence in the Kashmir Valley has reiterated the long standing demand of his organisation for demilitarisation on both sides of the line of control. The demand has been made against the backdrop of the recent incessant firing from across the line of control by Pakistani … [Read more...] about Hurriyat should shed propaganda and adopt people centric policies
Indo-China War 1962: A history ignored
Jaibans Singh October, 20, 2012, will mark the 50th year of the Indo-China war. The current national preoccupation with corruption and incessant attention to other tomfoolery that keeps the modern Indian society busy has resulted in a miniscule level of attention to this historically very important event. Another reason for this important event being sidelined is the very … [Read more...] about Indo-China War 1962: A history ignored