Hardeep Bedi Ali Shah Geelani, the 90 year old Kashmiri separatist leader aligned with the All Party Hurriyat Conference (Hurriyat), has suddenly resigned from the separatist conglomerate. An irrelevant person leaving an irrelevant organisation does not merit any discussion or comment. Nevertheless, since he maintains pretensions of being a leader of the Kashmiris there is a … [Read more...] about Ali Shah Geelani: Dogmatic, obdurate and self serving to the very end
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Thwarting the Dragon
Farooq Wani Now that China has firmly established itself as a formidable economic and military power, it seems to be more anxious to emerge from the shadows and secure (what it feels is) its rightful place in the international arena. Under normal circumstances, the global community would not have denied giving China its due, but it’s approach of spreading … [Read more...] about Thwarting the Dragon
China has no claim on Tibet & East Turkestan, what to talk of Ladakh
Jaibans Singh The history of South Asia and China was dominated by the British broadly from the 17th century to mid-20th century. Today, almost seven decades after the exit of the British, India and China remain unable to reconcile to their new destinies and move on. Border demarcation done at the time of the British rule has become an issue and is dominating the … [Read more...] about China has no claim on Tibet & East Turkestan, what to talk of Ladakh
Indo-China War 1962: Valour stories from the Frontier
Colonel (Retired) Alok Mathur, SM Military history is replete with stories of valour and sacrifice. Each battle has a legend associated with it. These are repeated through generations, written about and in modern times, converted into films. There are two which have caught the international imagination - Charge of the Light Brigade during the Crimean war and the Bridge on … [Read more...] about Indo-China War 1962: Valour stories from the Frontier
Kashmir: Leaderless Terrorists in dire straits, surrender is best option
Dr. Simrit Kahlon In a new and unique trend, a large number of terrorist hide outs are being busted by security forces on the basis of human intelligence provided by locals. It seems that the terrorists, under pressure of being caught, are not staying in once place for long. On many occasions they are vacating the hide outs in a tearing hurry, leaving behind warlike stores … [Read more...] about Kashmir: Leaderless Terrorists in dire straits, surrender is best option