Brig Amar Cheema

This is the third and concluding part of the Sino-Indian war, and although, it covers the wider canvas of the war, it focuses on Ladakh....

War is a costly proposition and the currency of war is life and limb. Leaders at all levels are required to attain the results with...

Objectively speaking, the 108 hours campaign undertaken to liberate the Princely State of Hyderabad, codenamed Operation (Op) Polo stands out as India’s ‘first’ military success....

The 1962, Sino-Indian war is (rightly) remembered by Indians by its ignominy. While, this is justified, it needs to be heighted that the roots of...

Operations of 161 Brigade After the link up with Punch, Brigadier Sen firmed in the defences of his brigade around Uri. He deployed 1 SIKH...

For Indians 13 April translates as a day of celebrations due to the festivities of Baisakhi. However, the day also marks the beginning of the...

The military, which is a major component of the nation’s CNP, needs to be contribute meaningfully to this future, for which it needs to be...

This is the second of the series and is aimed to present details of the occupation of Tibet by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), followed...

Celebrated as the Infantry Day by the Indian Army, 27th October, 1947, was truly spectacular in the annals of Indian History – Not only did...

If history was to define a moment when the modern world changed before our eyes, it would be that fateful day when ‘Islamic Jihadis’(sic),in true...

The relationship between war and plunder is axiomatic; behind sermons of national interests and morality lie material gains. Such has been the story of mankind...

“Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure” - George Edward Woodberry Rejoice my friends – my countrymen,...

A decade may appear to be a microcosm compared to the infinity of time, however, when measured on the scale of geo-politics, a decade can...

“The Kargil Operation was an audacious attempt to seize an opportunity of historic proportions.”[1] The 1999 military confrontation on the heights of Kargil was a...

Mr C Dasgupta’s acerbic comment that the first Kashmir War was ‘moderated’ and ‘finessed’ is an unsettling truth and a reflection on how the longest...

“Poor Kashmir, it lies in the Himalayan ramparts where the borders of India, Pakistan and China rub together. Reality mocks its beauty. There is no...

When combat soldiers are faced with a chemical attack, the military practice to exhale polluted air before donning a protective mask is by shouting ‘gas-gas-gas.’...

 “Nothing is as admirable in politics as a short memory’’ --John Galbraith Nation building is an ‘ongoing’ phenomenon and in the case of India’s quest...

“The inability to think beyond rigid assumptions and perceptions in matters strategic have often led to surprise, failure and disaster” Mr Stephen Cohen needs to...

Realpolitik dictates a policy of ‘congagement’ of China and explains America’s reasons for accommodating the former at the grand table. Thus, while the US-Chinese relationship...

Despite the plain talk by President Barack Obama, there is still no clarity on ‘when,’ ‘how’ and ‘with what’ the ‘coalition of the willing,’ led...