Brig Pradeep Sharma

What lies in store for the new CDS who inherits a crown of thorns, left him by his predecessor, not to forget the controversy this...

Introduction With the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, the alignment between Russia-China-Pakistan-Turkey and Iran, tensions and competition in the South Pacific, South China Sea...

Introduction Addressing our class in Staff College the Directing Staff (DS) looked around and smiled , then he handed over our home work note sheets...

Introduction On 29th of July 2020 a brief write up by me was published in the Indian Defense Review (IDR), it was titled ‘Indian Army:...

According to an article by Mr Dinaker Peri carried in The Hindu on May 21 2022, driven by the stale argument of a compulsion to...

Introduction Nagaland has been a puzzle unsolved since the days of the British Raj, it continues to be so even today. Many governments have come...

Introduction Amidst hurried evacuation of NATO forces and Civilians Suicide Bombers (who are dying to win!) struck, killing and injuring US soldiers and others including...

Introduction In my article I have attempted to address the potential trouble surrounding us, it is aimed at sensitizing minds in order to get contingency...

Introduction This is another effort at continuation of the Military thought process to prepare plans and responses’ to enemy action or military operations. The 9...

Introduction Some months ago I wrote my thoughts on the response to Corona Virus, it was titled ‘The Sirens Must Wail’ Having suffered the last...

Introduction On the heels of my earlier article carried by IDR , some very important initiatives have been announced and steps taken by the Government....

India has faced insurgencies and terrorism since independence with the ingress of ‘Razakars’ from Pakistan with an intermix of regulars, reportedly even led by British...

The Cosmic Enigma: “Who can think of the sun costuming clouds? When all people are shaken or of night endazzled, proud, when people awaken and...

The sound of sirens last heard in 1971 have been conspicuous by their silence. Thank God! But then again, was it not the sound of...

Apart from religious polarisation and the isolation of the human population on the basis of language, colour, religion or sect, a pattern that seems to...

Forces deploy in fixed grids, they dress in a uniform, per force have to adopt conventional methods and remain bound by law. Entry and exits...

Introduction As we go into celebrating our Republic Day in 2018, putting on display for the world to see, our culture alongside our military might...

As reflected by the repeated bomb blasts in Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur and elsewhere, India has proved itself to be vulnerable and unable to prevent bomb...