May 13, 2026 3:33 pm
PM Modi’s recent appeal for austerity amid rising geopolitical tensions has revived memories of Lal Bahadur Shastri’s calls for sacrifice during India’s food crisis in the 1960s.
April 05, 2026 9:57 pm
The broad strokes of the Charbatia story are not in dispute. Here’s what declassified CIA files and Nehru’s own letters say about the Odisha airbase.
February 17, 2026 2:27 pm
Chief of Defence Staff Anil Chauhan’s recent comments on the subject merit some examination
January 16, 2026 7:36 am
Cariappa’s frequent interventions in what the PM saw as non-military topics often led to clashes, leading to a series of pointed letters that revealed a deep divide between India’s first PM and first Army general
September 02, 2025 5:50 pm
Because of a clear power differential favouring China, and the fact that India can’t wish away its biggest neighbour and one of its biggest economic partners, one can understand why New Delhi is now trying a softer approach
September 01, 2025 7:38 am
In riding roughshod over partners such as Australia, India, Japan and South Korea on trade, and by threatening to weaponise security ties, Trump has forced them both to strengthen bonds with one another and to reduce tensions with China
September 01, 2025 11:28 am
The territorial-cum-border dispute that goes back to the birth of India and China as independent nations is at the core of the bilateral security dissonance
May 23, 2025 5:44 pm
Nehru described rumours that Indian soldiers were fighting unarmed and barefoot as "extraordinary". "They had wollen uniforms, good boots, three blankets -- later four -- and full winter clothing"
November 18, 2024 9:20 am
Major Shaitan Singh was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra for his heroic actions during the 1962 Indo–China War.
September 25, 2024 11:11 am
“The main issue right now is patrolling—how both sides patrol up to the Line of Actual Control. The patrolling arrangements after 2020 have been disturbed,” he stated, referring to the Galwan clash at the LAC four years ago.
January 15, 2020 10:41 am
India is celebrating the 72nd Army Day today in honour of the soldiers who serve the country selflessly and risk their lives to safeguard the borders.

