Delhi celebrates International Museum Day with aplomb

There is no greater repository of cultural...

Music has always been my refuge: Eugenio Bennato

The legendary Italian folk musician and songwriter...

Phuket, surrounded by beautiful islands,rivals the Maldives and Bali

With endless coastlines, Southeast Asia offers a...

Maj Gen Jagatbir Singh, VSM (RETD)

Many layers of institutional discord in Pakistan

At a time when the focus should be on economic reforms and development, Pakistan is literally at the crossroads. It’s a free-for-all and a...

Ukraine war exposes differing perspectives

Many countries in the Global South find it difficult to accept Western claims of a ‘rules-based order’ when the US and its allies frequently...

There’s a need to utilise ex-servicemen in rural development

The optimum utilisation of this motivated, disciplined and skilled workforce towards nation building is the focus of the author, Lt Gen S.K. Gadeock. Lieutenant General...

Ukraine at the centre of Russian history

From Stalin’s death in 1953 to the disintegration of the USSR in 1991, the Soviet Union was led by Ukrainians for 31 of those...

Lion of Ladakh: The inspirational story of Col Chhewang Rinchen

Pakistani author Mohd Yusuf Ahidi wrote, ‘But for Commander Rinchen foiling our attacks we would have been masters of Ladakh’.   Written jointly by Dr Phungsog...

Book offers valuable insights into Russia-Ukraine war

From a military perspective, it brings out the initial operational mistakes of the Russians—having widely dispersed thrust lines which were not complementary and lacked...

Country’s contemporary history told through one man’s story

What doesn’t the book dwell upon? We are acquainted with tribals and politicians, with prime ministers, generals, air marshals and admirals and of course...

The country that is not India: Pak’s fundamental problem

Sharat Sabharwal quotes former Minister Aitzaz Husssain to state that Pakistanis ‘have been told that their very identity was their un-Indianness: banish this thought...

The Absent Dialogue examines India’s uneasy civil-military relations

The three broad characteristics of the absent dialogue are ‘lack of civilian expertise, institutional design with strong bureaucratic control and high degree of military...

West Asia at War is a monumental work of rare scholarship

The chapter on India-West Asia ties is an excellent exposition of the changing contours of the relationship.   Ambassador Talmiz Ahmed, in a book of rare...

A rare insight into China’s negotiations with India

Retired Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s book, The Long Game; How the Chinese Negotiate with India, identifies the strengths and vulnerabilities in a manner that’s...

Hamir Singh: A heroic tale of trials and tribulations

The book, ‘POW 1971: A Soldier’s Account of the Heroic Battle of Daruchhian’, by Major General Vijay Singh is written in four parts, namely...

DARK SECRETS: OPENING A NEW DOORWAY

What the dark secret reveals is the fallout of the tracking of the Soviet nuclear quest by Britain in one of the most strategic...

Undefined boundary at the core of India-China troubled ties

Maroof Raza asks two key questions: who does Aksai Chin belong to? And will China accept the McMahon Line as the international border between...

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