RISE OF THE MARATHA WARRIOR

February 4, 2021

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is the most revered icon of the Marathas who laid the foundation of Swaraj (self-rule) in the Indian sub-continent. The year 1670 was a watershed year when, on 4 February, a small contingent of sharp warriors selected by Shivaji climbed the Kondana fort near Pune in the...

FIVE BATTLEGROUNDS THAT INDIA CAN IGNORE AT ITS OWN PERIL

January 29, 2021

Author Rajiv Malhotra has picked up a most relevant subject of artificial intelligence wherein the machines are going to dictate the future of humanity. This would impact the world, its growth, security and welfare of humans occupying it. In fact, the machines are going to be the new occupants of...

THE GALLANT HYDERABADI PALTAN

November 5, 2020

This is a story of a unique Paltan of the Indian Army nicknamed ‘Nizam’s Own’ or the ‘Hyderabadis’. It was 117 years old when it went into battle at Hilli, East Pakistan, in December 1971 sacrificing lives of 26 brave men and another 60 seriously wounded. It opened the gateway...

The race for space: Rising concerns

July 18, 2020

While patrolling in the mountains, soldiers are constantly reminded not to lose height, because they also lose sight. My regiment is built on Shivaji’s tactics that teaches the Maratha warrior to remain mobile and occupy (rest on) high grounds. This gave Shivaji’s guerilla a distinct edge over the large Mughal...

Why Dragon’s Nepal designs will fall flat

July 8, 2020

Dragon has finally pushed Nepal to join the cartographic war against India, its longstanding friend. The release of new map by Nepal’s communist PM showing Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadura as Nepalese territory, that too in a great hurry, makes this action premeditated and clearly in cohorts with the Chinese. This...