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Reviewing the movie ‘Amaran’ For a country that has become insensitive to the daily deaths of uniformed men in Kashmir, India needed a reminder of the trials and tribulations of our troops and [...]

Reviewing the Book “Storm Troopers at Outpost Bhatti” Kargil War was one of the defining moments of India’s recent military history and prowess. Barely a decade ago, the exalted [...]

Tale of a Fiery Indian Patriot and his Gory End The daring exploits of India’s fiery freedom fighter, Chempakaraman Pillai, is fairly well-chronicled, at least in South Indian narratives. [...]

Why India Must Embrace Multi-Disciplinary Sports I am not much into watching TV programmes, including the hysterical shows that go for ‘news’. Nevertheless, I couldn’t help the other day [...]

During 2015, there was talk of the Government of India having reached an agreement with the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN-IM), the preeminent insurgent [...]

While the propriety of Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza can be endlessly argued, it has undeniably put the Hamas on the back foot, eroding whatever public support it enjoyed and rendering it highly [...]

As wars go, the American Civil War was unique, on many scores. For one, more Americans killed each other in that war than the entire lot of them killed in the two world wars. Many historians [...]

I am not a strategic analyst; neither am I a military historian, nor a so-called intellectual. I am just an ordinary guy, who loves reading and writing about how battles are fought, for readers [...]