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Shankar Roychowdhury

Shankar Roychowdhury | Looking back at 1971: How India cut Pak down to size

From India’s point of view, it was to pay Pakistan back for torturing its own population and consequently creating an added burden for India

16 Dec 2021 1:38 AM

A scene of the spot after militants attacked a CRPF convoy in Goripora area of Awantipora town in Pulwama district of J&K on Thursday. At least 44 CRPF jawans were killed in the attack. (Photo: PTI)

It’s time to revise India’s strategy, pay back Pakistan in its own coin

India must understand that a change is coming more rapidly than some people may think.

16 Mar 2019 12:30 AM

This pre-emptive action was described as an “intelligence-led operation” in which a large number of Jaish militants were killed. (Photo: ANI)

Pulwama: Let forces respond, keep politics out

The Balakot facility was headed by a brother-in-law of JeM chief Masood Azhar.

27 Feb 2019 1:39 AM

Kolkata Police commissioner Rajeev Kumar near his residence in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

State police-Centre confrontation can have dangerous fallout; defuse crisis

The Saradha-Narada cases are well known now, though interesting details continue to be regurgitated in the media as titillating titbits.

12 Feb 2019 12:13 AM

In the ‘war’ within our Parliament, the government and the Opp. have viciously clashed on just about every issue, and have often stopped just short of coming to blows. The raucous political cacophony has overshadowed one of the real crises that is facing the country — the parlous state of the IAF. (Representational image)

Soul-searching is needed: India’s ‘ship of state’ near breaking point

Elections 2019 promise to be a vitriolic event. The muddied flags of political parties can be cleaned by a simple rinse in any washing machine.

16 Jan 2019 1:07 AM

In a historic groundswell of youth activism, hundreds of thousands of teenagers and their supporters rallied across the US against gun violence Saturday, vowing to transform fear and grief into a ‘vote-them-out’ movement. (Photo: AP)

Guns and violence in America & India: A study in contrasts

The respective constitutional positions of the two countries are totally opposite.

12 Jun 2018 3:40 AM

Palestinian protesters carry an injured man who was shot by Israeli troops during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, Monday, May 14, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Is the Cold War starting all over again?

To a watching world it was a graphic demonstration of iron-fisted crowd control by the Israeli security forces, circa 2018.

30 May 2018 1:23 AM

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (Photo: AFP)

If Syria implodes, India will be hit

India has the requisite resources and troops for these operations, in which our armed forces are enviably adept.

01 May 2018 5:54 AM

The Islamic State has been accorded a secure sanctuary in Pakistan, and forms part of the covert, plausibly deniable, strategic assets of that country, for attacking Indian assets and interests in Afghanistan as well as providing aid and support to separatists in Jammu and Kashmir. (Photo: Representational | AP)

Threats to India grow, but do our netas care?

The entire episode should cause grave disquiet to all citizens at a time when the need for national security is paramount.

03 Apr 2018 12:48 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes French President Emmanuel Macron at the International Solar Alliance founding conference in New Delhi. (Photo: AP/File)

How long must IAF wait for its new fighter?

The PM himself pushed the deal through, seemingly oblivious of its tortured historical background.

20 Mar 2018 5:56 AM

India cannot and will not suffer in silence, as its citizens are killed and property destroyed with impunity by jihadi intruders launched from bases in Pakistan.

Time for strategy shift: Hit Pak where it hurts

Is it time to think of a “front foot” trans-border response to Pakistan?

16 Feb 2018 1:10 AM

A huge crowd of protesters had converged on the spot after which the cow vigilantes started thrashing those slaughtering the buffalo. (Photo: ANI)

The perils of hyper-nationalism

The armed forces are the very last bastion of the country’s composite identity and its national integrity.

25 Jul 2017 1:37 AM

Security personnel patrol a road during GJM strike in Darjeeling. (Photo: AP)

Darjeeling stir: Is GJM a cat’s paw?

Darjeeling is deep inside India’s strategic “Chicken’s Neck”, which connects northeast India with the rest of the country.

27 Jun 2017 5:50 AM

Prior to his death on Friday, Shangwang Shangyung Khaplang created a second rung of leadership led by his deputy Khango Konyak who may take over the responsibility of the organisation soon.

Khaplang passes, but cause is alive

Though India’s Northeast may culturally be several worlds away from Kashmir, there are commonalities in the geopolitical environment of both.

13 Jun 2017 1:33 AM

J&K: No let-up in Pak proxy war

The Indian security establishment must never forget Pakistan’s politico-military payback strategy against India.

21 Mar 2017 2:36 AM

A masked Kashmiri protester runs with an exploded tear gas shell before throwing it back at Indian security forces in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

In grim times, a way forward?

Kashmir is witnessing an uptick in militant and criminal activity, as in the recent spate of bank robberies in the Valley.

21 Feb 2017 1:10 AM

Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud (Photo: AFP)

Saudis’ IMAFT: Tread cautiously

The aims of the new Islamic anti-terror alliance are somewhat reminiscent of another earlier but entirely different military alliance.

19 Jan 2017 3:59 AM

Secure cyberspace for Digital India

Electronic security of the demonetisation process is a high priority now, on par with other such threats to national security.

04 Jan 2017 2:47 AM

Govt’s thinking over Army ‘merit’ flawed

The selection of the Indian Army’s Chief of Staff is undoubtedly the exclusive prerogative of the government of the day.

22 Dec 2016 3:30 AM

Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhaag vists encounter site day after militant attacked at the Army camp in Nagrota near Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Uri, Pampore, Nagrota... We must act

The ISI is now extensively utilising the same concept and methodology against India.

06 Dec 2016 3:46 AM

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