The carnage in Kashmir is the price India is paying for having no policy on Pakistan
Like previous regimes, the NDA too has failed to forge a stable policy within a strategic framework to deal with Pakistan and its strategy of ‘inflicting a thousand cuts’.
How Modi speaks a different language with Pakistan than what Vajpayee did
PM Modi’s ‘munh tod jawab’ stance over Pulwama attack is more abrasive than Vajpayee’s vow of ‘pratikar’ post-Kaluchak in 2002.
Post-Pulwama, India needs a calibrated response to terror, not knee-jerk reaction
Going by the response of the Modi government so far, New Delhi is unlikely to let Pulwama incident go unpunished.
Why the security situation in Kashmir keeps going from bad to worse
New Delhi sees Kashmir as a security problem rather than a political one. Instead of finding ways to resolve a conflict, it merely seeks to manage it.
Peshawar to Pulwama, how Pakistan differentiates snakes in its backyard & front yard
The Pakistani establishment believes the snakes it rears in its front yard will only bite its neighbour. The school attack didn’t change that deadly delusion.
Why Modi govt’s budget looks more like a Patanjali product designed by Ramdev
Be it women and children’s health or farmers’ crops or ex-servicemen’s OROP, Piyush Goyal’s interim budget slashed hope on every front
Why upper caste poor don’t want age relaxation in job quota
Relaxation in age and attempts has proved to be a clever way to keep Dalits-OBCs out of top positions of power.
Drip. Drip. Asia’s liquidity taps start gurgling
Indian polls are unpredictable & ongoing trapeze act of simultaneous fiscal & monetary easing may lead to an accident if investors don’t like makeup of next government.
Modi govt, Pakistan, China are all to blame for deadly Kashmir CRPF bombing
Earlier, only the generals in Rawalpindi were held responsible. Today, Beijing’s leaders will have to accept their share of the blame.
Narendra Modi govt wants a strong military, but its defence budget can’t guarantee that
Prime Minister Modi has been high on emotions and low on substance on military matters in the last five years.
Here are Pakistan’s new strategies behind the Pulwama terror attack
Pulwama suicide attack, use of a Kashmiri attacker, and a pre-attack video is an attempt by Pakistan to reassert its equities over Kashmir dispute.
Revoking Pakistan’s MFN status: Proportionate reply or Modi exploring diplomatic steps first?
A day after the horrific attack in Kashmir’s Pulwama that killed at least 37 CRPF personnel, Narendra Modi government withdrew ‘Most Favoured Nation’ status for Pakistan, in place since 1996.
Defence
Pulwama attack raises questions on Kashmir’s intelligence and security structure
Attack on CRPF convoy required getting explosives, rigging the vehicle and training. How did multiple security agencies in J&K fail to pick up on this?
Modi’s BJP is sliding down the Rafale slope. It must stop outraging and come clean
All the Modi govt needed to do was come clean on Rafale – ‘We dismissed bureaucratic objections as we wanted deal done quickly for IAF’.