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Topic1962

Topic: 1962

In ’62, India prioritised keeping distance from the West over securing the nation: Jaishankar

Subrahmanyam Jaishankar -
Nehru felt that Patel was overly suspicious and stated in a note to him on 18 November 1950 that it was inconceivable that China would ‘undertake a wild adventure across the Himalayas’

October belongs to Infantry—Kashmir ’47 to China ’62. India must invest in the foot-soldier

Manvendra Singh -
Autumn 1947 Kashmir, high Himalayas 1962, and steamy tropical jungles of northern Sri Lanka 1987 just happen to be Infantry stomping grounds.

Chinese threat is unlikely to go away. India needs big plans for LAC to save its land

Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy -
New Delhi must make the stakes high for the Chinese to take any military action against India and renege signed agreements.

From Nathu La to Galwan, India has been trapped in reaction-mode to China’s aggression

Sudhir Arora -
Galwan shows India has been trapped in a reactive posture, always a step behind the Chinese for the last 70 years.

Ladakh standoff shows ‘unwritten’ LAC will continue to be a thorn between India and China

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Unlike the LAC, the border between India and Pakistan is delineated on a map, signed by both armies and enjoys international sanctity. That's what India-China need.

Remember Vajpayee-Nehru episode? That is why Congress must let Modi off the hook on China

Yogendra Yadav -
PM Modi must be let off the hook, not because he deserves to but because not doing so would hurt all of us collectively. Think 1962.

56 years after China war, India still lacks crucial strategic culture

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
India did not modify its strategy to make optimum use of limited capacity and virtually courted defeat in 1962.

India’s misplaced priorities, shoddy planning & complacency led to 1962 war

Seshadri Chari -
Remembering 1962 war with China is good for India’s national security today

Not China, 1962 war called India’s bluff

Lt Gen H S Panag (retd) -
Ahead of 1962 war, Jawaharlal Nehru panicked and sacrificed strategy for tactical actions

A new book says 1962 wasn’t India’s fault, China started it

Vandana Menon -
‘China’s India War’ by Bertil Lintner released; former Army chief J.J. Singh says China was aware of difficult terrain and fully prepared for the war.

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Economy

Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Esha Mishra -
Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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