A new book attempts to dispel the notion that India was the provocateur in the 1962 war with China. 'China's India War' by Bertil Lintner says that China had caught India by surprise and it had a simple objective.
For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
The Henderson-Brooks Report has still not been released in full by the Indian Government after 55 years.
And regarding war preparations, most nations prepare for war at all times against their perceived enemies, see NATO. Even if China had made preparations in 1959 they didn’t attack India then but only in 1962 after Nehru’s provocative Forward Policy and several ignored warnings from the Chinese including those through diplomatic channels.
The truth is that the Indians gambled thinking the Chinese were in no shape to fight another war after the Korean one and the disaster of their Great Leap Forward. They were proved wrong.
The Henderson-Brooks Report has still not been released in full by the Indian Government after 55 years.
And regarding war preparations, most nations prepare for war at all times against their perceived enemies, see NATO. Even if China had made preparations in 1959 they didn’t attack India then but only in 1962 after Nehru’s provocative Forward Policy and several ignored warnings from the Chinese including those through diplomatic channels.
The truth is that the Indians gambled thinking the Chinese were in no shape to fight another war after the Korean one and the disaster of their Great Leap Forward. They were proved wrong.