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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicIndia-Pakistan war

Topic: India-Pakistan war

TV news is always enthusiastic about a ‘war’—India-Pakistan, Putin-Zelenskyy, Kannada-Tamil

What’s clear is that TV new coverage of modern warfare is more eye-catching: boots on the ground have been replaced by flying machines, allowing news channels to play video war games.

After Pahalgam, Modi govt took the 1971 playbook — and went several steps further

India’s modern diplomacy in the weeks since Pahalgam has followed a pattern observed in 1971 — when PM Indira Gandhi visited several Western capitals in the months leading up to the war.

Freezing soldiers, daring cheetahs—how pilots saved the day at Siachen’s Amar & Sonam in 1987

Lt Gen. Ramesh Kulkarni and Anjali Karpe’s ‘Siachen 1987: Battle for the Frozen Frontier’ gives a blow-by-blow account of war in India’s highest battlefield.

Shastri-Ayub Tashkent pact ended 1965 War. And brought Russia into South Asian politics

The Tashkent pact set the stage for Indian and Pakistani militaries to start withdrawing troops. Those days, tough negotiations could still end with a game of golf.

‘Didn’t know I’d live to get this’ — 1971 PoW, Vir Chakra awardee receives Vijay Mashaal torch

Brigadier Hamir Singh (Retd), who was a young captain during the 1971 war against Pakistan, was honoured as part of India’s celebrations to mark 50 years of the victory.

Army restores India-Pakistan war hero Brigadier Usman’s grave that was ‘vandalised’ in Delhi

On 26 December, the grave of Brigadier Mohammad Usman located in south Delhi’s Batla House Qabristan, was found damaged.

Army to restore India-Pakistan war hero Brigadier Usman’s ‘vandalised’ grave in Delhi

The Army wrote to Jamia Millia Islamia Tuesday seeking permission to carry out repairs of the grave, which was found damaged by miscreants in Delhi's Batla House Qabristan.

Indian Army’s dash to Dhaka in 1971 was operational brilliance. It holds lessons for Ladakh

Dhaka had 30,000 defenders against 3,000 of Indian Army. But such is the impact of threatening the centre of gravity that General Niazi agreed to surrender.

How Indian armed forces can defeat Pakistan in less than a week

To do that, you should first define victory, know when to declare it, have a decisive conventional edge, and stop flying MiG-21s.

How Pakistani Lt Col Nisar Ahmed won over Indian peers after stalling their advance in 1965

The Monsoon War by Capt Amarinder Singh & Lt Gen Tajinder Singh Shergill detail how outgunned Nisar Ahmed—who died last month—stalled Indian advance into Sialkot.

On Camera

What Gulf states would say to Iran. War is temporary, geography is permanent

Iran faces a choice that is larger than the immediate conduct of war. It can continue the logic of short-term escalation, or it can think in the longer historical frame.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.