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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
TopicIndian Army

Topic: Indian Army

A people and their army

A clickbait Gen Rawat-Dyer comparison underlines how eminent post-colonial scholars missed out on the finest Army of this period: India’s

TALK POINT: Is India less mindful of global censure of its hard military posture in Kashmir today than it was in the ’90s?

Is it easier for India to adopt a tough line in Kashmir today than it was in the 1990s? How is India’s position today different from the 1990s when New Delhi felt the impact of censure from groups like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, U.S. and European capitals? Is the world too distracted right now to lecture India on human rights? We ask experts Ajai Sahni, Aakar Patel.

The Indian Army’s now considering women in combat roles, but here’s why it’s far behind

VRINDA SEHGAL  Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat has said that the Indian Army is open to inducting women in combat roles. "We have already started...

Read my lips, forget the camera

Say the central forces' angry soldiers. They need reform, committed leaders. And very sensitive handling.

A general called Jake

India did not do well enough by Lt General Jacob, but, besides its Great War hero, he remained an ambassador of its core values.

Fifty years after: War of mutual incompetence

What exactly are we in India celebrating, and actively rewriting, a half century later?

War and relative peace

Could it be that one reason our societies have not learnt to enjoy peace and security is the shyness with which we approach our military past.

The 24th chief

He will count for no more than a footnote, albeit a sizeable, sad but unforgettable one, as his successors pick up the pieces

Our harmed forces

If armed forces have begun to look and sound like any other govt department, the fault lies with their own leadership, civil servants who control them, and politicians who lead them.

Havildar Shinde, Sergeant Romero

If we’re as sensitive to Shinde’s needs as the Pentagon was to Romero’s, we’d save many lives

On Camera

Where is Skill India money going? It’s a Rs 48,000 crore mystery

All industries are still facing an acute shortage of skilled manpower despite thousands of crores spent on skilling schemes.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.