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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Kargil

What the 1972 India-Pakistan Simla Agreement is all about & why it’s still relevant today

Gaurav Kumar -
46 years ago, the historic pact was signed between the two South Asian neighbours for peaceful settlement of all disputes.

What would Vajpayee have thought of Narendra Modi’s ‘muscular’ policy?

Shekhar Gupta -
Vajpayee made 3 landmark moves to make peace with Pakistan, each time going out on a limb, in spite of grave provocations.

Kargil was an audacious plan by Musharraf and his overconfident Generals

AVM Arjun Subramaniam (retd) -
Kargil demonstrated the growing resilience of the Indian nation-state to concurrently cope with various genres of modern conflict.

Zojila tunnel will be a boon for the armed forces and for tourists too

Rahiba R. Parveen -
The bidirectional, all-weather tunnel is expected to not only keep a check on incursions, but also keep Ladakh accessible throughout the year.

Our military history is politicised to suit Generals, that’s why Modi’s facts are mixed up

Shekhar Gupta -
A spiced up, hyper-nationalist version of military history has been built: that politicians wronged the generals. No wonder PM Modi got his facts all mixed up.

अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी का लीडरशिप फार्मूला: बड़ा दिल व सुलझा नेतृत्व

Shekhar Gupta -
अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी की 93वीं वर्षगांठ पर एक नज़र उन बातों पर जो उन्हें महान नेता बनाती है: इरादे मजबूत लेकिन दिल से कवि.

Be very afraid

Shekhar Gupta -
The Pakistani establishment knows only one trick works — in fact, it always works. It is a provocation, and an escalation of tensions with India.

To Kashmir, via the world

Shekhar Gupta -
No nation backs Pakistan’s dream of changing the region's cartography. Implicit in that is the world’s acceptance of India’s sovereignty over Kashmir, at least what lies on our side of LoC.

Generally speaking

SGIN -
In the post-colonial, post-Cold War world almost no dictator, particularly a military dictator, goes away in peace.
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Counter-insurgency is Indian military’s reality. Op Sindoor was brief flash in combat spectrum

Manvendra Singh -
The Chief of Defence Staff was spot on when he declared war fighting as ‘military’s bread and butter.’

Superman Modi to superpower meeting — Indian TV anchors script a Tianjin blockbuster

Why India should let the rupee fall

Economy

GST 2.0: India streamlines indirect tax regime amid Trump tariffs & what it means for consumers

Sampurna Panigrahi -
Goods and Services Tax Council paves way for a broad two-slab structure of 5% and 18% with a demerit rate of 40% for super luxury and 'sin' goods.

Defence

Choppy ride for India’s submarine ambition: Project P-751 chugs forward, Scorpenes a stinging tale

Snehesh Alex Philip -
With P75I still years away & the follow-on Scorpenes stuck, India’s long-promised 30-yr submarine plan remains behind schedule

National Interest

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

Shekhar Gupta -
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.

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