Months before the India-China war in 1962, an Army platoon held on to a post in Galwan despite being surrounded. The Chinese later moved back by about 200 m.
Everything the BJP govt has done since 19 June is to tiptoe around PM Modi's statement on the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh during the all-party meeting.
In 1962, China had used deception to mount a full-frontal attack on India. However, some feel China can no longer catch India off-guard since Army has beefed up presence along LAC.
Ladakh residents, particularly the youth, are increasingly worried about their shot at a govt job or admissions to educational institutes under new status quo.
With thousands of tonnes of rations & special winter clothing, Army is busy making preparations for the additional soldiers moved to the LAC amid tensions with China.
The shared global concern around China is a major opportunity for India to create the structures needed to benefit from a soft alliance of like-minded countries.
New Delhi allowed Huawei to participate in 5G trials, but Ladakh has changed the narrative. The Chinese company may find it difficult to clear security hurdles.
In a statement, Army also said both sides have agreed to discuss ‘complete disengagement’ in Ladakh, but the process will require ‘constant verification’.
Army chief General M.M. Naravane also separately met senior officers to discuss the 15-hour talks held between Indian & Chinese corps commanders to resolve LAC tensions.
As per the BMC, there are 1,025 officially approved hoardings in the city right now. However, any Mumbaikar can tell you that number is a ludicrous underestimate.
Latest report by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs says global growth to be faster than estimated earlier & India’s 'robust performance' to boost South Asia’s growth.
The Spanish foreign minister says 'the Middle East does not need more weapons, it needs more peace'. Spain has been very critical of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?
It is the military leadership that must accept responsibility because the decisions of strength, operational viability and logistics rest with military commanders. Moral and professional challenge. In case of failure natural for us to blame others . Happened in 62 may happen again unless institutional mechanism formalised.
General Panag in his honest forthright approach is following in the footsteps of another GOC Lt.Genral Gurbaksh Singh who wrote not just an article but an entire book “War Dispatches” giving an unvarnished account of the 1965 war with the sole intention that future generations benefit by learning the real facts rather than hubris. General Panag as an army man laments that the defense budget is too less but when I as a citizen find that the defense budget is Rs 450000 crores and the health budget just Rs 69000 crores I am appalled. I am appalled at the difference between the two allocations and I am appalled that the army still feels that like Oliver Twist it needs more. How do we avoid making the defense department a bottomless pit?
For a balanced view point we must go back to 1947 rather than 1962 . Article 370 and special status of J &K was a concession to the fact that Jammu and Kashmir which includes Ladakh was not a part of the Radcliffe Award.Nehru was fully aware of this as he had to manoeuvre deftly sometimes with Sheikh Abdullah and Mountbatten,sometimes at the UN and sometimes with Russia as a non aligned to obtain a Russian veto to secure the State for India.This was something that only Nehru was capable of. This wheeling dealing ( sometimes skulduggery as in 1953) came at a certain price. This price was that not only the feelings of the people of J&K but of neighbors had to be taken into account. Thus in Nehru’s time the J & K State had a Prime Minister.The forward policy of 1962 was rhetoric which got out of hand. The present dispensation by abolishing Article 370, fragmenting J&K into Union Territories and showing off the 56 inch chest in general has acted like a bull in a china shop. I personally do not think that the broken pieces can be put back again. The politics of the subcontinent,for better or for worse, has moved beyond an inflection point. It is quite possible that President Xi or General Bajwa or Prime Minister Oli or any of the other rulers of the neighboring States for that matter might also have a 56 inch chest.
It is the military leadership that must accept responsibility because the decisions of strength, operational viability and logistics rest with military commanders. Moral and professional challenge. In case of failure natural for us to blame others . Happened in 62 may happen again unless institutional mechanism formalised.
General Panag in his honest forthright approach is following in the footsteps of another GOC Lt.Genral Gurbaksh Singh who wrote not just an article but an entire book “War Dispatches” giving an unvarnished account of the 1965 war with the sole intention that future generations benefit by learning the real facts rather than hubris. General Panag as an army man laments that the defense budget is too less but when I as a citizen find that the defense budget is Rs 450000 crores and the health budget just Rs 69000 crores I am appalled. I am appalled at the difference between the two allocations and I am appalled that the army still feels that like Oliver Twist it needs more. How do we avoid making the defense department a bottomless pit?
For a balanced view point we must go back to 1947 rather than 1962 . Article 370 and special status of J &K was a concession to the fact that Jammu and Kashmir which includes Ladakh was not a part of the Radcliffe Award.Nehru was fully aware of this as he had to manoeuvre deftly sometimes with Sheikh Abdullah and Mountbatten,sometimes at the UN and sometimes with Russia as a non aligned to obtain a Russian veto to secure the State for India.This was something that only Nehru was capable of. This wheeling dealing ( sometimes skulduggery as in 1953) came at a certain price. This price was that not only the feelings of the people of J&K but of neighbors had to be taken into account. Thus in Nehru’s time the J & K State had a Prime Minister.The forward policy of 1962 was rhetoric which got out of hand. The present dispensation by abolishing Article 370, fragmenting J&K into Union Territories and showing off the 56 inch chest in general has acted like a bull in a china shop. I personally do not think that the broken pieces can be put back again. The politics of the subcontinent,for better or for worse, has moved beyond an inflection point. It is quite possible that President Xi or General Bajwa or Prime Minister Oli or any of the other rulers of the neighboring States for that matter might also have a 56 inch chest.