Nitin A. Gokhale

Why India will not withdraw from Siachen

by Nitin A Gokhale

07 Nov/12

General, NDTV

In July, Northern Army Commander Lt. Gen KT Parnaik spoke to me at length on issues relating to India’s northern borders, Pakistan’s continuing attempts to stir trouble in Kashmir, China’s increasing footprints in Gilgil-Baltistan and most importantly why India must NOT withdraw from or demilitarise Siachen. In the light of…

Yash Chopra as a creator of angry characters

by Nitin A Gokhale

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22 Oct/12

General

Much before he came to be known as “King of Romance”, Yash Chopra was a man who made suspense thrillers like Ittefaq and perhaps India’s first multi-starrer Waqt. And not to forget Deewar which more than any other movie, consolidated Amitabh Bachchan’s angry young man image. For a self-professed romantic at heart, Yash Chopra had a…

India-China standoff: A journey to Tawang recalled

by Nitin A Gokhale

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22 Oct/12

General

In the backdrop of the current faceoff between India and China in Ladakh, I thought it would be useful to recall my travel to the Eastern front–to the Kameng Sector–to commemorate half a century of the 1962 war. So here it: Still pictures, a half hour documentary, several articles. Its…

Remembering a War: Through pictures

by Nitin A Gokhale

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17 Oct/12

General

50 Years ago, this week India and China clashed across the Himalayas. Within a month, the unprepared, non-accalimatised, ill-equipped Indian soldiers were thoroughly outmanouvred, outgunned and outnumbered by the rampaging Chinese who came down from the Himalayan passes almost to the plains of Assam. While over 3,000 soldiers were killed,…

An Act’s End

by Nitin A Gokhale

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13 Oct/12

General, NDTV, Outlook

http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?282591 ILLUSTRATION BY SORIT BORDER ISSUES At Act’s End In the theatre of war, State neglect threatens to rub salt into sore wounds NITIN A. GOKHALE Special Issue: 1962 The China Disaster Arunachal Pradesh, arguably the most scenic of the seven Northeast states, has always stood apart from its neighbours. Not just because it…

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Why India will not withdraw from Siachen

Yash Chopra as a creator of angry characters

India-China standoff: A journey to Tawang recalled

Remembering a War: Through pictures

An Act’s End