Nitin A. Gokhale

Recalling end of Eelam War IV

by Nitin A Gokhale

18 May/12

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Note: Tomorrow, on 19th May, it will be exactly three years since Eelam War IV between the Sri Lankan forces and the LTTE ended with the gruesome death of V. Prabhakaran and his most loyal commanders. Now we also know that both his sons–Charles Antony and Balkrishna–died violently. Human Right…

We Are All Xenophobes

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14 May/12

Outlook

The Northeast must not internalise victimhood even as it fights racism

AK Antony tries to clear the air on Defence matters

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09 May/12

General

Fellow journalist Mukesh Kaushik, a busybody on the defence beat took pains to send out the entire reply given by Defence Minister AK Antony in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday on the grants for the Ministry of Defence. This must be the longest Antony has spoken. Some passages in his speech…

In which Madhu Trehan grills me!

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09 May/12

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NDTV’s Security and Strategic Affairs editor speaks to Madhu Trehan on half-truths and lies, the “far-fetched” claims made by the Indian Express story, government’s mistrust of the Army Chief and the mess that is the Defence ministry. Source: http://www.newslaundry.com/2012/05/can-you-take-it-nitin-gokhale/

Embedded Reporting: the pros and cons of travelling with security forces

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06 May/12

General

Note: I am posting this piece, written for a media seminar in 2010 only because last week several queries were posed to me on the issue at a talk on Military and the Media during Senior Armed Forces Officers’ Conclave at the College of Air Warfare in Hyderabad. My basic…

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Recalling end of Eelam War IV

We Are All Xenophobes

AK Antony tries to clear the air on Defence matters

In which Madhu Trehan grills me!

Embedded Reporting: the pros and cons of travelling with security forces