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‘Here the hepter, doctor and porter are our real Gods’ As the financial year draws to an end in March, every other government department and organisation in India is busy finalising and reconciling the accounts. In Leh, the headquarter of 14 Corps, two brigadiers in charge of ordnance and supplies…

India ‘jealous’ of China’s growing clout: State media      From K J M Varma      Beijing, Nov 24 (PTI) Days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh held talks with his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao, the state-run media here today said India was “jealous” of China’s growing influence in Asia and charged…

Next month, Bangladesh will celebrate 40 years of its liberation from Pakistan. In India too, the armed forces are getting ready to commemorate India’s greatest military victory, post-Independence.   I too have a personal connection to the 1971 war. I was barely nine years old when the war broke out.  So…

http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-unsung-and-unheard-rashtriya-rifles-plays-a-crucial-role/20111019.htm For a counter-insurgency force that is largest of its kind in the world, the Rashtriya Rifles receives very little attention in discussions and writings on India’s endless war in Kashmir. Staying out of the limelight, however, does not take away in any way the immense contribution made by this…

Stranger who stayed put: An Interview with Journalist Nitin Gokhale Author, teacher, journalist, student of conflicts and wars. Nitin Anant Gokhale, currently Security and Strategic Affairs Editor with NDTV, is a multi-faceted personality with nearly three decades of experience across mediums–print, web and broadcast. He reported from and on the…