COMMENTARIES
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Mine Warfare in High Altitude Warfare
Brig. SS Chandel · 13 Aug, 1999 · #241 · Commentary
Pakistan
's regulars used mines in Kargil causing us casualties. It should not have come to us as a surprise because all professional armies lay mines as part of preparation of defences. In 'Hasty Defence' after 6 hours of diggi...
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Infantry Assaults in High Altitude
Brig. SS Chandel · 13 Aug, 1999 · #240 · Commentary
Introduction
The Kargil operations led to nearly a thousand casualties being suffered by our Army while carrying out assaults to recapture the heights occupied by the Pak intruders. They have brought into sharp focus th...
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Indo-Pak Relations after Kargil
B Rajeshwari · 13 Aug, 1999 · #239 · Commentary
India
has rightly said that trust has been betrayed by
Pakistan
at
Lahore
by indulging in armed intrusion across the Line of Control, even as the two Prime Ministers were hugging each other at Wagah.
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Dealing with Pakistan
· 13 Aug, 1999 · #238 · Commentary
Speaker: Mr. Muchkund Dubey
Former Foreign Secretary, Govt. of
India
The speaker began his talk by saying that there was a mood of despondency in
India after the
Pakistan &r...
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Dealing with Japan and China
Sushil J Aaron · 13 Aug, 1999 · #237 · Commentary
Rangachari started by stating that enough attention is not paid to
Japan
in
India
.
Japan
can scarcely be ignored being the second largest economy in the world. It is a powerhouse by any standards with the top 10 companies i...
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Indo-US Relations: Time For Reassessment
· 06 Aug, 1999 · #236 · Commentary
The debate on the Indo-Pak Kargil conflict has raised several questions. An important one is whether there is a role for the
U.S.
The last two months have seen a number of
U.S.
policy developments treading difficult terrain. The
...
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Kargil and Beyond
Sushil J Aaron · 29 Jul, 1999 · #235 · Commentary
The Chair outlined the following issues that need to be considered in the light of the conflagration in Kargil.
· &nb...
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Kargil: An Operational Update upto 25 July 1999
Maj. Gen. Ashok Krishna (Retd) · 28 Jul, 1999 · #234 · Commentary
General
The Pak Army gradually withdrew to its side of the Line of Control (LoC) except from three pockets and some isolated positions which it still holds on the Indian side. Incidents of terrorism have considerably in...
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Science and Social Responsibility in the New Millennium
Arpit Rajain · 28 Jul, 1999 · #233 · Commentary
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor...
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Playing Nostradamus with Pakistan
· 22 Jul, 1999 · #232 · Commentary
A country's future cannot descend like manna from heaven. It is determined by the past, or what, philosophically, could pass off for the collective karma. Hence, to make any forecast one would need to briefly touch upon the present state of Pa...
