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#ClimateOfStrategicUncertainty Wednesday, 15 July 2020 It is actually stunning to win a bet over the numbers of cases America would have by July of this Pandemic called globally as Covid19 or CCP Virus, or Wuhan Virus, but ‘upwards of 2 million and around 200000 deaths’ was not a shot in the dark. It was based Read more

#ClimateOfStrategicUncertainty Tuesday, 14 July 2020 While the situation over the Sino Indian face off in Ladakh is still evolving with clear signs that the two Asian giants have cooled off by withdrawing forces and appear open for discussions about the alignment of the LAC, with a campaigning season that lasts till November, it would be Read more

2 July 2020 Many of us are keenly following the events of the island territory of Hong Kong, which had a unique arrangement after its return by Britain in 1997, the anniversary of that event being yesterday! Officially China does not celebrate that day as Reintegration Day, officially the CCP continues to have a Hong Read more

1 July 2020 India is uniquely placed at this juncture in her history, as for the first time, she faces a mix of cartographic and on ground alteration of her boundaries which had ‘settled’ over the last four decades almost in the High Himalayas. Those who came in late to see our Himalayan frontiers must Read more

29 June 2020 The better part of the year is now on its end. Academic life runs the year astride the middle, some beginning after Summer, some in Spring, making for the annual upheavals of final examinations and next session anywhere between April and June. However 2020 is as I called it- Anno Corona. Every Read more

28 June 2020 If only India had heeded the advise of sage experts and not allowed this conversion of a public health issue of pandemic containment into one of policing. Yes, public health is an aspect of public safety, however, by no yardstick can you allow the public health aspect to be subservient to administrative Read more