A national security strategy is overdue
All recognised great powers like the United States, Russia and China have well articulated national...
By Gen Bikram Singh May 21, 2017
Columns
- Swara Bhasker
- Sachidananda Murthy
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- Anita Pratap
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- Barkha Dutt
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- Sadhguru
- Gen Bikram Singh
- Manu Chandra
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- Jerry Pinto
- Saina Nehwal
- Nandita Das
- Sania Mirza
- Bala Ambati
- Maroof Raza
- Ajish P Joy
- Mallika Sarabhai
- Amjad Ali Khan
- Hemant Oberoi
- Binayak Sen
- Patrick French
- Nupur Sharma
- Derek O Brien
- Sourav Ganguly
Guest Column
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Case for coalitions
By Marten van den Berg March 21, 2021 -
Innovate and collaborate
By Sanjaya Mariwala March 07, 2021 -
Block buster
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni March 07, 2021 -
The invisible pandemic
By Dr Alok Vinod Kulkarni February 07, 2021 -
Patch work
By Dr Sachin Varma February 15, 2020 -
Growing up without godfathers
By Priyanka Chaturvedi December 21, 2019 -
Fighting it together
By Dr Kishore Kotha September 14, 2019 -
Preventing chronic kidney disease
By Dr Bharat V. Shah July 20, 2019
Gen Bikram Singh
General Singh is former chief of Army staff. He has commanded Srinagar-based 15 Corps and has also served as deputy force commander of a multi-nation UN Peace Keeping Mission in Congo and as UN Observer in Nicaragua and El Salvador during the early 90s.
GENERAL'S JOTTINGS
Judge him fairly
On receiving an SOS from the ITBP protection party—which along with the election duty staff had been...
By Gen Bikram Singh May 07, 2017
Terrorism and civil liberties
There is a hue and cry every time restrictions are imposed either on the data services—both fixed line...
By Gen Bikram Singh April 23, 2017
A bolder, balanced approach
China has always objected to the Dalai Lama’s visit to Tawang, besides habitually protesting against...
By Gen Bikram Singh April 09, 2017
Guns and the youth
Every killing of a young terrorist raises a question on what inspires the youth to develop an...
By Gen Bikram Singh March 26, 2017
Pak’s ‘Hafiz Saeed drama’
Three days after Trump signed the controversial executive order banning people from seven...
By Gen Bikram Singh March 12, 2017
Trump’s unique leadership style
Donald Trump’s unconventional and unpredictable approach to foreign policy, national security and...
By Gen Bikram Singh February 26, 2017
Reviving counterterrorism ops
During the swearing-in ceremony, US President Donald Trump, in keeping with his electioneering pledges,...
By Gen Bikram Singh February 12, 2017
Crystal-gazing: security challenges
The security environment in 2017 will continue to be marked by the same challenges as the previous...
By Gen Bikram Singh January 29, 2017
Tough lessons
Jammu and Kashmir witnessed high levels of violence in 2016. According to the Institute for Conflict...
By Gen Bikram Singh January 15, 2017
Challenges for the next Army Chief
Lt Gen Bipin Rawat’s selection as the next Chief of the Indian Army has once again got the Army...
By Gen Bikram Singh January 01, 2017
Hallucinating a coup
During my command of the eastern army from April 2010 to May 2012, I had the opportunity to interact...
By Gen Bikram Singh December 18, 2016
Tweak the nuclear doctrine
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar’s remarks on the ‘no-first-use’ clause in our nuclear doctrine...
By Gen Bikram Singh December 04, 2016
India-China border ‘face-offs’
The recent face-off between the Indian Army and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army at Demchok, a...
By Gen Bikram Singh November 20, 2016
Iron fist with a velvet glove
During her address at the Police Commemoration Day on October 21, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister...
By Gen Bikram Singh November 06, 2016