What on earth is a “disclosure agreement”*?
While everyone from Shekhar Gupta to the PM (“Media blowing things out of proportion“) and most recently the Army chief, caution us not to get worried about China or get into the 1962 mindset...
Category: China related
“My Dear Jawaharlal” – Sardar Patel on China
Courtesy VigilOnline, these fascinating excerpts from a letter penned by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel to PM Jawaharlal Nehru (emphasis mine). I wonder the India that might have been had the Sardar lived longer. *** Excerpts...
Uh, Oh!
How many of you missed this? I did (emphasis added). Prior to the 13th round of India-China boundary talks, Indian defence and security agencies reported an increased spurt in “intrusions” and “incursions” by the...
Weekend Links: Islam, History, Kashmir and AI
Start your weekend with this thought-provoking excerpt from Rethinking Islam, extracted from Ziauddin Sardar’s “Islam, Postmodernism and Other Futures” (emphasis mine): …But the violence performed to sacred Muslim concepts is insignificant compared to the...
“Never Again The Same” – Excerpts
Courtesy Atanu , I stumbled on this 1962 TIME Magazine story on the Indo-Chinese War of 1962. Excerpts below. *** “Never Again the Same” *** …After a series of smashing victories in the border...
Recent Comments