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Read the lips of Army Commander Northern Command
S Ranjan Army Commander Northern Command, Lt General K T Parnaik, in a recent press briefing, said, “due to decline in the violence parameters 2011 was a very fruitful year and we had a fair amount of peace in the State”. No one can disagree with the army commander whose responsibility is to defend the State of Jammu and Kashmir …
by S Ranjan on February 9th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Where is the Counter insurgency plan for J&K?
S Ranjan On, Monday, January 02, 2012, in an unfortunate incident in Uri, Kashmir, a standard 12 student was shot dead by CISF personnel when a protest by locals turned ugly and the CISF deployed at the NHPC run power project at Boniyar opened fire in self protection. The protest was being carried out in demand for a regular supply …
by S Ranjan on January 9th, 2012 Leave a comment »
Accept the changed environment gracefully Mr. Geelani
S Ranjan On Thursday, December, 22, the Hurriyat leader, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, made a statement where he blamed the Government of India for ‘social engineering’ through its different policy programmes. The separatist leader implied that the Indian government is employing sinister methods to destroy the social fabric of Kashmir. He has reportedly said, “They are trying to change our …
by S Ranjan on December 30th, 2011 Leave a comment »
US-Pakistan: No love lost but compulsions rule the roost
S Ranjan On 9th December, The express tribune, a leading Pakistani English daily, published a story suggesting that Pakistan is enhancing its air defence capability on its western border. The Pakistani western border has always been very lightly guarded. It used to have next to negligible air defense or air interdiction capability. Most air fields in the western border region …
by S Ranjan on December 16th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Eating the nation from within: Pakistan army at work
S Ranjan Come September and Pakistan gets into a frenzy of nationalism. The reason is the well nurtured belief that in this month the Pakistan Army defeated the Indian army in the war of 1965. The defence of Lahore against a much superior and larger Indian army on September, 06 1965, is celebrated as ‘Defence Day’. This charade has been …
by S Ranjan on September 27th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Kashmir: A potential launch pad for terrorists
S Ranjan A low intensity bomb blast outside the Delhi High Court on September, 07, has raised the heckles of the Nation once again. An E-mail sent to claim that the attack was carried out by the Harkat-ul-Jihadi Islami (HuJI), a terror group that is said to have close links with both Al-Qaida and SIMI, has been traced back to …
by S Ranjan on September 14th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Pakistan: At war with itself
S Ranjan On the 65th Independence Day of Pakistan there is only one word to define the state of affairs in the country – a total mess, presently the situation is so chaotic that the very existence of the Nation as a geopolitical entity is at threat. In all occasions in the past, when the Nation faced similar challenges, at …
by S Ranjan on August 15th, 2011 Leave a comment »
The Fai connection: Kashmir for sale
S Ranjan The recently held elections for the so called Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) Legislative Assembly, which is actually Pakistan held Kashmir, have once again exposed the double standards of Pakistan. Democracy in Pakistan is much abused, fragile and fraught with contradictions. It never had any true admirer or elicited any genuine respect even from the people it represented. The …
by S Ranjan on July 28th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Directly, indirectly or unintentionally; Pakistan is involved in 13/7
S Ranjan India’s soft underbelly – Mumbai, has once more been targeted by terrorism, many innocents have died and a siege mentality is once again overpowering the collective Indian psyche. There is a sense of rage against an unseen enemy, aspersion are being cast upon the government for its inability to get on top of the situation as has been …
by S Ranjan on July 15th, 2011 Leave a comment »
Political paramountcy of separatists in J&K is a myth
S Ranjan The international narrative on Kashmir is based on certain views and perceptions that are held sacrosanct by the international community. These views have been created by the international press and the diplomatic corps, who have simplified the regional complexity for an easy narration, more due to ignorance than any other political or intellectual consideration. Unfortunately, this has caused …
by S Ranjan on July 2nd, 2011 Leave a comment »
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