What been achieved in the agreement preceding the Xi Jinping-Modi bilateral meeting reaffirmed that “maintaining peace on the border (Line of Actual Control – LAC) should be our priority” and “mutual trust, mutual respect, and mutual sensitivity should be the basis of our ties” may be viewed as political posturing or diplomatic grandstanding? Even their…
India’s semiconductor initiative dates back to 1976 when the Semi-Conductor Laboratory was set up at Mohali, Punjab, which suffered a set-back due to fire destroying its facilities. For over four decades, successive governments failed to reactivate the initiative. As a result, India lags behind in the field by at least 10-15 years. After a four-decade…
A $500 billion industry that is expected to grow to $ 1 trillion by 2030! In India semiconductor consumption is expected to grow to roughly $70 billion by 2026 and to cross $148 billion by 2030 – mostly from imports, raising the import bill. China buys more than 50% of the chips manufactured globally. The Chip-makers: Semiconductors were invented in…
India is besieged by a migration crisis due to open, porous borders, archaic laws, and population control policies. Ipso facto, migrations threaten social, political and economic equilibrium – contra national security interests. There are over 4 types of migrations. An attempt has been made to provide a perspective covering two types, that is, illegal migrations…
To better understand the many faces of the past, current and future of population dynamics, their facts and data are recorded as available in the public domain. Their holistic review should facilitate to chart the strategic course ahead. Facts: Land area: 2,973,190 Km2 (1,147,955 sq. miles) – FINITE. Population as of September 21, 2024 UN Data: 1,453,827,722…
Bangladesh is indisputably galloping in rapid transformation mode ahead of Pakistan as the “Epi-Center” of Islamist radical terrorism. The clash between Islamic and Hindu culture is real. It holds dangerous portends in posterity for India. List of Native Terrorist groups include: the Harkat ul-Jihad-e-Islami/Bangladesh (HuJI-B) – (1992); Bangladesh Taliban; Jamaatul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) – 1989; Jamaat ul-Mujahideen (JUM); Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JeL),…
During his ongoing visit to the US, Rahul Ghandy (RG) is hell-bent upon proving his mentor Sam Pitroda(aka Satyanarayan Gangaram Pitroda of Gujarat lineage) wrong by his disparaging remarks on a variety of subjects like politics, economy and technology. Quite paradoxical and ironic Sam Pitroda is commendation that “RG has a vision contrary to what…
Is Mamata Banerjee (MB), the firebrand leader of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and Chief Minister of West Bengal, a “Megalomaniac” or “Narcissist”? Her behavioral traits, particularly during the recent past, tend to portray her as a deadly combination of a “Megalomaniac and Narcissist.” How MB is making attempts to wriggle out of the…
Brig (retd GB Reddi) The Islamist terrorist envelopment of South Asia is a daunting prospect when viewed from a holistic strategic security perspective. Late General Bipin Joshi in his address to the IPS probationers at the NPA Hyderabad (1993 to 1994), prophesized the “Islamic Crescent Envelopment of South Asia”. Of course, its current status may…
Brig (retd) GB Reddi “Zero Tolerance against Corruption” is the most invoked reiteration, more so from the “Ramparts of Red Fort”, since I K Gujral’s period in 1997 to 1998. “We remain committed to fighting corruption” is also reaffirmed internationally. Next, recently Modi assured strict action in cases of crime against women – no culprit…
