Lt Gen P R Shankar

Corona Combat: The Eighth Review. Graded Exit

  Seventh Review: https://www.raksha-anirveda.com/corona-combat-the-seventh-review-attaining-strategic-independence/ https://www.raksha-anirveda.com/corona-combat-the-seventh-review-attaining-strategic-independence/ GENERAL Eighth Review. We are now looking at a graded exit from the lockdown. Are we ahead? Yes Sir, we are. The Corona is still panting to catch up. However as...

Corona Combat: The Seventh Review- Attaining Strategic Independence

  The Current Status Seventh review! Long Time! Where are we in this fight? Well ahead of the curve. The Virus has not been able to do much in India. The facts speak for themselves. Mumbai,...

The Chinese Checkers

  A sequel to CORONA : THE CHINESE CHERNOBYL (https://www.raksha-anirveda.com/corona-the-chinese-chernoybyl/) THE INITIAL MOVES IN THE GAME OF INTERNATIONAL CHINESE CHECKERS HAS COMMENCED Global Clarity. The world is clear that the Virus originated in China. Whether it originated...

Corona Combat: The Sixth Review. Defeat into Victory

  THIS IS AN USEFUL ANALYSIS FOR ANY ONE WHO IS HANDLING THE SITUATION IN THE GOVERNMENT. PLEASE PASS IT ON TO ANY OF YOUR FRIENDS WHO IS IN THE THICK OF IT. IT WILL...

Corona the Chinese Chernoybyl

  THE DEFINING PICTURE OF THE CHINESE VIRUS Do not hug a Chinese. A piece of advice. Maintain twice the recommended social distance. That, in my vocabulary is the Viral Distance!   THE DEFINING PICTURE OF VIETNAM WAR It takes an idea...

The Coronation of the King

  The Needle Points at China The Virus from Wuhan has shaken mankind. While everyone was probably expecting a life changing alien contact as depicted often by Hollywood, a viral protein from Wuhan has left us...

The Corona Combat: Review of the Situation in India

  The battle is truly joined with Corona Virus from Wuhan, China.  We Indians are at Day 5 of the battle. Let us review the situation and see what lies ahead holistically. Every one of...

An Approach to the Af-Pak Region

  The Af-Pak region has come into focus with the US-Taliban Deal. It is the start to the impending reduction and eventual exit of US forces from the region. This deal has taken place in...

The Virus Beyond Corona

The Corona Virus is dominating international headlines as it rightly should. However, India is grappling with another virus – the US/Taliban deal. Both these viruses have a bearing on the Indian strategic landscape. There...

India at Strategic Crossroads

  The three pillars of hard power are the Economy, Diplomacy and Armed Forces. The Economy is in doldrums. The Diplomacy is enfeebled. The Armed Forces are aged. Overall, India needs a major rethink as...

Armed Forces at 58 and Aspirational Young India at 70

The feedback I got on the article ‘1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58' was illuminating and educative. It brought forth some fundamental issues which are relevant and must be considered before a case is taken...

1/3rd Fauji Retirement at 58

India Today says that as per General Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), the rise in budget outlay for pensions of armed forces personnel is "unsustainable" and three Services are conducting a...

Garnering Artificial Intelligence For Indian Armed Forces

  There is a lot of discussion and action on artificial intelligence and other disruptive technologies and how they will impact warfare . The Chinese White Paper on defence at the very outset mentions that...
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