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Business Standard writer | defence, defence economy | strategic affairs | South Asia | Kashmir | Cavalry colonel | New Delhi |

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1Jun 18, '20The nail-studded rods — captured by Indian soldiers from the Galwan Valley encounter site — with which Chinese soldiers attacked an Indian Army patrol and killed 20 Indian soldiers15.3×036k15k303
2Jun 19, '20Did I see prime minister @narendramodi redrawing the Sino-Indian border on TV today? Modi said nobody entered Indian territory. Has he conceded to China the Galwan River valley and7.9×022k7.5k137
3Aug 2, '20Proud moment for India... We have started manufacturing Rafale in Kanpur!!4.9×016k3k78
4Jun 16, '20BREAKING: Army to hold press conf at 2 pm. Reports of 3 soldiers killed in Galwan clash with Chinese. First LAC combat casualties since 1975. Time for the govt to come clean and st4.9×014k4.6k45
5Jun 8, '20China has changed the frontlines in Ladakh, and occupied Indian territory... and New Delhi is talking about “a long haul” and “military and diplomatic engagement!” If so abject was4.9×012k4.6k142
6Jun 24, '20Large Chinese camp in Galwan Valley, 1.5 km into Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC), shown as the red line. There is no Indian camp in the Galwan Valley, after India a4.8×013k4.6k88
7Jun 4, '20The most shocking aspect of the Chinese intrusions is this: Many Indians clearly love @narendramodi more than they love their country. They would close their eyes and allow China t4.6×013k4.1k73
8Jun 11, '20Ladakh border update. As of this morning, there has been ABSOLUTELY NO Chinese troop withdrawal from the areas the PLA has illegally occupied in the Galwan Valley and Pangong Tso s4.4×012k4.1k42
9Jun 26, '20Read the difference between 1962 and today! Then Nehru ordered army to hold Galwan at all costs. The soldiers there fought to the end. Today, Modi’s 56-inch govt has agreed with th4.2×011k4.6k150
10Jun 19, '20It’s all settled! The prime minister of India signalled today that the Galwan valley — to defend which 20 Indian soldiers died this week — is not unambiguously Indian territory. An4.2×010k4.5k93
11Jun 13, '20Update on the Chinese intrusions in Ladakh: 1. No Chinese withdrawal. New Line of Actual Control (LAC) solidifying. 2. New Chinese roads crossed LAC. 3. Chinese hosting border meet4.2×09.1k4.7k116
12Sep 2, '22It seems @narendramodi has no idea of the difference between an election speech and the speech that a prime minister shud deliver while commissioning an aircraft carrier. Its embar4.1×013k2.6k82
13May 12, '19Air Chief Marshal Modi claims his IAF planners were putting off the Balakot air strikes becoz of bad weather, but his @narendramodi’s operational genius perceived that cloud cover 3.8×09.7k3.6k50
14Jun 19, '20Chinese have released 10 Indian captives. You might ask: Was army lying while claiming that all soldiers were accounted for? Army wasn't lying. It's just that their accounting colu3.7×09.6k3.6k76
15Jun 15, '20Incredible India! With Chinese troops occupying our soil:- 1. Govt doesn’t feel obliged to explain what is happening. 2. The people don’t demand to know and instead delude themselv3.6×010k3.4k40
17Jun 12, '20A month ago, badly outnumbered Indian soldiers were badly beaten by hundreds of Chinese soldiers north of Pangong lake. Today, Chinese troops control area up to Finger 4, having bu2.8×07.1k2.9k44
19Jul 22, '20The same @ANI — India’s largest, but worst-run, sarkari mouthpiece — which earlier echoed the govt version that there are no Chinese on our side of the LAC, now reports Chinese ref2.6×06.9k2.8k54
20Aug 31, '20Sunday's border violations by PLA in Pangong-Chushul sector are more serious than govt is admitting. China is steadily pushing the Line of Actual Control westwards. The Indian Army2.6×07.2k2.5k24
22Jun 22, '20India is in the strangest situation ever:- 1. Half the population has understood that China has occupied Indian territory, and are outraged. 2. China says the territory it’s occupi2.6×07.1k2.6k72
25Jun 11, '20Some context to why Ladakhi MP Jamyang Namgyal always backs BJP. Ladakhi politics is a bipolar contest between Leh-centred Buddhists and the Shia Muslims of Kargil (and Leh). Over 2.4×05.6k1.4k65
26Apr 5, '19If @narendramodi has an iota of integrity, he would invite the @IAF_MCC Indian Air Force chief to explain why the IAF, with five times the PAF budget, lost a MiG-21, failed to scor2.4×06.3k2.2k25
27Jun 22, '20The kind of nonsensical hogwash one hears from a government that is setting up the army as a fall guy to take the blame in case something goes badly wrong!2.4×07.5k1.8k19
28Jun 20, '20My article in The New York Times @nytopinion that maps out how @narendramodi's kowtowing to Xi Jinping, his unilateral moves in J&K and his awe of China have led to China's occ2.3×06.4k2k114
29Jun 25, '20Just saw a US-based China analyst propose on TV that India should play the Tibet card against China, to make it pay a cost for occupying Indian territory. That would surely induce 2.3×06.8k1.5k23
30Jul 10, '20It's a lie that Chinese have pulled back from Hot Spring. They remain there and are refusing even to pull back 1 km to create a 2-km buffer zone. They say it's their territory and 2.3×06k2.4k64
32Feb 28, '19MoD briefing, to announce release of Wing Comdr Abhinandan, has been pre-empted by Imran Khan, who announced it earlier. Now MoD briefing “postponed”. Whatever happens in real batt2.2×05.8k2.2k6
33Jul 7, '20The Galwan “mutual disengagement” is nothing but a land grab by China... aided and abetted by the govt of India. The PM and his govt continue to keep the Indian public in the dark 2.2×05.5k2.3k60
34Apr 10, '19Happy Rafale anniversary, India! Exactly 4 years ago, @narendramodi and Francios Hollande sold out the IAF in Paris. Four years later: 1. Not a single Rafale fighter delivered. 2. 2.2×05.8k2.3k6
35Jul 17, '20If China does not pull back, this will be the largest loss of Indian territory since 1962. Despite the govt's foot-shuffling, India must be ready to pay the price of sovereignty. O2.1×05.6k1.9k43
36Jul 8, '20An example of Sanghi pseudo-patriotism. "Why can't he simply praise the army?" he says. I was amongst those who were deployed in Tawang to hold the Chinese when they ingressed at W2.1×06.7k1.5k49
37Jun 22, '20Amazing! Is the govt signalling that China's occupation of Indian territory is acceptable because it's in "an area of differing perceptions" This tells the Chinese they are welcome2.1×05.8k1.9k29
38Jan 21, '22This ⁦@narendramodi⁩ Govt appears to be hell bent on destroying the dignity and sobriety of the three services; and replacing it with some bastardised Bollywood culture How embarra2.1×04.1k1.5k94
39May 23, '20The govt is trying to pass off the Ladakh intrusions as just another border clash -- but the situation is much, much worse. There are 5,000 Chinese on the Indian side at Galwan/Pan2.0×04.1k2.1k96
40Jun 17, '20Thanks. But I've got to point out that you've set a low bar! :-)2.0×08k7909
41Feb 18, '19Three days after Pulwama, two "facts" and a question: Fact 1: Pakistan Army and the ISI were behind the car-bomb attack. Fact 2: Cross-border military retaliation by Modi cud win h1.9×04.2k1.5k20
42Feb 11, '21On the heights above Pangong Lake, India is restricted to west of Finger 2/3. On the lake shore, China can now patrol till its claim line along Finger 4. India can no longer patrol1.9×04.5k2k59
43Sep 12, '20Hearing news of an ongoing, heavy Chinese build-up in the areas of Black Top and Gurung Hill. Is anyone else picking up the same signals? Does the PLA believe it has no choice but 1.9×05.8k1.5k14
44Jul 9, '20Here, for the first time, are details of the disengagement plan from the Galwan valley. Clear now is the fact that the Line of Actual Control has been redrawn -- to India's disadva1.9×04.3k2.1k98
45Jun 17, '20My piece this morning on the killing of 20 Indian soldiers in Galwan -- the first combat casualties on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) since October 1975. Written with respect for1.9×05.4k1.6k56
46Aug 6, '20On the MoD website, @DefenceMinIndia admits Chinese "transgressions" across the LAC in Galwan, Hot Springs and Pangong. This disproves PM @narendramodi's 19 June statement: "Na koi1.9×04.5k2k61
47Jun 24, '20Beijing talks peace, but boosts PLA on the LAC by 30% since June 15 clash. PLA has entered Depsang. India faces dual threat to north Ladakh: interdiction of DBO road at Galwan-Shyo1.8×04.7k1.9k48
48Jun 17, '20Four new elements of PLA's border behaviour that should've alerted New Delhi earlier: 1. Intrusions in new areas like Galwan. 2. Unprecedented numbers of intruders. 3. Occupation o1.8×05.2k1.7k31
49Nov 9, '18Finally... I have Dassault's earlier bid for 126 Rafales, which was Euro 155 million each. The tender shows the NDA govt has paid 40% higher cost, at Euro 217 per Rafale. This whil1.8×03.8k2.1k31
50Jul 1, '20After weeks of denial and trolling from Modibhakts, godi media and govt's hand-fed "analysts" who rebutted my reports about Chinese incursions in Ladakh, army is massively mobilisi1.7×05.4k1.5k22
52May 4, '18As an ex-soldier, I am disgusted, but not surprised, by @narendramodi's distortion of facts relating to Field Marshal Cariappa and General Thimayya in election speeches in Karnatak1.7×03.9k2.2k4
53Jul 4, '20Modi @narendramodi took 18 days to visit his wounded soldiers, but he finally did it. By warning China against “expansionism”, Modi acknowledged that Chinese troops had intruded an1.7×05.4k1.4k21
54Aug 31, '20PLA occupies two more hills on Indian side of the Line of Actual Control. But it seems the Indian Army has had enough. They've struck back with commandoes from the Special Frontier1.7×04.4k1.6k46
55Jun 23, '20China welcomes agreement to “cool down border situation”, but is simultaneously engaged in the biggest military buildup on the Indian border — and not just in eastern Ladakh — sinc1.7×05k1.5k28
56Jun 30, '20With Chinese troops on Indian territory in 7 places in Ladakh, the PLA is now stepping up activity on the Arunachal Pradesh border. China has activated the Tawang, Walong and Asaph1.6×03.8k1.9k51
57May 29, '20Two days after China said “Border situation is stable & controllable", PLA troops build concrete bunkers and extend Chinese roads onto the territory they've occupied. Chinese t1.6×04.3k1.4k30
58Jul 11, '20Troop disengagement agreed at Hot Springs and Pangong Tso, but on terms that allow Chinese to remain on Indian soil. After 1 km conceded to China in Galwan; now 1-3 km in Hot Sprin1.6×04.1k1.6k35
59Jul 3, '20With China at the gates, India clears Rs 39,800 crore worth of defence purchases. At best, this kit will take 3 years to materialise. And why are we buying 33 Su-30s and old, mothb1.6×04.6k1.3k37
60Jun 11, '20There’s a laughable dichotomy here? Times Now — the saffron mouthpiece — is saying it’s an insult to be called saffron! Can you clarify your position on this, please, chaddi wala c1.5×04.8k1.2k15
61Sep 7, '20The funeral this morning of Company Leader Nyima Tenzin, the Tibetan-Indian soldier in the Special Frontier Force who laid down his life fighting for India against the Chinese PLA.1.5×05k1.2k22
63Jun 2, '20Shocking to find the sarkari propaganda machine is claiming “no incursion” by simply redrawing the border (LAC) to conform to the Chinese incursions. The LAC was always at Finger8.1.5×03.5k1.6k69
64Jun 20, '20Manjul nails it. What must our soldiers, who laid down their lives evicting the Chinese, be thinking of the PM @narendramodi's statement that there were never any enemy soldiers on1.5×04.4k1.4k11
65Aug 23, '20Presumably Savarkar stayed with Bobde’s family after being released from jail on provision of a written oath, swearing he would not engage in any freedom fighting. Got to give Sava1.4×04.3k1.3k24
66Jul 11, '20PLA & Indian troops to pull back by 1 km in Hot Spring and 2 km in Pangong Tso. Even so, China -- having intruded several km initially -- will remain in Indian territory. China1.4×03.3k1.6k46
67Jul 7, '20"Govt sources" planting news of a "mutual pullback" from Galwan, but neither govt nor army willing to make an official statement. India has always patrolled up to PP14, 15, 17 and 1.4×03.8k1.4k34
68Jun 25, '20It’s not China we need to blame for “tweaking history” as you put it. Rather, it is our PM @narendramodi, his govt, bhakts and sold-out media anchors who are arguing (as is China):1.4×03.7k1.4k31
69Jun 18, '20Prime Minister @narendramodi discovers his voice after PLA intruders kill at 20 Indian soldiers in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh. Modi warns of a "befitting response"... I hope he's 1.4×04.4k92118
72Jul 6, '20There are "govt official says" reports of Chinese "pull back" from PP14 clash site in Galwan. Great, if true, but am waiting to see: (a) Official govt statement (why anonymous repo1.3×03.7k1.2k23
74Jun 14, '20Army chief says "a lot of disengagement is happening" between Indian and Chinese troops in Galwan. For the last month, govt has planted stories that Chinese troops have not crossed1.3×03.5k1.2k19
75Nov 13, '18Amazing. There is no interviewer in this interview. There is only an interviewee... Eric Trappier... and two props: a Rafale fighter and the Editor of ANI, @smitaprakash. Not ONE S1.3×03k1.4k9
76Jul 9, '22Lies from @rajnathsingh, who claims: Record defence exports touch Rs 13,000 crore this year, 70% from private sector, 30% from public sector. In fact, much of these exports are civ1.3×03.5k1.2k43
77Jul 26, '20Two front page reports in today's Indian Express highlight the India of today: The PM cannot get China to vacate Indian territory it has occupied... but will instead stage a specta1.2×03.4k1.2k27
78Jun 24, '20Just to clarify, the red line (marked CCL) denotes the post-May 5th “China Claim Line”, which is 1.5 km inside the Indian Claim Line (or the LAC as we see it). After June 6th, of c1.2×03.4k1.3k26
79Jun 28, '20Modi @narendramodi didn’t understand Xi Jinping in all their many meetings, but Xi understood Modi perfectly! In conversation with @paranjoygt on @newsclickin1.2×03.7k97860
80Jul 29, '20At some stage, hopefully, we are going to stop this wall-to-wall coverage of every step taken by the Rafales!!1.2×04.2k62810
81Oct 12, '19Modi @narendramodi supposedly "plogging" in Chennai (picking up garbage while jogging). Had his security pre-sanitized the cans and bottles he picked up? If not, it was a grievious1.2×03.2k97813
82Aug 2, '19My friend and former @ndtv colleague Ravish Kumar will grace the Ramon Magsaysay award. A man who shows the mirror to bigoted journalists reporting for a bigoted society. Keep the 1.2×04.2k7284
83Jul 13, '20My rebuttal of "interview" of @Gen_VKSingh in which he has tried to prove his worth to the @BJP4India. Does he even understand that he is endorsing China's position, and underminin1.2×03.3k1.1k50
84May 28, '20Ground reports from Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh say that Chinese troops continue where they were, digging trenches and preparing bunkers above Pangong Lake and 3 points 1.2×03k1.1k20
86Jun 17, '20Thanks @ambkcsingh for choosing not to be a part of that shabby set up.1.1×04.3k5716
87Aug 6, '20It was apparently too much to hope that the govt had come clean on the Chinese intrusions into Ladakh! The MoD has removed the document from its website. But thanks to Twitter, it 1.1×03.1k1.1k22
88Jun 26, '20Everyone is welcome. You could join on YouTube or on Zoom at the links below.1.1×03.6k78545
89Jul 18, '20Why this reversal by govt? From earlier saying there are no Chinese intrusions into Indian territory... now Defence Minister @rajnathsingh is saying he cannot guarantee that PLA wo1.1×03k1.1k21
90Sep 18, '18“Sitharaman said [Navjot Sidhu’s] hug with Pakistan’s army chief Qamar Javed Bajwa impacted soldiers back home.” This defence minister specialises in belittling her own — first HAL1.1×02.9k1.1k1
91Jun 19, '22The government is sending out one general after another to defend the Agnipath Yojana. Within the offices of @narendramodi, @rajnathsingh and @AmitShah, there seems to be a realisa1.0×03.1k86915
92Jul 4, '20PM visits Ladakh a full 18 days after the Galwan border clash in which 20 soldiers died. In an unapologetic about-turn from his earlier statement that there are no Chinese soldiers1.0×03.1k87214
93Feb 28, '20Pakistan can try as hard as it likes, but it is unlikely to succeed in “damaging the syncretic fabric of Indian society” as successfully as this government led by @narendramodi and1.0×03k93418
94Jun 22, '20For those who missed -- or couldn't access -- my piece in The New York Times. It tells you what brought India and China to blows in Ladakh... and which way the face-off is headed. 1.0×03k81684
95Dec 16, '20With Chinese troops on Indian soil, Parliament's Standing Committee on Defence today spent 1 1/2 hours discussing uniforms and rank badges. When @RahulGandhi demanding time wastage1.0×03.1k84812
96Jul 11, '20Karan Thapar asks me the tough questions around my reporting of the Chinese intrusions. I tell him I'm quite comfortable being alone. I've been proved right all along so far. Govt 1.0×03k75942
97Sep 30The Indian Navy @indiannavy weighs rival bids from German and Spanish submarine makers in a $9-10 billion acquisition for six conventional submarines fitted with air-independent pr1.0×5.2k46148
98Jul 3, '20Why would they apologise? The bhakts and chamchas only did what they do: Recite the lines fed to them by their masters! But those masters, exposed by the relentless march of truth,1.0×03.1k86010
99Aug 20, '19You wouldn’t be aware, but PTSD comes from exposing oneself to danger and trauma. Sadly, medical aid is not going to cure you. The doctors haven’t invented a way to implant a spine1.0×03.1k7555
100Jun 27, '20No restrictions on attendance... Everybody is welcome. We'll start with the history of the Sino-India border and how we have come to the situation we are in today. 10:30 a.m. on Su0.9×02.9k62718
101May 24, '20Eid Mubarak to everyone, especially to my Muslim friends. May we quickly end this era of ugly anti-Muslim hatred and make India once again a country where all religions, creeds, ca0.9×03.2k4145

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