[Saikat Dutta of Outlook magazine has a very logical and apperceptive opinion piece on “pay us or face the music” kind of threat being made by the armed forces veterans. Go through the complete piece as it makes some important points to rebut the arguments put forth by the veterans, ostensibly on …
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When Protectors Turn Protestors — Saikat Dutta
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Our Fourth of July
http://pragmatic.nationalinterest.in/2008/07/04/our-fourth-of-july/When Indian flag flew atop the Tiger Hill… Today is the Fourth of July. Yes, it is the Independence day in the United States of America. But, more importantly and much closer home, it was on this day in 1999 that Indian soldiers were atop the Tiger Hill. …
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Reinvent Indian military… Never!
http://pragmatic.nationalinterest.in/2008/07/03/reinvent-indian-military-never/[The post below is the extract from a column in the Frontline magazine penned by noted security expert Praveen Swami in May 2003. Basing his views on CAG, MOD and Parliamentary reports, Swami contends that “With its top brass lacking in strategic vision, the Indian military has been unable to make …
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Remembering India’s Fourth of July
http://www.desipundit.com/2008/07/03/remembering-indias-four...Tiger Hill
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Atanu Dey on India’s Development —
http://www.deeshaa.orgthe engine and average fuel consumption, an annual fee could be assessed which has be paid to maintain registration. So if a particular make and model of car typically consumes, say, 1,000 litres of petrol a year, the tax could be Rs 10,000. Veeru in a comment on a Pragmatic Euphony post objected saying in essence that the scheme will penalize car owners who drive less than the average number of miles (for a particular make and model) and subsidize those who drive more than average. In short, there will be a cross-subsidy. He made his
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Kwisatz Haderach
http://shorteningoftheway.blogspot.comINI - Pragmatic Euphony
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Jottings
http://jottingsofmine.blogspot.comDeathwish– scrapping PMR Indian Army Chief's visit to Russia Army revives yatch rides Indian army adds to Baramulla residents’ woes Nexter Offers Caeser Howitzer 155mm/52 Caliber Gun to Indian Army
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Its the exit policy, not the SCPC
http://www.dulq.com/its-the-exit-policy-not-the-scpcThe complete discussion was covered in the May issue of Pragati- The Indian National Interest Review. You can download that issue here. … You can listen to it online, or download it here…. Original post by Pragmatic Euphony
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Love in the IAF
http://www.blogbharti.com/kuffir/society/love-in-the-iaf/A woman officer in the Indian Air Force decides to marry a junior, non-commissioned officer- how does the IAF deal with this problem? It decides to conduct a survey among’ lady officers’ across the country. Pragmatic
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Women Officers in the Army
http://www.desipundit.com/2008/05/07/women-officers-in-the-a...Pragmatic urges the Army to grant women officers permanent commission, Irrespective of anyone’s liking, it is just a matter of time before permanently commissioned women officers are inducted into the services. The services have to accept the inevitable with grace and plan the changeover prudently before the harsh
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The Other Side
http://vivekspace.wordpress.comthese posts have received more than 400 comments. As the last date for submission of Sixth Central Pay Commission’s report approaches (April 4, 2008), the intensity of speculation about its content has reached unprecedented levels (see some of it here and here in military context, and some here in civilian context). With that speculation comes the increased flow of hits on this blog, so I thought I’d put one last post up here before the report gets submitted (likely to happen early next week, if
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http://vivekspace.composts have received more than 400 comments. As the last date for submission of Sixth Central Pay Commission’s report approaches (April 4, 2008), the intensity of speculation about its content has reached unprecedented levels (see some of it here and here in military context, and some here in civilian context). With that speculation comes the increased flow of hits on this blog, so I thought I’d put one last post up here before the report gets submitted (likely to happen early next week, if news
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State of the Union!
http://netrikkan.blogspot.com/2008/04/state-of-union.htmlare we going to stop this- will we ever grow up as a civilized nation?. The other appalling part of the comment is trying to make it a nationalistic cause, saying "Indian army is being chased"- I can say only one thing on this- Crap! Pragmatic has a good article on the reasons why the Indian Government keeps sending troops for UN Peace Keeping missions and the reasons why it should not continue with it, and there is an even more radical reason for scrapping the UN Mission itself. The reasons given for it are
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