When Biju Patnaik reached out to US to counter China

Rup Narayan Das reveals the towering Odisha leader's role in improving national security after the 1962 War with China. IMAGE: Biju Patnaik with Indira Gandhi. Photograph: Kind courtesy Biju......

My father created the SFF, I commanded it

Major General Sujan Singh Uban, a legendary veteran of the Second World War, was a natural choice to raise, train and command the Special Frontier Force and mould them into a well oiled fighting......

Focus on the war even as we win the battle

India has experienced hands and will emerge with flying colours, declares Inspector General Gurdip Singh Uban (retd). IMAGE: Indian Army T-90 tanks and BMP infantry combat vehicles show their......

Time for India to play the Tibet card with China

'The logical step is to challenge the very legitimacy of the Chinese claim over Tibet,' recommends Inspector General Gurdip Singh Uban (retd). IMAGE: The Dalai Lama, spiritual head of the Tibetan......