Why Rajiv Gandhi Decided On Nuclear Weapons

The idea of weaponization got a fillip from an unexpected quarter.In the last week of October 1985, Rajiv met US President Ronald Reagan.Reagan told Rajiv, 'Pakistan has already made a bomb.'When......

What Was The Most Dangerous Decade Post Independence?

The competition for the worst or most perilous 10 years has always been between the 1960s and the 1980s, points out Shekhar Gupta. IMAGE: An Indian soldier walks past destroyed Pakistani tanks in......

'Conventional war is here to stay'

'Those who say that conventional war is a thing of the past or that war is not an option, or that diplomacy alone can prevent war -- are wrong and we see that in Ukraine.' IMAGE: Ukrainians pose......

A general like none other: Krishnaswami Sundarji

He was the army commander who planned Operation Bluestar.As army chief he planned Operation Brasstacks which rattled the Pakistan army.General K Sundarji was brilliant, ambitious and controversial,......