“It probably is a reflection on the minders of external strategy that New Delhi appears so deeply swamped, diplomatically and militarily, in its neighbourhood. ...” My piece on the government’s bungling and the price the nation is paying
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“The govt has offered little sense of the simmer that came to a bloody boil in the Galwan Valley. There exists no govt narrative on how and why events have marched to a flare-up. It’s posture has been a mix of denial, indifference and obfuscation.” m.telegraphindia.com/india/so-deepl…
“India today finds itself stressfully coiled along its frontiers as never before. Lives have been lost in clashes with the Chinese for the first time in 45 years; ties with Pakistan remain cantankerous and the fence pepper-hot; Nepal has cocked a border snook”
“These are the first Indian casualties at Chinese hands in Ladakh since 1962, a fact that would probably deepen the Indian sense of discomfort because that war hasn’t ceased to haunt collective psychology. “m.telegraphindia.com/india/so-deepl…
“The blunt truth is that New Delhi has to date put out no denial of widespread reports that China’s PLA has made deep incursions into what India deemed its side of the unmarked Line of Actual Control (LAC) and squats of 50 sq km of grabbed territory. “ m.telegraphindia.com/india/so-deepl…
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