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Ajai Sahni
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IAF strikes: Political triumphalism over tactical success makes India lose sight of strategic goals
Fantasy dominates the ideologically driven political imagination in India, at great cost to national security.
Ajai Sahni
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Ajai Sahni: Belligerent rhetoric on Pulwama attack can’t make up for lack of strategic planning
Absence of sustained strategic preparation and abysmal neglect of defence, internal security and intelligence sectors rule out an effective response.
Ajai Sahni
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Opinion: 'Maoist plot' letters leaked by police have all the hallmarks of mischievous fabrication
‘This entire petty, pathetic and incompetent plot is a disgrace. It dishonours the security personnel. It dishonours the state, it dishonours India.’
Ajai Sahni
Trending
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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Opinion: Military training in the name of Indian values will not produce national strength
The government would do infinitely better to focus on providing a better, modern and empowering education.
Ajai Sahni
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Never mind the jingoists, war with Pakistan is neither a compulsion nor an option for India
The shrieking campaign serves a limited domestic agenda. Soldiers and civilians along the borders pay the price.
Ajai Sahni
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No garbage duties please: India must deploy its Armed Forces personnel for combat alone
Is our political leadership that ignorant about the military ethos that produces the willingness to fight in a soldier?
Ajai Sahni
Video
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Watch: Comedian sings Ed Sheeran song in the style of artists ranging from Sonu Nigam to Kumar Sanu
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Watch: Woman holds abdominal plank position for over four and half hours
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Watch: Kuno National Park posts video to celebrate cheetah cub Mukhi’s first birthday
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Watch: Migrant workers travel in train toilet owing to unavailability of seats
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Watch: PTI posts video accusing male ANI reporter of assaulting and abusing its woman journalist
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Counterpoint: General Rawat has only stated the obvious about fighting fire with fire in Kashmir
No movement of widespread violence in history has ever been contained or neutralised in the absence of proportionate, if not disproportionate use of force.
Ajai Sahni
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Surgical strikes signal a change of course. Do they also mark the beginning of a long-term strategy?
Beyond addressing a domestic constituency, the government has sent out a clear message by widely publicising the present operation. Will it stay the course?
Ajai Sahni
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If India is serious about making Pakistan pay, it can't go back to business as usual
A clear and extraordinary focus on addressing the enduring deficits and demands of the defence and security sectors is the need of the hour.
Ajai Sahni
The Reel
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‘Patna Shuklla’ review: A competently argued legal drama
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‘Inspector Rishi’ review: A superbly crafted battle between fact and fable
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‘Alibaba Aani Chalishitle Chor’ review: A lightweight study of modern marriage
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‘Crew’ review: A sexy, funny and honest airline heist movie
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‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ trailer: Diljit Dosanjh plays the slain Punjabi singer in Imtiaz Ali’s biopic
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Opinion: The drama over Pathankot is an utter, bizarre and counterproductive waste of time
The joint probe is one more in the series of high-profile non-events to offset comprehensive and abysmal security and foreign policy failures.
Ajai Sahni
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Why installing a tank in JNU to instil patriotism among its students is a half-baked idea
If sheer dedication, obedience and sacrifice were the touchstones of morality, the jihadi suicide bomber would be our ideal.
Ajai Sahni
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Breaking news: ISIS is not coming! ISIS is not coming!
For those who believed the obvious canard that at least 537 Indians had joined the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, and more than 10 times this number were likely to be trying to do so.
Ajai Sahni
The Field
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Football: AIFF technical committee to seek answers from Igor Stimac on India’s recent display
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final
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Badminton, Spain Masters Super 300: Crasto-Ponnappa, Sindhu move into quarter-finals in Madrid
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IPL 2024: Riyan Parag, bowlers set up win for Rajasthan Royals against Delhi Capitals
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IPL 2024: KKR bring in Allah Ghazanfar as replacement player; RR rope in Keshav Maharaj