Representative Image Stack of Books from Wix Media Col NN Bhatia (Retd) reviews three books read by him on contemporary subjects of military and general interest, have a look- In the month of May 2026, I read 3 books as under:- 1. INSOMNIA: ARMY STORIES by Rachna Bisht Rawat, 2. The CURIOUS and the CLASSIFIED: Unearthing Military Myths and Mysteries by General Manoj Naravane, the former Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) 3. The Shadows Of My Life by Suresh Pandey. The book

Beyond wars, militancy, terrorism, drug and people running, law and order, illegal migration, maritime crime and so on, climate change will remain the most persistent and long term challenge for South Asia, here is a perspective.

Perspectives on the entire gamut of India Pakistan engagement from people to people, Track Two to official dialogue and crisis management.

Restoration of Manipur State Assembly was an attempt to facilitate political initiatives in the State after a year of President’s rule, this seems to have loosened the security grip to some degree. During the past two months, there was a draw down of security forces in Manipur for Elections in several states in the country such as West Bengal and Assam. The twin factors provided anti-state elements an opportunity to escalate their agenda of hate and violence which remains dee

Ports, naval facilities, energy infrastructure, and waterfront tourist districts would be particularly vulnerable due to their visibility and limited shoreline defences.

The President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu, addressed the IB Centenary Endowment Lecture on the subject ‘People-Centric National Security: Community Participation in Building Viksit Bharat’ in New Delhi on December 23, 2025. During her address apart from congratulating the IB and the Security Forces for the success achieved in eradicating Left Wing Extremism in particular she also highlighted some of the challenges on Internal Security Faced by India as excerpted below - Trad

The July 10th "Terrorist Incident" has given rise to the term White Collar Terrorism, highly educated professional youth taking to terrorism. Tracking and neutralising the networks is important, a holistic strategy will also need countering radicalisation. In July 2021, we published an article on counter radicalisstion titled, “Countering New Breed – “Hybrid” Terrorist in Kashmir on Jul 07, 2021 In fact in January 2020, then Chief of Defence Staff Late General Bipin Rawat had

Prime Minister Modi is expected to visit Manipur on Sept 12 or 13, in what will be his first visit to the state since ethnic violence...

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The unexpected blast in a Bengaluru café on March 01, underlines the challenges from radicalization faced by India in the politico...