Lt Col Manoj K Channan

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Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd) served in the Indian Army, Armoured Corps, 65 Armoured Regiment, 27 August 83- 07 April 2007. Operational experience in the Indian Army includes Sri Lanka – OP PAWAN, Nagaland and Manipur – OP HIFAZAT, and Bhalra - Bhaderwah, District Doda Jammu and Kashmir, including setting up of a counter-insurgency school – OP RAKSHAK. He regularly contributes to Defence and Security issues in the Financial Express online, Defence and Strategy, Fauji India Magazine and Salute Magazine.*Views are personal.

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The Peacock, the Jackal, and the Temple Gold

In the ancient forest kingdom of Swarna Van, where rivers nourished the plains and mighty banyan trees sheltered generations of creatures, there ruled a...

India’s Ethanol Gamble: Why the E20 Policy Is Outpacing India’s Preparedness

India's ambitious transition to E20 petrol, a blend containing 20 per cent ethanol, has been projected as a milestone in the country's journey towards...

India Must Trade Emotion for Strategy

India’s security and diplomatic challenges are often framed as binary choices: hardline pride versus conciliatory compromise. To strengthen strategic relevance, the policy should explicitly...

How India Must Reforge Its Intelligence Edge for the Cyber Age

India stands at a strategic inflection point. Its neighbourhood is turbulent, proxies and non-state actors remain active, and peer competitors employ economic coercion, information...

The Cockroach Republic: How a Nation of 1.4 Billion People Was Asked to Prove It Exists

The Government of India has access to my (and every Indian's) Aadhaar number, PAN, bank accounts, mobile number, property records, voting history, income tax...

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The Makkah Pact Stalls at the Gate of Tears

Alliances are not tested at signing ceremonies, beneath chandeliers,...

Russia Brings a 360 km/h Rival to India’s Bullet Train Race

A proposal for a new generation of high-speed electric...

British Moral Hypocrisy from India to Israel

Britain lost its empire, but it kept the lectern....

New Tu-214 Emerges in Russia—But This Aircraft Has a Very Different Mission

The revival of Tu-214 production in Kazan has reached...