Sandeep Unnithan
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New Delhi, DL, India
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From the India Today archives (2016) | Why politics won’t allow Subhas Chandra Bose to RIP
On Netaji’s 126th birth anniversary (January 23, 2023), we assess why the political gamesmanship over his ‘disappearance’ refuses to go away → Read More
From the archives (2011) | How Osama bin Laden’s killing nailed Pakistan’s lie
The drone strike that eliminated Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri reminds us of the special US operation of May 2011 that killed Osama bin Laden and exposed Pakistan's web of deceit → Read More
From the archives (2006) | Pervez Musharraf's memoirs: Myths vs reality
The former Pakistan president is suffering from a rare disease called Amyloidosis. His 2006 memoir, ‘In the Line of Fire’, had caused a storm over his version of the Kargil War, the Agra talks with India and his charge that India was in the nuke blackmarket → Read More
Why Netaji Subhas Bose was an inconvenient nationalist
The 125th birth centenary of Netaji Subhas Bose has seen a revival of his legacy. Beginning this year, Republic Day celebrations have started from his birth anniversary, January 23. This Independence Day will see a 28-foot-tall statue of Netaji being unveiled under an umbrella near India Gate. Netaji scholar Chandrachur Ghose, who has a new biography out on the incandescent revolutionary, tells… → Read More
Ukraine crisis: What are military options if Russia invades, experts say full-blown conflict unlikely
Russia has deployed 1,00,000 troops at the border with Ukraine. But are Ukraine, the US and Nato prepared for conflict should Moscow decide to invade the erstwhile Soviet state? → Read More
What’s behind a massive order for Made-in-India howitzers
A firepower imbalance in a border standoff with China and the need to kickstart indigenous defence industry…. A Rs 10,000 crore order for 200 howitzers could be just what Indian industry needs → Read More
Why India needs a dedicated defence export department
An export-focused department could help build on export successes like the recent sale of BrahMos missiles to the Philippines → Read More
In a graphic: Uttar Pradesh’s demographic dividend
A majority of party leaders in the upcoming assembly elections in UP are aged 50 or below. What this means for India’s most populous state → Read More
Why Ferozepur road blockade was an egregious breach of PM Modi’s security
Bodyguard manuals dictate a fast-moving convoy to be the best bet against assassins and kidnappers → Read More
Why the China border problem is becoming increasingly challenging
A new boundary law which kicks in this month and a propaganda video showing a Chinese flag flying in the Galwan Valley. Why China has stepped up its rhetoric on the boundary → Read More
The ‘K’ factor in the recent missile tests
India’s first SLBM provides the building blocks for new missiles allowing the DRDO self-sufficiency in missile technology → Read More
What is holding up the appointment of India’s second CDS?
The process, says Vice-Admiral Pradeep Kaushiva, is complex and the determinants, though mostly intangible and indefinable, are vital contributors → Read More
We created the eastern theatre in 1971, but we had nine months to do it: Gen. Bipin Rawat
Some weeks before his tragic death in a helicopter crash, General Bipin Rawat spoke to Managing Editor Sandeep Unnithan on defence reforms, which include converting the 17 single service commands into five theatre commands. Here, he emphasises the need to learn from the 1971 war to implement its lessons today → Read More
Why the choice of CDS rests with Prime Minister Modi
Prime Minister Modi was the architect of the CDS post, through which he hoped to steer reforms in the armed forces → Read More
General Bipin Rawat crash inquiry—what investigators will look into
From examining the helicopter black boxes and conducting a chemical analysis on the wreckage to studying footage shot by civilians → Read More
From the archives | A bullet hit my ankle and I was told my days in the army are over: General Bipin Rawat
An Indian Air Force helicopter crashed in Tamil Nadu's Coonoor on December 8. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, was on board the chopper. Here's a piece written by Gen. Rawat for India Today Magazine on how he did not let injuries suffered in Pakistani firing in 1993 impede his military career or life → Read More
Why the Indian Navy needs to invoke the spirit of Admiral Nanda
The aggressive, action-oriented navy chief transformed the navy to meet its ‘finest hour’. It needs this spirit to counter the threat from a rising PLA Navy and a resurgent Pakistan Navy → Read More
Why Pakistan is unlikely to dismantle its deep state
From Mumbai 26/11 to Afghanistan 2021, it provides the Pakistan military a powerful deniable weapon to prosecute war against its neighbors → Read More
How Ajay Devgn rode to industry superstardom
The actor, who completed 30 years in the industry on November 22, was a dark horse when he began in November 1991 → Read More
Agni-V and the end of India’s northeastern dilemma
The missile brings all of China within the range of India’s delivery systems and enhances its credible nuclear deterrence. → Read More