Raghu Raman
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Mumbai, MH, India
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Past articles by Raghu:
Remembering Those Who Give Up Their Diwali – So We Can Celebrate Ours
Because of the security forces, we can celebrate not just our festivals but our freedom, our democracy, our civil rights and even our right to be uncivil. → Read More
#MeToo: How Unsafe Working Environments Hinder India's Economic Development
A strategic response to creating a safer work environment for women, is to make a compelling socio-economic case for it. India needs to realise that a safe working environment is a competitive economic advantage. → Read More
India is running out of options in Kashmir. Involving women in peace process can make the difference
It may seem naïve to the hawks, but perhaps naivety should be given a chance where Machiavellianism has failed to deliver. → Read More
How to make peace in Kashmir and with Pakistan: Lessons from the battle of Flanders
India has called ceasefire in Kashmir and with Pakistan, and it is an opportunity to reflect on the futility of perpetual conflict. → Read More
What's Stopping Our Armed Forces From Leveraging Imaginative Thinking?
While funds are crucial for capacity enhancement, our armed forces could draw upon their capacity for 'out of box' thinking to solve some challenges. → Read More
Brinkmanship Versus Statesmanship and the Slippery Slope to War and Violence
For many decades, psychologists have tried to answer this question: What makes a regular ‘next door neighbour’ transform into a rapacious demon and kill without mercy or remorse? → Read More
Tabletop strategists please take note: War with Pak, China ain't an answer
Read more about Tabletop strategists please take note: War with Pak, China ain't an answer on Business Standard. Though hawks promise otherwise, wars have never ever resolved any conflict. → Read More
Tabletop Strategists Please Take Note, War Is Not the Answer
Though hawks promise otherwise, wars have never ever resolved any conflict. → Read More
Why Large Nations Lose Small Wars
Terrorism has never been about absolute body counts. It has always been about creating shock and awe to accentuate the helplessness of the state. → Read More
India Is Hurtling Down a Path of Self-Destruction
Just like in many other parts of the world, the decision-making elites have chosen to take short-term decisions that favoured their interests rather than the society’s. → Read More
Why Is India Still Ignoring Lessons Learnt From the Kargil War?
The best way to pay homage to those who died in Kargil is to remember what was learnt and incorporate that in practice – something India is yet to do. → Read More
To Beat Terror, Government Needs To Ace Battle For The Mind
And why governments are losing. → Read More
Why War With Pakistan Is Not an Option
War-waging isn’t about bombastic threats, surgical strikes, cross-border firing or bellowing on TV channels. → Read More
Why war with Pakistan is not an option
Read more about Why war with Pakistan is not an option on Business Standard. No country can hope to achieve a decisive victory with a 'short war' in today's world → Read More
Why India should not wage a war against Pakistan
Read more about Why India should not wage a war against Pakistan on Business Standard. No country can hope to achieve a decisive victory with a 'short war' in today's world → Read More
Television Rhetoric Notwithstanding, War With Pakistan Is Not An Option
India cannot ‘win’ such a war for several reasons. → Read More
To solve its security crises, India must recognise that the real battle is the one for the mind
Enemies inside and outside are successfully hijacking the narrative about everything from Kashmir to Naxalism. → Read More
Kashmir Needs Better Governance, Not More Violence
The government needs to engage with the youth in Kashmir, channelising their energies into vocational training and employment opportunities. → Read More
Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak keeps India issue on the boil, wants to shock & awe
Read more about Kulbhushan Jadhav: Pak keeps India issue on the boil, wants to shock & awe on Business Standard. There will be drama in Indian media, political circles; Pakistan will milk this opportunity → Read More
In Its Dealing With Kulbhushan Yadav, Pakistan Wants to Shock and Awe
There will be much drama in the Indian media and political circles on this one individual – and Pakistan will milk this opportunity to the fullest. → Read More