army Archives - Lokmaanya

Will the Creation of CDS Reform India’s Defence Planning?

by Adithya Variath22 July 202010 December 2020 4 min read

The position of the CDS is coveted as well as complicated. The CDS, conventionally, is expected to be a ‘first among equals’, a five-star officer who will be senior to the three Service Chiefs.

Neighbourhood Politics South Asia & China

Through Pandemic, China Threatens with War – It’s Time Hong Kong, Taiwan, India and US Revert!

by Sugandh Priya Ojha21 July 202010 December 2020 4 min read

Amidst the uncertain situation, China’s only way out is its military might and vague war threats that target India, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, for different reasons.

India Politics

Laser Defence: Exploring the Futuristic War and India-Israel co-operation – Part I

by Sugandh Priya Ojha & Jacob Zucker21 July 202010 December 2020 4 min read

Directed-Energy Weapons (DEWs) is one such futuristic technology in which ranged weapons strike their targets with highly focused punches of energy that may come in the form of laser, microwave, or particle beams.

India Society

“As a soldier, you deal with loneliness, and for me, that is where poetry kicks in.”

by Gauri Noolkar-Oak20 July 202010 December 2020 8 min read

Son of a Hindi professor and an officer in the Indian Army, he has the mind of an explorer and heart of a poet. Anonymous to everyone, he is exceedingly familiar to his readers through his moving, comforting verses. One quiet afternoon, he recounts his touching story to The Tilak Chronicle.