1962 India-China war: How scholars misled Indians – a case study
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with troops at a forward position during the 1962 India-China war.Dissecting Claude Arpi’s 1962 India-China war claimsDuring my studies on…
Home / Contributors
Sandeep Mukherjee
Born in Kolkata, bred all over the place. Management consultant, master practitioner in NLP. Interested in military history since boyhood. Wrote for Financial Express, Economic Times and had a career advice column in The Telegraph.
Articles by Sandeep Mukherjee
1962 India-China War – 1: The reality of a military defeat
Indian troops surrendering at the Namka-chu area. This is part of the series on the 1962 India-China border war that seeks to debunk the myths, misinformation and politic…
Ladakh stand-off: Maj Gen Yash Mor tells us how to end impasse gracefully
Indian Army tents high in the Himalayas. Winter Wars – Tales of misery from Moscow to LadakhThe country waits with bated breath as corps commander-level talks go on – and…
‘Yash Siddhi’ at Point 5156: The untold story of Major Duhoon, his 15 braves
Indian Army soldiers atop a figure after reclaiming a Pakistani-occupied height in Kargil.Hot LoC: Did ‘Kargil’ Ever End?History is more darkness than lightThe history bo…
Sapper’s Day Out: Story of a combat engineer’s casual heroism in 1971 war
As an otherwise dull and drab November rolls on in 2020 and the memories of India’s latest victim of anti-personnel mine, SFF Commando Nyima Tenzin, fades away, let us ta…
‘Open Sangsar’: The radio message that sealed the fate of East Pakistan
INS VikrantThe fascinating story of INS Vikrant’s role in bringing the 1971 war to a conclusion in India’s favour.Heating the iron1971 was an eventful year for the Indian…
What if PLA counterattacks? Maj Gen Dhanoa’s defensive doctrine
An Indian Army T-72 tank high in the Himalayas. Last week, we had Brigadier RJS Dhillon taking us north in a sharp but shallow offensive through Depsang, SSN (subsector n…
LAC, PP14, reality and lies: Walking down Galwan valley with Brig Dhillon
A June satellite image showing Chinese military build-up in the Galwan valley. (Photograph: 2020 Planet Labs via Twitter)Since the 20 Indian soldiers, including a colonel…
India’s options around LAC: Going north with Brig Dhillon
Lieutenant General Ranbir Singh, former commander of the Northern Army, on a tank in Ladakh. (Representative image via Northern Command, Indian Army/Twitter) Many of our …
Where Paras Dare: The untold story of Operation Cactus
Commandos from Indian Parachute Regiment during a Republic Day parade. Not so long ago, we, as Indians, were sure about our military dominance in South Asia. We were prou…
Romancing the war – in fiction and flames
Representative photo from Creative Commons.“... somewhere, my love”War is about death. Death of the human body and humanity per se. Erik Maria Remarque in his epoch-makin…
Women and warfighting: Separating the PC from the PC
India is witnessing a raging debate on the subject of permanent commission (PC) for women in the Army. The arguments range from the sexist to the feminist, with political…