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My Identity Crisis: The CAPF soldier’s perennial dilemma
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)Am I a civilian employee, a police officer, or part of the armed forces of the Union? This question is both confusing and difficult to answer. I will attempt to untangle this comp...
Operation Sindoor’s success cannot mask Pahalgam’s security failures
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–26)After days of parliamentary disruption, the nation finally witnessed a 16-hour marathon debate on Operation Sindoor. The discussion, marked by rare bipartisan unity, saw both oppo...
End Colonial Charade: Implement Supreme Court judgment on CAPF officers now
Illustration for representation. (© India Sentinels 2025–2026)Winston Churchill, ever the sceptic of Indian administrative capabilities, once declared: “To give India self-government now would mean the end of any prospect of India be...
Blood, Sweat, and Bureaucracy: Supreme Court’s CAPF ruling demands immediate implementation
Fresh BSF officers at their passing-out parade at the BSF Academy, Tekanpur (Gwalior), in December 2024. (Photo: BSF)In my previous analysis of India’s central armed police forces (CAPFs), particularly the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), B...
CAPF Leadership Crisis: Supreme Court speaks, government must act
The Supreme Court of India. (File photo)With over a million personnel in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),...
Border Security Force must brainstorm to meet dynamic battle challenges
A BSF soldier stands guard near an Indian post at the international border with Pakistan in Jammu. (File photo)The Border Security Force (BSF), designated as the nation’s “first line of defence”, stands sentinel along India’s ...
Will recent Bangladesh-China pact pose new challenge to Siliguri Corridor?
Indian Army troops and artillery guns and an Indian Air Force Rafale fighter are seen during Exercise Trishakti Prahar held in the Siliguri Corridor, in January 2023. (File photo)Recent developments in Bangladesh-China relations have set off alarm be...
Defeating Naxalism by March 2026 is an achievable target
The arsenal and strength of the Naxalites have steadily diminished since the central armed police forces (CAPFs) launched their well-crafted campaign against left-wing extremism. The Union home minister, Amit Shah, has articulated the government&rsqu...
India’s border-security infrastructure needs more than marginal budget hikes
A BSF soldier keeps watch across a fenced section of the India-Bangladesh border.Border management in India encompasses both border-guarding forces and border populations, including border areas and local administration. It ensures the security of th...
Think professionally, beyond political gains, for peace in Manipur
Army personnel stand guard near razor-wire barricades outside Manipur’s Leimakhong Army Camp of the 57th Mountain Division. (Photo via FB)In the lush hills and valleys of Manipur, the humanitarian tragedy of unprecedented magnitude continues to...Results
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