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Concept of United Islamic Entity in South East Asia

The concept of a united Islamic political entity in South East Asia was sounded by Maulana Kifayet Ali in 1925 and he named it as Java Republic. He had envisioned such republics in Northern Africa, Arab World, Central Asia and Indian subcontinent. While his dream of a Muslim homeland out of united India has materialized [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Friday, August 27th, 2010

America’s Afghan War: How & When to Exit

I wrote the essay Cancerous Pakistan’s Ambidextrous Taliban & Jihadist Policies: Threat to the subcontinent on June 25, 2010 in the context of Indo-Afghan-Iran subcontinent. More was revealed by David Coleman Headley to the USA authorities and the Indian National Investigation Agency about the roles of the ISI and elements of Pakistan army, in fact, [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Thursday, August 5th, 2010

Spying: Tradecrafts Of The Game

(Some parts of the essay have been adopted from author’s forthcoming book: Intelligence-Basics of Tradecraft) The recent spy swap between the USA and Russia is reminiscent of the Cold War era intensified espionage game played by the Soviet regime and the USA, Britain and their allies in the so-called Free World. The FBI and CIA [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Friday, July 16th, 2010

Cancerous Pakistan’s Ambidextrous Taliban & Jihadist Policies: Threat to the subcontinent

Nation States normally adopt consistent internal and external policies after prolonged deliberations (in case there is democracy) and near-national consensus. The parameters are determined by geopolitical, geostrategic and global parabola of power equation and power-block determinants. It is believed that Pakistan decided to cast its lot with the western powers, allegedly as against India’s nearness [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Friday, June 25th, 2010

Female Killing : The Great Circus of India

In the absence of our half-brother the Chimpanzee, lovely elephants, fascinating tigers and lions circus-going has become out of fashion. However, do not lament. In our Indian society there are several groups of human-animals whom you must visit through the window of this essay. These are not social evils; these have become deep flaws in [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

The Lake on Fire: Manipur Burns, Delhi Bungles

Loktak is the largest freshwater lake in the northeast of India. The 500 sq kilometer lake has been encroached upon during last 60 years and only 236.21 kilometer remains as the core and peripheral area of the lake with 14 hills of different height protruding from it. This unique water body gave a distinct identity [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Monday, May 10th, 2010

Kashmir: The War of Arms and Hearts

Most wars are uncertain, some leading to victory, some in defeat. But sustained trans-border proxy war and jihad thrusts are more uncertain. It is possible to find our lasting solution to ethnic unrest, which is political in nature, but it is difficult to vanquish the enemy which directs the proxy war sitting in comfort of [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Hindu-Sikh Minorities in Pakistan: The Vanishing Communities

I was inspired to write this essay by a Pakistani journalist friend. Later, during a lecture tour in South East Asian countries, where Indian and Chinese origin minorities are also discriminated I noticed that the minorities are palpably anguished. The latest incidents of organized attacks by Bengali Muslims on hill dwelling Chakma tribals in Khagrachari [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Saturday, March 20th, 2010

The Pune Mayhem and a Sleeping India

Pune bomb blast on February 13, 2010 has revived the ghastly memories of 26/11 Pakistani attack on Mumbai, nearly about 15 months ago in 2008. It is surprising that Indian political leaders and common citizen express shock, surprise and remain agitated for a few weeks and then relapse into the humdrum of daily life. There [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Thursday, February 18th, 2010

Sonar Bangla: The golden hue in sight

Bangladesh has visibly crossed several crossroads. After thirty five years of the dastardly assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by army rebels guided by plotters like Khondakar Mushtaque Ahmad, Ziaur Rahman justice has been meted out to five killers. They were hanged on January 28, 2010. The remaining seven killers are hiding abroad. Irrespective of [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Sunday, February 7th, 2010

America’s global war against Islamic jihad : India’s geostrategic concerns

War begets war. Peace does not always beget peace. Chanakya said: war and peace are integral parts of statesmanship. Both tricks should be played on the basis of historic necessity of policy priority of the State, the King’s and his subject’s interests. The saying is a part of practical foreign policy of ancient and modern [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Friday, January 15th, 2010

India falters in combating Maoist guerrillas: Some Lessons

Active Maoist Guerrilla warfare and passive expansion of the ideology of capturing power through the barrels of the gun is swinging imagination of masses living in the fringe areas of the society-the rural have-nots, forgotten forest dwellers and the exploited masses in different parts of the country. Statistically the Maoist headed movement has affected several [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Maoist insurgency and guerrilla warfare and state response, part-I

Several readers and visitors ventilated their genuine and perceived anguish about Maoist threat to the country and the alleged poor state of counterinsurgency operations by the Union and State Law & Order and Intelligence agencies. The subject is vast with protracted historical background and hundreds of books and research papers are available on the subject. [...]

Posted by: Maloy Krishna Dhar on Friday, November 20th, 2009