R. K. Bhandari

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Chennai Flood Disaster Catastrophe of December 2015-Are you listening?

December 17, 2015 R. K. Bhandari

The worst is over and the city of Chennai is getting back to normalcy after the unprecedented flood catastrophe of December 2015. The whole country applauds the exceptional grit and grace with which the citizens of Chennai fought the fury of the floo...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Chennai Flood, Disaster

Putting an end to Pedestrian approach to Landslide Disaster Mitigation in India

July 16, 2015 R. K. Bhandari

The Indian calendar of Landslide disasters is literally dotted with catastrophic events, most of which, by hindsight, look self imposed and probably avoidable. If landslides could plead their cases in the courts of law, a great majority of them will ...

Tags: Disaster Management, Technological and Scientific Studies

Human Tragedy at the Peshawar Army school -a game changer or a mere blip on the radar?

January 06, 2015 R. K. Bhandari

Human violence and brutality fell to their lowest of the low in our living memory when 148 people, including 132 innocent students at a Pakistan’s Army run school in Peshawar were shot dead from a point blank range on Wednesday, 17 December 2014, b...

Tags: Terrorism, Neighbourhood Studies, Pakistan

Urgent Need for Steps to Make Nathu La Route to Kailash Mansarovar Safe for Pilgrims

December 02, 2014 R. K. Bhandari

India and China had signed a bilateral agreement on September 18 this year providing for conducting the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Nathu La in Sikkim Himalayas in addition to the existing Lipulekh Pass in Uttarakhand. Addressing the media after...

Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Disaster Management

Disaster Management in India - The Urgency of Fresh Thinking

August 28, 2014 R. K. Bhandari

Swami Vivekananda once visited a great sage of our country, a very holy man and wrote: “We talked about our revered book- the Vedas, of your Bible, of the Koran, and of the revered books in general. At the close of our talk, this great sage asked m...

Tags: Technological and Scientific Studies