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Political Assertion of Radical Forces in Bangladesh: Impact & Implications for India

On 28 April 2013, VIF welcomed Gen. (retd) Shankar Roychowdhury PVSM, AVSM former Chief of the Indian Army, Amb. Satish Chandra, former Deputy National Security Advisor in the Chair, Shri DC Nath, President Patriots Forum and Shri Vikramjeet Banerjee....

May 03, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Bangladesh , Interaction , Radical Forces in Bangladesh , Political Assertion , Bhadra Lok
Round Table Discussion on Chinese Intrusion in Ladakh

A meeting to discuss the implications of the Chinese intrusion in Ladakh was held at the VIF on 26 April 2013. Gen NC Vij, former COAS briefed a select group of former diplomats and Army officers on the issue. Among those present included Mr Ajit Dov....

May 03, 2013 Conference , National Security and Strategic Studies , Interaction , Ladakh , Line of Actual Control , Daulat Beg Oldie , Indian troops , Indo-Tibetan Border Police , India-China ties
No First Use Nuclear Doctrine with “Chinese Characteristics”
Dr Adityanjee

Introduction Like a chameleon, the dragon, very predictably is changing its colors with regards to its often stated nuclear doctrine of “no first use” (NFU). Since 1964 when China conducted its first nuclear weapon test, China has repea....

May 02, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , China
Sarabjit Singh: Execution by Murder
Sushant Sareen

In the end, Sarabjit Singh was executed not by a hangman but by Pakistan’s famed ‘non-state’ actors – his fellow prisoners on death row – who are believed to have been put up to the job of bludgeoning him into a lifeless pulp by ‘state’....

May 02, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Politics of The Rich, by The Rich and Supposedly for The Poor!
Dr A Surya Prakash

An analyses of the affidavits filed by candidates contesting the Karnataka Assembly election on May 5 provides further evidence that politics is now completely out of the reach of the poor and the middle classes. These affidavits also offer irrefutab....

May 02, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
India’s Ailing Electoral System: Need for Reforms
Mr PP Rao

Democracy is passing through a difficult phase of institutional decline. The political parties are functioning in a manner detrimental to the interests of the country and its citizens. Persons without any commitment to the Constitution and its values....

May 02, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
Dance of Shiva -1918 (Ananda Coomaraswamy)

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May 02, 2013 Historical and Civilisational Studies
Seminar on Refugees In Their Own Homeland : Travails of Kashmiri Pandits

A seminar was organized jointly by Vivekananda International Foundation and Patriots’ Forum in the VIF Conference Hall at New Delhi, on 20th April 2013, on the subject ‘ Refugees In Their Own Homeland :Travails Of Kashmiri Pa....

May 02, 2013 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Seminars , refugees , Kashmiri Pandits , Own Homeland , Kashmiri Hindus , Indian Territory
Reappraisal of The Election Scene in Pakistan
Sushant Sareen

Prologue In October last, we had carried out a detailed analysis of the 2013 general election scene in Pakistan, identifying the main players and their prospects. Over the last six months many new developments have taken place, which necess....

May 01, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan
Appointment of the CAG – Some Concerns
Dr A Surya Prakash

The prevailing skepticism about whom the United Progressive Alliance-II (UPA-II) government will choose as the Comptroller and Auditor General of India following the retirement of the incumbent CAG Mr.Vinod Rai, is not without reason. Given the past ....

April 29, 2013 Governance and Political Studies
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