by Mahendra Ved | Oct 11, 2025 | Blogs
MONKEYS’ SOMERSAULT WE need to take note of two monkeys who are adept at rapid somersaults because they affect us directly. There is a saying in Gujarati that the three most unpredictable things in the world are raja, vaja and vandra, which translates to king, musical...
by Mahendra Ved | Sep 30, 2025 | Defence & Foreign Policy
Farewell to MiG-21 During an informal discussion on India’s defence sector with Western European military officers in the 1980s, this writer was asked: why a ‘democratic’ India was buying defence equipment from a ‘communist’ Russia. Since furnishing details and data...
by Mahendra Ved | Sep 2, 2025 | Blogs
DEALING WITH AN ANGRY AMERICA(N) As a tumultuous August has ended, the New York Times reports that US President Donald Trump has reportedly “scrapped plans” to attend the ‘Quad’ grouping in India, amid deteriorating ties between Washington and New Delhi.” The...
by Mahendra Ved | Aug 25, 2025 | Blogs
WHEN TRADE INTERESTS PUSH TERROR THREAT Next month, it will be 24 years since 9/11 occurred in the United States and shook the world. The “global war on terrorism” followed. This year, largely driven by President Donald Trump’s policies, most nations which supported...
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