This was a very interesting discussion I had with Mr Sree Iyer on understanding China from a different non military non economic perspective. The Q&A session indicated to me that we need to study far more and increase our awareness of the country in case we have to deal with it more effectively.
The Pakistani FM to BBC: War would be suicidal. Pakistan has already started negotiating with a gun to its head! Welcome home Wing Commander Abhinanadan. Well done. You flew into the Valley of Death and survived. India is proud. Sincere condolences to Air Marshal Waseem Ud Din on the loss of his son Shahaz Ud Din under most unfortunate circumstances. He was incredibly brave to continue his mission when others had turned around. Paradigm Emerged A lot has happened since Balakot. Some in focus some out. Some hyped. Some diffused. Time to sum up the situation and see where things are heading. Militarily it is called Review of the Situation. I will do it journalistically so that the intellectual western media understands it. They might or not buy our story. Incidentally it is not a story. It is not for sale. This is real live action. Nuclear exchange receding. Not ruled out. A fundamental paradigm has emerged. India’s fight is ag...
Sir, Genghis Khan & Kublai Khan were not islamic. They were animist and buddhist respectively and the Chinese were never ruled by an islamic ruler. I think there's this common misconception of associating "Khan" with islamic tribes as many of the central asian tribes/regions that were decimated by the great Khans took the honorific of their mongol conquerors and were/became islamic over the course of time but, the mongols (of mongolia) stayed animist/buddhist.
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