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  THE EVOLVING BATTLEFIELDS “ Survival on an evolving battlefield is directly proportional to agility of mind and adaptability. ” – Col RS Sidhu   Backdrop Evolution is a never ending process in nature, as evidenced from the fact that 99% of all species that ever lived are now extinct. In this nature’s game of evolution, adaptability is the key to survival . Only those species have survived that have adapted best to catalyst events. What holds true for individuals and species, also holds good for human endeavours. Applying a similar analogy to the domain of human civilisations and nations, the ever evolving domain of warfare has exercised maximum impact on the course of human history and the future of human species as a whole. It is axiomatic that war fighting, the oldest human vocation, has continuously evolved alongside the human species, fueling all round scientific and technological advancements . It would, therefore, be logical to conclude that a vibrant na...
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  ‘CEREBRAL WAR’ THE FIRST DIMENSION & THE FLYDUBAI HIJACK   “ Cerebral War is the first dimension of war, fought in the hidden dimension of cerebral space to target and control human thought, the source code empowering all human endeavours . ” – Col RS Sidhu   Backdrop The news of the attempted hijack on 29 September 2026 of Flydubai Dubai-Tel Aviv flight number FZ 1073 , a Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft with 173 passengers on board , that departed Dubai at 0705 AM GST, was immediately accompanied by insidious narratives on social media insinuating it as a ‘ false flag ’ operation by Israel, aimed to influence re-election of Benjamin Netanyahu, the current Prime Minister of Israel in the forthcoming general elections to Knesset, the Israeli parliament. The above scenario follows a 21 st century pattern that first came into prominence post 9/11 terrorist acts of 2001 in the US, that was followed by social media insinuations alleging them to be covertly ma...
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  Akhand Bharat STRATEGIC REVIEW OF JANTAR MANTAR PROTESTS June – July 2026   “ The Jantar Mantar protests represent the complex kaleidoscope of an aspirational young generation’s dissatisfaction with geriatric political leadership, democratic realpolitik, and covert external intervention, against the alluring backdrop of an Akhand Bharat . ” – Col RS Sidhu   Backdrop India in its earlier avatar of ‘ Bharat ’ was governed by a hereditary monarchy. In this model of governance, the society norms flowed from the ruler, as may be averred from the vernacular paraphrase, “ Yatha Raja, Tatha Praja ” (As is the King, so are the people).   Today, India is a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, with a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-linguistic, and multi-religious civil society. Virtuous political leadership is the key to maintain balance in such a factitious political environment.   However, in a democracy, where the reins of power a...