Valleys and Valour

  LOOKING AT WAR & PEACE THROUGH PRINCIPLE OF DUALITY ON UN WORLD PEACE DAY 21 st OF SEPTEMBER 2022   “ History of mankind is a saga of destructive warfare driven by base human instincts, and continues to be so in today’s world as well, albeit cloaked with a self-righteous veneer of morality. ”  – Col RS Sidhu   Chimera of World Peace Day Coincidentally, in September 2001, the opening day of the UNGA happened to be 11 th of September, the day now remembered for the infamous 9/11 attacks that brought down the Twin Towers of New York, a mere distance from the UN Headquarters. This was also the session that adopted another resolution that fixed 21 September as the annual World Peace Day . Who wants War? Maintaining a national environment conducive to enterprise is the essence of the complete spectrum of obligations of the State towards its citizens. State of war is certainly not conducive to enterprise, so why do wars take place? To combat an existential threa...

  REVIEW OF PROPOSED LEAD ROLE TO INDO TIBETAN BORDER POLICE ALONG THE LAC   “Capacity building for implementing a disruptive strategy is the surest way to deter China from adopting a coercive geopolitical path.” – Col RS Sidhu Brief on ITBP The Indo Tibetan Border Police, conceived as an integrated unconventional guerrilla cum-intelligence-cum-fighting Force to operate primarily in the inhospitable, wild and vertical world of the Himalayas, was raised on October 24, 1962, for reorganizing the frontier intelligence and security set up along the Indo-Tibetan border. ITBP was initially raised under the CRPF Act, with a sanctioned strength of four Battalions. In 1992, the Parliament enacted the ITBPF Act and the rules there under were framed in 1994. The ITBP has been assigned the following roles: -   -           Vigil on the northern borders, detection and prevention of border violations, and promotion of the se...