| Leadership, Management, Motivation, and Growth Mindset |
| Decision making |
| Mental toughness |
| Earning respect |
| Good leadership qualities and values |
| Science of Karma |
| Good working culture and environment |
| Listening Skills |
| Be good, feel good |
| Healthy working environment |
| importance of Tolerance |
| Lessons from Buddha |
| Difference between strength and courage |
| Lessons from rich and famous |
| Leadership lessons from Hollywood movies. |
| Shark in the tank theory of management |
| Car wheel theory of management |
| Aya Ram Gaya Ram syndrome – yes, men. |
| Calculated Risks |
| Practical Leadership and Management |
| Communication skills and body language |
| Lessons from Nanak |
| Being Responsible and Tolerant |
| Growth Mindset |
| Transferable Skills |
| Advice to the young generation |
| Motivational Talks |
| Importance of self-discipline |
| Learn from Ganesha |
| Listen to Krishna |
| Words of Wisdom |
| Life in IAF |
| Convocation Address – lessons from life in IAF |
| Courage is an essential trait of leadership. |
| Leadership: A Privilege |
| Embrace your Journey of Life |
| Trust and Integrity: The Cornerstones of Authentic Leadership |
| Five by Five rule: Assured happiness. |
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China
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| China’s Brain is differently wired. |
| China’s strategic thought |
| China’s military modernisation |
| China’s Defence industry |
| China – Pakistan Collusion |
| China – Art of deception |
| China: Kill Pigs List |
| China: Social Score System |
| China: Active Defence Policy |
| China’s Joint Strategic Support Force (JSSF) |
| China – Joint Strategic Support Force. |
| Dealing with the Dragon |
| China’s grey zone operations |
| China: Flavours of military Reform |
| China: Pillars of Military Reform |
| China’s new diplomacy – drawing red lines in the sand. |
| China – demographic analysis. |
| China through US Prism |
| China in the South China Sea |
| China’s Military – Civil Fusion |
| PLAAF Analysis Strengths and weaknesses |
| Book review on China Airpower |
| Dealing with Dragon |
| Knowing China Better: lie flat and let it rot. |
| Knowing China, Better social life and customs |
| Something is not right in Dragon land. |
| Q&A India China stand-off |
| China in IOR |
| What is cooking in the Chinese military cauldron |
| Dragon at Shigatse |
| China aircraft carrier development |
| China’s military reorganisation: a story of evolution and reversion. |
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Geopolitics
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| China |
| Pakistan – National Security Policy, Turmoil |
| Afghanistan |
| India’s foreign policy |
| India’s neighbourhood |
| Quad |
| Indo – Russian relations |
| State of Airpower Assets in Afghanistan |
| Indo – US relations |
| Afghanistan: Taliban run over |
| World in Transition |
| US-China Shadowboxing over Taiwan |
| China spoiling Bhutan’s GNH. |
| Thucydides Trap, – Dragon challenging Eagle |
| South China sea |
| Gini Index and implications. |
| Multilateralism: Flexible Security Cooperation. |
| India-Pakistan border issue – tunnels and drones |
| India-China border talks |
| China Pak Collusivity |
| SCO Shanghai Cooperation Organisation: Relevance and future trajectory |
| Sri Lanka Economic crisis: lessons and opportunity |
| Ukraine Conflict |
| Bangladeshi tango with China |
| Economic Sanctions |
| Djibouti: Tug of war between USA and China |
| The Future of Conflict in the Asian Context |
| Israel Palestine standoff |
| India, Pakistan, China Asian triangle |
| Indo-US Collaboration in Defence |
| World in Transit |
| Indo-Russia relations |
| Indo-Vietnam Cooperation |
| Many suitors for strategically located Djibouti |
| Renewed Impetus to Indo-Russia Relations |
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Air Power
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| Airpower in Grey zone operations |
| Airpower in no war, no peace situation |
| Air Power & Non-Kinetic Warfare |
| Air Power in Multi-Domain Warfare |
| Airpower in HADR ops and aid to civil authorities |
| Drone Threat: The Big Picture |
| Fighter aircraft classifications by generations |
| Emerging Technologies and Air Defence |
| Air Power in Modern-Day Warfare |
| S-400 SAM AD System |
| Combat Aviation most desired – least understood. |
| Changing nature of warfare |
| Air Defence operations |
| Air power strategies: multiple threats and limited resources |
| Airpower in the maritime domain |
| Air Power and effect-based operations |
| Air power concepts: Command / control the air, air supremacy, Air superiority and favourable air situation. |
| Contemporary airpower thought |
| How does an aeroplane fly |
| Air power basics revisited. |
| Air power and war endurance |
| Global Wars and lessons for Indian airpower |
| Classification of fighter jets into generations |
| Centralised planning decentralised execution |
| Global Airpower Ranking 2024 |
| Giulio Douhet: Relevance Today |
| All About Airpower |
| Airpower in Indian Context |
| Airpower Theorists and Their Core Thoughts and Beliefs |
| Relevance of John Warden’s thoughts on Air Power Application and Air Campaign Planning. |
| Future trends of fighter aircraft. |
| Air Campaign Planning |
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Technology
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| Hypersonics and hypersonic weapons |
| Technology and airpower |
| Future Trajectory of AI |
| Artificial intelligence |
| Future of conflict in new domains (Space, Cyber and deep sea) |
| Unmanned Platforms and Swarms, Loyal Wingman concept |
| AI and Fake News |
| AI: Digital twins and Surrogate models |
| Military application of quantum technology. |
| What next after 6th gen aircraft |
| Technology in the defence forces. |
| Mission Divyastra MIRV Technology |
| Technology and the future of aircraft maintenance |
| Speed Race: Hypersonic weapons |
| Countering Hypersonic Threat: Difficult but Manageable Problem |
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Security
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| Collective Security |
| National Security / Military Strategy |
| Urgent need for National Security Policy |
| Collective dealing with non-traditional challenges |
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Cyber Safety and Security
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| Cyber warfare |
| Digital addiction |
| Economic Cyber Frauds |
| Future of conflict in new domains (Space, Cyber and deep sea) |
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Nuclear
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| Nuclear trends, threats and challenges 27 Jun 24 |
| Nuclear aspects revisited |
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Space
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| Space operations |
| Space warfare and organisation in India |
| Space-based ISR |
| Space warfare in the Korean Peninsula |
| Launch of 50 surveillance satellites by ISRO in 5 years. |
| Future of conflict in new domains (Space, Cyber and deep sea) |
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Indian Air Force
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| Capability development |
| Tejas and AMCA project |
| IAF role in HADR and aid to civil and other agencies |
| Network-centric operations |
| PLAAF and IAF comparative analysis |
| IAF Modernisation |
| Balakot Operations |
| Maritime air operations in future |
| Rafale induction and capability enhancement |
| S-400 Induction |
| Fire Power Demo: Ex Vayu Shakti |
| IAF fighter strength drawdown and mitigation plan |
| IAF Strategies: past, present and future. |
| Life in IAF |
| IAF multi-national exercises |
| Exercise Bright Star 2023 |
| Strategic evolution of IAF |
| C-295 ac induction IAF capability enhancement and benefits |
| Astra AAR BVR Missile |
| Journey through IAF |
| Prachand the Himalayan griffin. |
| Women air warriors in the IAF |
| IAF challenges and future trajectory. |
| Discussion on the book by Jasjit Sinh: Defence from the Skies. |
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War and Warfare
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| Types of war |
| Decoys and deception |
| Afghanistan Air Assets |
| Future Wars |
| Warfare |
| Grey Zone Warfare |
| Classification of warfare into generations (Russian Thoughts) |
| Domains of warfare |
| C4ISR |
| Military Balance in the region |
| Ukraine War: Air Power aspects, a case of dog and bone, Air Superiority aspects, decoding Ukraine war. Lessons. |
| Operational Logistics |
| Lesser known facts about 1971the War |
| Review of book on 1962 war |
| Review of the book on the 1965 war |
| India’s two-front challenge |
| Douhet theories |
| Duration of Conflict |
| Jasjit Singh on Airpower |
| Galwan standoff |
| Asymmetric Threat |
| Accelerating the Paradigm Shift |
| Multilateralism: Relevance and changes |
| Aspect – Long-drawn wars |
| National Security Strategy |
| HAMAS attack on Israel |
| Cognitive warfare |
| India’s readiness for drone warfare |
| Integrated deterrence |
| Orchestrating Air Campaigns: Thumb Rules |
| Russia-Ukraine War: Phase of Engagement with long Range Vectors |
| Kargil War |
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Military
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| Military diplomacy |
| Military spending: trends and analysis. |
| Collusive Threat and Deterrence: Air and Space Aspects |
| Integrated Capability Development. |
| Joint war game training systems |
| Fighter Pilot: Traits |
| Agni veer and Agnipath / Tour of duty / making best of the scheme |
| Andaman and Nicobar Command and Islands |
| Defining Military Diplomacy |
| Women in the Indian Defence Services |
| Joint Operations and Jointmanship |
| Trends in International Arms Transfer |
| Global Military Spending – Trends and Analysis (2023) |
| Women in defence forces: prospects and challenges. |
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Higher Defence Organisation
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| Department of military affairs |
| Theaterisation |
| Air defence command |
| Civil-military fusion |
| Theatre Command in Indian Context |
| Reorganisation of HDO in India |
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Flight Safety
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| Golden rules of safety |
| Importance of SOPs |
| A proactive approach to safety |
| Damage due to Bird Hits and Foreign Objects |
| Safety and aviation |
| Good safety Culture |
| Tool management for safe maintenance |
| Aircraft Drift – Causes and Concerns |
| Sathe safety aspects of short landings. |
| Inculcating safety culture |
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Defence Industry
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| Indigenous defence industry |
| HAL and DPSUs |
| Role of the private sector in defence production |
| Arms Transfer to Afghanistan |
| Defence Budget issues |
| Atmanirbharta |
| Exportability of LCA and Brahmos combined package |
| IAF and indigenisation |
| Indian Initiatives to promote self-reliance |
| Tejas export options |
| Russia – India Defence contracts past, present and future. |
| EU’s defence spending |
| Aero India 2021 & 2023 |
| Arms trade: Trends and Concerns |
| Arms trade: flow vis-a-vis hot spots |
| Expanding the footprint of Boeing in India |
| Decoding US presence at Aero India 2023 |
| Global Military Spending: Trends and Catalysts |
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India
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| Understanding Manipur Dynamics |
| Indian foreign policy and defence diplomacy |
| Meghalaya Dynamics |
| Transparency, Accountability and Threats to Independent Institutions of Democracy |
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Book Reviews and Endorsements
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| 1946: Last War of Independence: Royal Indian Navy Mutiny by Pramod Kapur |
| 1962 Border War: Territorial Dispute and Beyond by Ismail Vergasseri |
| The Politics of South China Sea Disputes By Nehginpao Kipgen |
| 1965 A Western Sunrise: India’s War With Pakistan By Shiv Kunal Verma |
| The Game Behind Saffron Terror by Kanwar Khatana |
| Peer Review – “China-The Rising Aerospace Power: Implications for India” |
| Peer Review – “MRO as a strategic asset” |
| Book Endorsement – “Greatest Air Aces of All Time” by Air Marshal Anil Chopra |
| Book Endorsement – The 1971 Indo-Pak Air War: Reflections and Projections |
| Peer review of a paper on Global challenges of soft power. |
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Stories
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| My tryst with HT-2 aircraft: The day god flew with me |
| The day I flew my dad’s car. |
| Malse Lake: Tale of two-course mates |
| Flying Tales |
| Tribute to Air Mshl PK Dey “Remembering Dadu: Self-Made Legend |
| SHIQURDU: 50 + posts of simplified Deep-meaning thoughts in Hurdu (a mix of Hindi and Urdu) |
| Remembering Dadu: Self Made Legend |