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. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Security
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Collective Security |
National Security / Military Strategy |
Urgent need for National Security Policy |
Collective dealing with non-traditional challenges |
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) |
Nuclear
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Nuclear trends, threats and challenges 27 Jun 24 |
Nuclear aspects revisited |
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) |
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. |
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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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. |
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 |