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The Cradle or the Crucible? Rethinking the National Defence Academy’s Leadership Legacy
Editor's Note: This timely and relevant piece has apparently captured the essence of several issues that have haunted NDA for past two decades. The author has identified several critical issues and suggested viable solutions . Since the NDA has recently been in the news this article would enable serving military fraternity dealing with NDA to resolve them and qualitatively improve the quality of our military leadership at take
Col Narinder Singh Dahiya (Retd)
Dec 28, 202512 min read


Doping Saga: A Story Without a Climax
Editor's Note This article titled ' Doping Saga - A story without a climax ' by Dr PSM Chandran is pertaining to a rather unfamiliar/ less read subject concerning the sports world of sportsmen, coaches , doctors ,sports sciences and sports medicine, etc. The same should interest readers connected with sports , especially those at national and international levels to whom this subject concerns. For unfamiliar readers this introductory knowledge about WADA as per Wi
Dr P S M Chandran
Dec 22, 20255 min read


UPHOLDING THE SECULAR IDEALS AND ETHOS OF THE INDIAN ARMY - A CASE STUDY
By Brig BL Poonia, VSM (Retd) Introduction Lt Samuel Kamalesan was dismissed from service on March 03, 2021 through an Administrative Action under Army Act 19 for being a misfit in the Indian Army, and unfit to command troops in war. Since this was the first case in the history, where an officer was dismissed for failing to uphold the secular ideals and ethos of the Indian Army, it generated different reactions from different quarters. Background of the Case The officer was c
Brig BL Poonia, VSM (Retd)
Dec 13, 20259 min read
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