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Commanded Into Crisis: Systematic wrecking of CAPFs’ moral fabric
Rattan Chand Sharma, Commandant (Retd) BSF
In this op-ed, RC Sharma, former BSF commandant, writes that the CAPF Bill introduced in Parliament isn’t merely an assault on the career rights of cadre officers but a calculated dismantling of the moral fabric that holds India’s paramilitary forces together.
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When Leadership Lacks Grounding: The real risk in the CAPF-IPS debate
Sanjiv Krishan Sood
In this op-ed, former ADG BSF SK Sood writes that six years after he first flagged the IPS lobby’s stranglehold on CAPF leadership, the structural fault line he warned about has only deepened – and the proposed CAPF Bill, risks cementing in law the very inequity the Supreme Court sought to correct.
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Petrodollar’s last rites, yuan’s quiet rise, and India’s self-inflicted wounds
Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee, VSM (R)
In this op-ed, Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee (R) writes about the slow death of the petrodollar, the yuan’s quiet rise, and India’s self-inflicted geopolitical wounds from siding with Washington and Tel Aviv at the cost of a strategically vital relationship with Tehran.
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Stagnant Ranks, Broken Morale: The cost of CAPF’s skewed HR policies
Rattan Chand Sharma, Commandant (Retd) BSF
In this op-ed, RC Sharma, veteran BSF commandant, writes how decades of IPS-dominated mismanagement have choked promotions, broken morale, and quietly hollowed out the combat effectiveness of the CAPFs.
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Chanakya’s Warning and India’s Shame: How the state fails its CAPFs
Rattan Chand Sharma, Commandant (Retd) BSF
In this op-ed, former BSF Commandant RC Sharma writes that the government’s chronic neglect of the CAPFs’ rightful entitlements and court-ordered dues is corroding their morale and combat readiness.
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Iran is winning the war – and Washington knows it
Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee, VSM (R)
In this op-ed, Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee (R) writes that the Iran-US & Israel war is following Tehran’s script, not Trump’s. The evidence is now undeniable.
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A War of Choice: Where India stands – and its multilayered implications
Rattan Chand Sharma, Commandant (Retd) BSF
In this op-ed, veteran BSF Commandant RC Sharma argues that the Israel-US war on Iran is a war of choice – and that India is somehow paying a price now that it had never historically bargained for.
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Netanyahu’s War, America’s Blood: The trap being set in the Persian Gulf
Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee, VSM (R)
In this op-ed, Maj Gen Sudhakar Jee (R) writes that while the United States may open the war with devastating strikes, Iran will survive – and America will emerge from the Persian Gulf bloodied, strategically diminished, and trapped in a quagmire of Netanyahu’s making.
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Give CAPF officers what Supreme Court ordered – and what they earned
Rattan Chand Sharma, Commandant (Retd) BSF
In this op-ed, former BSF Commandant RC Sharma writes that the government must implement the Supreme Court’s OGAS judgment for CAPF officers – not legislate it away to preserve a broken system of IPS deputation.
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Unfenced Borders: Why prioritize jurisdiction over infrastructure?
Rattan Chand Sharma, Commandant (Retd) BSF
In this op-ed, former BSF Commandant RC Sharma contends that expanding BSF jurisdiction to 50km without completing border fencing is security theatre that damages federal relations while leaving India's borders vulnerable.
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