I am Colonel Alok Asthana — a soldier by training, a writer by instinct, and a reformer by conviction. After over three decades in uniform, I realized that courage on the battlefield must be matched by courage in thought. That realization has shaped my mission ever since. I write — and speak — about the unseen structures that define leadership, accountability, and decision-making in the Indian military. My books are on my book site (https://alok-books.lovable.app) and my writings on Substack…
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Everyone in India is demanding that the education minister resign after such a massive failure in India to hold fair eligibility exams for the medical seats. The reasons why the demand is made are not understood correctly; hence, it becomes possible for the government to fight it.
मुबारक हो। फंस गए आप Scam-master हंस रहा है
Watched the movie Sutlej (Punjab 95). Revived some memories of the time I served in that area at that time. Movie tells me nothing new. But maybe my recall does something to your understanding. My eternal Hope- एक दिन हमारे लोग भी जागेंगे
चाहे जो भी हो जाए, आज मैं मोदी जी के समर्थकों से वाह -वाह लेकर ही रहूँगा
Despite such third-rate mobster behaviour by the US and Israel in a completely defiant manner, my listeners and readers are not speaking up. Why?
All PMs get trolled. But the type of trolling one is seeing of the Indian PM troubles me. More so, because the ideal he and his party espouse is one of Lord Ram - who took the extreme step to counter just one man's allegation on not even him, but his wife. Followers of the Lord should not - must not - take the line --- 'prove it in a court, or who cares.'
जन्नत , स्वर्ग, का तसव्वुर क्या है ? वो जगह जहाँ सबको पूरी शांति है , कोई तमन्ना नहीं । और साथ में बैठेंगे कौन ? पंडित जी । अरे ये भी कोई ज़िंदगी है ?
In several cases, one finds that the author says one thing, while others, interpreters and gurus, want you to believe something else. The argument is that we don't know what the author meant. That's always done to shield something shady.
In displaying helplessness in ops due to ROE passed down by the MoD, but question it in his memoirs, Gen Naravane acted as a Staff Officer, not a Commander of Indian Army. The difference between these two appointments is what I speak about here,
A lot of events show that the Indian army has suffered a big blow due to politicization. We must say that brutally, not by wanting to soften the blow.
