Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (Retd)

All stories by Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (Retd)

Modi's Risky Gamble With The Taliban
Rediff.com21 Oct 2025

Developing relations with the Taliban is needed, but plunging headlong into Afghanistan...

Nepal Crisis: A Wake-Up Call For India
Rediff.com15 Sep 2025

Having control over both digital media and NGOs, it was easy for the US to topple the...

Operation Sindoor: Why Was ISI HQ Not Targeted?
Rediff.com5 Aug 2025

What was the aim of Operation Sindoor? Why was the operation halted so soon? asks...

Liberation of Balochistan and Sindh must top the agenda
Rediff.com25 Apr 2025

Terrorism and insurgency in J&K had subsided when India demolished East Pakistan -- for...

Arming Armed Forces: India's Choice Not Trump's
Rediff.com17 Mar 2025

We need to equip the Indian Armed Forces, not 'commercial' as Trump wants, but...

What Modi Can Learn From Trump's DOGE
Rediff.com28 Nov 2024

'Our politicians solely depend on bureaucrats who are unaccountable and follow their...

Modi-Xi 'Agreement': The Nation Needs To Know!
Rediff.com28 Oct 2024

China does not have to give up what it took in 2020, it will never give up its claim to...

India Should Be Battle Ready With China
Rediff.com14 Aug 2024

'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the...

Is Kargil 2.0 In the Offing?
Rediff.com5 Aug 2024

Pakistan may want to undertake a 'false flag' operation in J&K to divert attention from...

Why Nagaland Is Baying For Army's Blood
Rediff.com25 Jul 2024

'It is in the interest of China and Pakistan to give a bad name to the Indian Army and...

The Illusion Of LAC Disengagement
Rediff.com9 Jul 2024

Disengagement from the LAC will remain a chimera because China has given enough...

DRDO Biggest Hindrance To Atmanirbharta In Defence
Rediff.com26 Mar 2024

DRDO's failures over the decades have contributed significantly to India becoming the...

Time To Establish Diplomatic Relations With Taliban
Rediff.com25 Jan 2024

The Taliban government in Afghanistan is not going anywhere. That being the case, why...

BBC, Modi And The Sunak Factor
Rediff.com27 Jan 2023

Keeping the contents of the BBC documentary aside, Rishi Sunak's response needs to be...

Imran Khan's Naya Pakistan is KAPUT
Rediff.com21 Feb 2022

The Pakistani military may shortly give Imran Khan the boot, substituting him with...

Our inward looking policy has cost us dearly
Rediff.com4 Jan 2016

What India has failed to acknowledge is that sub-conventional war is the name of the...

How India can fight cyber terror
Rediff.com24 Apr 2015

Like China, India needs to encourage 'hacker clubs' in view of the challenges of...