All stories by Rahul Bedi
A general like none other: Krishnaswami Sundarji
Rediff.com7 Jun 2018He was the army commander who planned Operation Bluestar. As army chief he planned Operation Brasstacks which rattled the Pakistan army. General K Sundarji was brilliant, ambitious and controversial, remembers Rahul Bedi.
Committee wants MoD to look upon private industry as an ally
Rediff.com28 Jul 2015Stressing on the 'Make in India' initiative, a Ministry of Defence appointed committee has recommended enhanced private sector involvement by granting manufacturers tax and import concessions.
DRDO's new assault rifle will be a disaster for the army
Rediff.com18 Jul 2015The Indian Army rejected DRDO's INSAS assault rifle in 2010 due to its all-round inefficiency. Now the army is being forced to accept DRDO's Excalibur rifle, which is basically an ungraded variant of the INSAS, to make up for a severe shortage of small arms.
Modi@1: Is this what our armed forces were promised?
Rediff.com19 May 2015'The government has belied the hope that many harboured of change, efficiency and dismantling old practices as the defence ministry continues to pursue the same well trodden and wasteful path.'
The 'miscellaneous' blunder in India's Rafale deal
Rediff.com16 Sep 2014Rahul Bedi explains how 'miscellaneous' factors have posed a major hurdle in negotiating the Rafale deal.
Nothing positive comes from talks with Pakistan
Rediff.com20 Aug 2014The clichd path of conducting 'uninterrupted and uninterruptable' bilateral dialogue with Pakistan to improve ties remains unimplemented and un-implementable under prevailing circumstances that are unlikely to alter in the near future, says Rahul Bedi.
India and the single PM
Rediff.com17 May 2014Single political leaders, Narendra Modi boasted recently at an election rally, can end corruption. He claimed that only those free of filial ties could end decades of corrupt rule, says Rahul Bedi.