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	Colonel (retd) Dr Anil Athale is a Chhatrapati Shivaji Chair Fellow of the United Services Institute. A former Joint Director (History Division) and infantryman, he has been running an NGO, Peace and Disarmament, based in Pune for the past 10 years. As a military historian he specialises in insurgency and peace process. Colonel (Dr.) Anil Athale is the author of ‘Nuclear Menace: the Sataygraha Approach’, published May 1997.

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The Lanka war is far from over

Colonel (Dr) Anil AthaleWith the death of Prabhakaran and the decimation of most of the LTTE leadership, the Sri Lankan government has claimed victory in Jaffna. But while the existence of LTTE as an More

The No-First-Use Nonsense

Col. (Dr.) Anil Athale is a Chattrapati Shivaji Fellow of the United Services Institute, Co-ordinator of More

The perils of Gandhigiri

Gandhigiri brings archrivals to the talking tableThere is no doubt about Gandhi`s contribution in making More

How to keep IPL in India

Colonel Anil Athale, a Chhatrapati Shivaji Fellow of the United Services Institute, is working on a project on internal security. He is also the coordinator of Pune-based think More

And the Oscar goes to …………

…Amir Ajmal Qasab. Yes, without the horrible terrorist attack on Mumbai in November 2008, it is unlikely that the movie Slumdog Millionaire (SM for short) could have won the kind of adulation More

Ajmal Kasab, MP?

As the winds of election swept the land of Bharat, also known as India and Hindustan, civil rights groups began a concerted campaign to free the innocent prisoner. More

Did a book predict Mumbai attack?

A few months ago, aware of my interest in the subject, our Europe-based son sent us a book on Jihad, which he described as a “wake-up call for all Indians.” More

Let’s use Cricket

Unless the Pakistan army changes its mindset, policies and strategies, peace in the subcontinent and survival of Pakistan will remain a question mark and a recurring nightmare. One way to ensure that More

How India can resolve the Sri Lankan crisis

India must use its clout to enforce peace in Sri Lanka, writes Colonel (retd) Dr Anil Athale. More

N-deal will boost self-reliance

The entry of India into a group of ‘recognised’ nuclear weapons armed countries is an event of historic significance, writes Colonel (retd) Dr Anil Athale. More

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