Bharat Rakshak

Kaushal:

is it a matter of being ready? Perhaps the answer will be obvious if we evaluate the contrary opinion - i.e., disadvantages of a FU posture.

Sainis: In addition to the comment about Chinese NFU; the Chinese NFU does not apply on what the chinese consider to be chinese territory. IOW, NFU is not operational in Aksai Chin, Arunachal and Taiwan (among others). This implies that there is no Chinese NFU towards India.

There are probably many here that are involved in marketing to the industrial sector. Merely showing up at Trade Shows is not even half the story. In fact, many upstarts prefer to fly under the radar until they are big enough for the competition to take note. To this extent, the cost of participatin...

The thought about Ghandi is now a moot one. Wondered if Nehru felt that he didn't have a powerbase to revive the independence movement if the British staged a putsch.<P>If there was no fear of a British Takeover, why didn't Nehru call their bluff and courtmartial them? In the end, didn't the buck st...

Kaushal: The last question you raise is quite interesting. What was the officer corp like, right after independence? <P>Was Nehru fearful of a coup d'etat wherein the British Governor General with Mountbatten could take over the nation? Was this a realistic threat so soon after independence?<P>Do yo...