Migration, skewed sex ratios and environmental degradation have added to women's vulnerabilities

Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Holistic measures needed to improve women's status

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We have witnessed the ease with which regional and sub-national conflicts have spiralled into broader conflict and become a global security challenge

A peaceful periphery is critical to India's success

I am happy to be here today to inaugurate the Tri-Services Seminar to commemorate the golden jubilee of the India-Pakistan War of 1965.The chronology of the conflict is relevant. Pakistan set in motion its stratagem on August 5, 1965 under the name, Operation Gibraltar. It involved infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir by trained 'irregulars' assisted and guided by its armed forces. Its mission was to carry out wide spread acts of sabotage and arson and garner local support leading to the proclamation of a war of liberation and a 'Revolutionary Council'. Its objective, according to a credible Pakistani account, was to "de-freeze the Kashmir problem, weaken Indian resolve, and bring her to the conference table without provoking a general war". The effort failed because the people of Kashmir chose to resist it; instead, they informed the local police and our security forces about their location, movement and intentions.The failure of Operation Gibraltar forced the enemy to activate the sec

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Holistic measures needed to improve women's status

A peaceful periphery is critical to India's success

'Pak camouflaged its 1965 war failure'