While traditionalists might argue that India must remain prepared for another conventional war with an increasingly aggressive China or a Jihadi linked Pakistani army, but that cannot wish away the re
Maroof Raza

Maroof Raza
Maroof Raza is currently the Consulting Editor on Strategic Affairs with Times TV Network, and the anchor of a weekend show on ' THE DEFENDERS' on Sansad TV. And was until lately the anchor of 'Latitude' a weekend TV show on World Affairs. He had earlier also anchored and presented a 24-part series on the Indian armed forces, titled ‘Line of Duty’. An episode from this series, on the Siachen Glacier won an Award in the military documentary section at the Film Festival in Rome in 2005. This TV series has entered the “Limca Book of Records” as India’s first military reality show. His recent tv show on 'Tales of Valour' has won the EMBA media award for the 'Best in Depth- TV series in English' can still be seen on DISCOVERY PLUS Channel. Maroof has written editorials for all the leading English and some Hindi newspapers of India and has lectured extensively in India and abroad on India’s security concerns. He has also authored several articles, essays and books.
Battling insurgencies and terrorism requires a combination of traditional expertise and ultra-modern technology,
The recent announcement by the Ministry of Defence,
Despite many similarities between the IMA of yesterday and what it is today
The ‘drone’ is emerging a favourite weapon of the powerful western countries: giving them…
Although India is slated to spend about $40 billion annually on its defence forces and another $8 billion on its police
The Victoria Cross
Long before people identified themselves with a nation,
The image of our armed forces has taken a severe beating lately, and specifically in 2010, following the Adarsh Society scandal that has thrown up the names of a few ex Chiefs.
Apparently a National Defence University is soon to be set up near Gurgaon.
