The Pahalgam Response: Not a Ceasefire, Only a Tactical Pause
As the Modi government went into an emergency huddle to discuss how India should respond to the Pahalgam terror attack, two things became obvious very soon. One, that this was a Lashkar-e-Taiba attack; of the five or six terrorists who carried out the attack in Pahalgam, several had crossed over from Pakistan. And two, that the attack seemed to have the fingerprints of General Asim Munir, the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan.
Are We Staring at a Fifth India-Pakistan War?
Since the April 22nd attack on Hindu tourists in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), by Islamist terrorists linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba, the prospect of a fifth war between India and Pakistan has increasingly become real. India is convinced that this abominable and provocative attack was planned and sanctioned by the Pakistani Army and its covert agency the Directorate of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Indeed, a few days before the attack, General Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), in a speech before an audience of mostly overseas Pakistanis, gave vent to his deep hatred for Hindus and India.
Announcing “Dharma Democracy” by ICR Executive Director Salvatore Babones
Dharma Democracy: How India Built the Third World’s First Democracy by Indian Century Roundtable executive director Salvatore Babones will be published in May by Connor Court books.
Vikram K. Malkani has joined the Indian Century Roundtable as Associate Director
This week Vikram K. Malkani joined the Indian Century Roundtable as Associate Director. Vikram is a technology professional with over three decades of experience across a variety of roles in India’s information technology industry, with nearly two decades spent working for one of Australia’s largest banks. Vikram will be taking charge of our newest website feature, “Indian Profiles”.
The Weaponization of Caste Comes to Australia
In late 2023 the Indian Century Roundtable published a report on “The Weaponization of Caste in America that explained how a coalition of Muslim, Sikh, and Dalit civil society organizations was campaigning for laws to explicitly ban caste-based discrimination in the United States. Now that campaign has come to Australia.