Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) Col. Ghosh is an ex-NDA, Infantry veteran & ex-NSG presently working in the field of aviation emergency response in India & the Middle East as Associate Director, IndiGo Airlines 9 posts
The Reality Of Modern Battlefield With the Chinese Army, the recent clashes have been more primitive than ever. Clubs and Sticks are a far cry from Satellite Guided Weaponry Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 28 Dec 2022 Read more
The CDS: The Man Of The Moment The larger-than-life image of the first CDS, created mainly by media houses with little knowledge of military affairs, has created a precedent that would leave the subsequent incumbents at a major disadvantage. Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 8 Oct 2022 Read more
Indo-China Conflict: The Reality Lies Somewhere In-Between If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 24 Jul 2022 Read more
Agnipath - Playing With Fire This scheme will make the Armed Forces the largest “unemployment generator” in the country. Each year, from 2026 onwards, we will release anything between 35,000 to maybe 60-75,000 young men and women, who had been earning a decent salary, into a world of uncertainty. Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 21 Jun 2022 Read more
Agnipath- The Ayes Have It The Armed Forces must be prepared for a spate of legal cases in the times to come, especially as the organization has provided absolutely no clarity regarding the methodology to be adopted for deciding who will be the lucky 25% who will get absorbed in the regular cadre. Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 15 Jun 2022 Read more
Why Are The Armed Forces Losing Their Sheen? "Why is the one organization that India can be truly proud of, being demonized, demoralized and degraded? Why have the pitiably few perks of the Armed Forces suddenly become a thorn in the side for the general public?" Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 14 Oct 2021 Read more
End Of The Road For NDA? "Whatever the crusaders for social justice and equality may say, the one undeniable fact is that the basic ethos of the NDA is under assault. Would that be a good thing or bad? Only time will tell." Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 15 Sep 2021 Read more
Who Will Win if the Military Loses? "The Indian Armed Forces are at a crossroad. Taking the wrong turn simply because the road looks smoother may have disastrous consequences. The harder, but more appropriate one would come at a cost, probably a personal one for the decision makers. Can they, do it?" Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 9 Sep 2021 Read more
There Are No Gender-Neutral Battlefields "The battlefield does not have such niceties. There are no referees nor any appeals. Might is right, and the means don’t matter." Colonel Shivaji Ranjan Ghosh (Retd) 20 Aug 2021 Read more