Prabhu Chawla

6 days ago | newindianexpress.com | Prabhu Chawla

The emotional weight is unbearable. Families have been shattered and their futures stolen, all because of systemic failure. India's race for 'progress'-new airports, highways, smart cities-has devoured its natural defences. Delhi's Yamuna Expressway, cutting through floodplains, crippled the river's ability to absorb deluges. Bengaluru's Rs 27,000-crore Peripheral Ring Road consumed 1,100 acres of lakes and green cover.

1 week ago | newindianexpress.com | Prabhu Chawla

The emotional weight is unbearable. Families have been shattered and their futures stolen, all because of systemic failure. India's race for 'progress'-new airports, highways, smart cities-has devoured its natural defences. Delhi's Yamuna Expressway, cutting through floodplains, crippled the river's ability to absorb deluges. Bengaluru's Rs 27,000-crore Peripheral Ring Road consumed 1,100 acres of lakes and green cover.

2 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Prabhu Chawla

Success has many fathers. Failure, we are told, is an orphan. But in Pakistan, failure is pampered like a princeling. In this fractured federation of follies, where generals govern and civilians cower, General Syed Asim Munir's elevation to field marshal is less a medal of merit and more a coronation of chaos. It marks not just the military's muscle-flexing, but its full-fledged monopoly over Pakistan's political, spiritual and strategic soul.

2 weeks ago | punjabkesari.com | Prabhu Chawla

सदियों से प्राचीन साम्राज्य युद्ध में जीत का औचित्य ठहराते आये थे लेकिन बीसवीं सदी में युद्ध व्यापार बन गये। औद्योगिक संभ्रांत इसे युद्धभूमि से हटाकर बोर्ड रूम तक ले आये। आधुनिक डीप स्टेट दरअसल युद्ध करने वाले प्राचीन साम्राज्यों के ही उत्तराधिकारी हैं। इनके युद्ध क्षेत्र ही इनकी अर्थव्यवस्था हैं। शीतयुद्ध में जन्मा और आतंक के खिलाफ जंग में परिपक्व हुआ युद्ध अब डिजिटल दौर में फलफूल रहा है। ड्रोन के जवाब में ड्रोन और मिसाइल के जवाब में मिसाइल के जरिये यह युद्ध शांति की उम्मीद में नहीं, अगले...

3 weeks ago | newindianexpress.com | Prabhu Chawla

It's certain some of them were involved in the West Asian deals. Saudi Arabia's $142-billion arms deal with the US during President Donald trump's visit is part of a wider $600-billion push that keeps defence stocks soaring even as West Asia burns. And now, India is being coaxed to join this cycle more deeply-pushed to purchase the US THAAD missile defence system, expand drone arsenals, and further militarise its border regions.