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OPINION | Gap in Civil-military Relations Will Only Grow With Creation of Defence Planning Committee, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

The existing weakness in civil-military relations in India will be further exacerbated with the new security structure, and this will have an adverse impact on strategic planning, writes Lt Gen DS Hooda. ...
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-November 13, 2018,12:56 pm IST Opinion
Need to Review Civil-military Relations, Writes Lt Gen Hooda After Row Over Defence Spokesperson's Tweet

Civil-military relations are not only about control and influence over the military but also about how a soldier is viewed and respected by the government he serves....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-October 30, 2018,10:36 am IST Opinion
It is Time to Replace AFSPA With a Better Law, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

The Act has been described as an abomination—a draconian law that encourages the Army to carry out human rights violations with impunity....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-October 16, 2018,5:09 pm IST Opinion
Army Must Ensure Swift Justice in Human Rights Cases to Send Right Signal, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

There is a lot of debate about the Army’s human rights record. Some of the criticism is due to misconceptions about the military justice system....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-September 18, 2018,4:06 pm IST Opinion
Lt Gen DS Hooda | Last Thing a Soldier Needs is CBI Sword Hanging Over His Head, Let Army Do Its Job

It is extremely unfortunate to see that Army men are going to the courts to fight cases that have an institutional significance. The government should pursue the AFSPA case in the Supreme Court, not individual soldiers....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-August 15, 2018,10:53 am IST Opinion
Fake News a Potent Threat, But We Have No Strategy to Deal With it, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

There is very little discussion on the strategic dimension of the problem and the manner in which it is to be countered. The government’s first reaction is to pull up the social media service providers to ensure that their platforms are not being misused....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-August 6, 2018,11:34 am IST Opinion
Navy, Air Force Are Key But Land Power Will Decide Victory in Future Wars, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

It is true that the Army cannot win this war on its own. Air and naval power will play a hugely significant role and jointness in operations must be encouraged. Equally true is the fact that strengthening of the Army cannot come at the cost of the other two services....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-July 25, 2018,10:23 am IST Opinion
War on Terror Pit Islam Against Rest of the World. It’s Time to Battle This Narrative, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

The battle of the narratives is a key tool in fighting terrorism. However, a global narrative can be too simplistic and even misleading. Today, an impression has been created that there is a contest between Islam and the rest of the world. ...
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-July 17, 2018,8:33 pm IST Opinion
India Carried Out Surgical Strikes for Vindication Not Vendetta, Writes Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda

Bringing military into the political discourse has the danger of completely vitiating any sensible debate....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-July 1, 2018,10:48 am IST Opinion
What Shujaat Bukhari and Aurangzeb's Sacrifice Tells Us, Writes Officer Who Led Surgical Strike

Shujaat Bukhari and Aurangzeb employed different types of weapons in their professions, one wielded a pen while the other a gun. However, their vision and purpose were similar – to bring peace to their home....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-June 15, 2018,5:06 pm IST Opinion
Opinion by Lt Gen DS Hooda | Let's Build on the Ceasefire, Regain Political Space in J&K

For too long, success in Jammu and Kashmir has been held hostage primarily to security parameters — violent incidents, terrorists killed etc. Now is the time to strengthen civil society, regain political space and break the recruitment cycle of local youth. ...
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-June 7, 2018,2:21 pm IST India
As Stones Draw Blood, It's Time For Kashmir’s Civil Society to Realise Army is Not the Villain

The security forces do not go around seeking an excuse to attack civilians. It is just the other way around with stone pelters looking for opportunities to create mayhem and chaos, writes Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-May 10, 2018,6:03 pm IST Opinion
Opinion by Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda | How Bakarwals Helped Indian Army in Operation Sarp Vinash

In the initial euphoria for ‘Azadi’, the Gujjars and Bakarwals provided recruits and guides to terrorists infiltrating from Pakistan. But when the militants’ extreme ideology did not resonate with the local culture, they entered the fight against terrorists....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-April 21, 2018,3:28 pm IST India
If Facebook Can Use Our Data, So Can Enemy States, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

There should have been no reason for us to be shocked by what Cambridge Analytica has done as its website openly boasts of having “played a pivotal role in winning presidential races” and claims to have “up to 5,000 data points on over 230 million American voters”. Nobody has questioned as to how this data was obtained....
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-April 4, 2018,10:34 am IST Opinion
With Options Thinning, Retribution at LoC is the Only Choice, Writes Lt Gen DS Hooda

I know that at the end of this piece many will say that I am endorsing an approach which leads to greater violence, and reliance only on the use of force, which is a poor option. However, not using force in the false hope of peace also comes with a cost. ...
Lt Gen (Retd) DS Hooda-February 8, 2018,11:41 am IST India

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