2024-04-21 16:20
After 6 months of the ground war, I want to
look at how Israel fared so far.
Israel had the following objectives:
Operational:
1. Destroy Hamas’s capacity to be threat.
2. Ge… Read More
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2024-03-23 11:40
In part 6 of this series, I had made 2 major sets of assumptions:https://rpdeans.blogspot.com/2023/10/ukraine-war-6-logistics-politics-and.htmlManpower: Ukraine had deployed all its trained… Read More
2024-03-09 13:20
There are as many recent articles on the fall of Byju’s –
the world’s most valued ed tech startup, as they were on the rise of Byju
earlier. I have commented on the deluded… Read More
2024-02-08 05:57
100 days into the ground war (excluding the
ceasefire after a month of fighting) is a good time to review the assumptions
made in the first 2 parts of this series and provide and update on t… Read More
2023-12-23 12:55
My earlier post was published a week before
the Israeli ground invasion of Gaza started. I had estimated then, that it
would take 2 months for the IDF to eliminate Hamas as a significa… Read More
2023-11-14 13:29
I decided to write this after an
unprecedented number of people – all senior figures in Anti India terrorist
groups, were killed by `unknown gunmen’ in Pakistan. There is s… Read More
2023-11-04 04:28
My career saw me moving from a MNC to an owner managed company, to a couple of startups, before heading a startup and currently advising startups. Having spent some time in the startup ecosy… Read More
2023-10-20 06:49
I will write about the military aspects of
the Gaza conflict rather than analyse who is right – there are already
innumerable articles on the political aspect of this conflict by peopl… Read More
2023-10-05 16:34
So far in this series I have analyzed, with the help of
data, what has happened in the war, to try and understand what happened and
why, by discussing the strategic and operational issues th… Read More
2023-09-19 08:02
In part 1 of my Ukraine series, I had provided my estimate
of casualties on both sides. I had updated by estimates of July, to include an
analysis by Mediazona (with the BBC) on Russian casu… Read More
2023-09-07 09:39
Guest post by Ms. Neha Kesarwani. Neha was co-founder of Vertoe, a startup in the US and has worked in startups in India and the US. … Read More
2023-08-29 16:10
Understanding
Ukraine’s counteroffensive
As I am not a military man, I would hesitate to comment on
an actual battle, not just due to lack of subject matter expertise, but because
th… Read More
2023-08-18 10:13
In the summer of 2020, India faced the
biggest threat to its national security in decades, though that’s little known,
let alone understood. The background to this goes back to A… Read More
2023-08-15 02:32
This is a piece I wanted to write 2 years ago, when startup
funding in India was at its peak and was to reflect my contrary views when
talking to people in the startup ecosystem. The c… Read More
2023-08-14 04:10
Part 1 – Manpower & casualties
My interest in the Ukraine war arises from an academic
interest in Military history and Geopolitics and
the fact that I lived in Russia and have lo… Read More
2023-08-13 06:02
The problem with
delivery apps in India
When first studying economics and later business, I learnt
that building a profitable business depends on: Supply and demand (if demand
goes up relat… Read More
2023-08-11 14:27
Part 2 – Artillery
Artillery, the God of war has accounted for more than half of all battle
deaths since the beginning of the 20th century. In the Ukraine war, the proport… Read More
2023-08-03 13:54
5 years ago, I had completed by book `2022. India’s two
front war'. https://www.amazon.in/2022-Indias-two-front-war-ebook/dp/B07Q29P3M1/ref=sr_1_1?crid=ZV4GF4U6FTTC&keywords=2022+i… Read More
2023-07-26 12:29
When studying past wars, with the benefit of hindsight,
there are often single political decisions that have influenced the course of
the war, more than any battlefield decision. Decisions t… Read More
2023-07-23 12:54
In Oct 2015, before the Coffee Day IPO, I wrote a piece in LinkedIn
on why I did not think CCD was a good investment or even profitable, due to
fundamental problems the industry faces in Ind… Read More
2023-07-17 07:53
This first appeared as part of my paper on Pakistan, summary in Swarajya in 2016Pakistan will soon be one of the most water
stressed nations in the world - due to high population growt… Read More
2023-07-17 05:50
China’s goal is to be the world’s
pre-eminent power, replacing the US. To that end China’s GDP – in purchasing
power parity terms, is set to overtake the US in 2021… Read More
2023-07-17 05:14
First published for the Indian military review, before the Doklam & Galwan crisis, it has become more relevant with the current standoff in Ladakh. Memories of 1962 still affect the… Read More
2023-07-16 09:29
This article, part of a series with Kriti Upadhyaya, first appeared in Swarajya, after article 370 was abolished. Post covid, I see a sense of urgency in implementing some o… Read More
2023-07-16 08:40
This article was first published in the Indian Military review in 2017. I believe I was the first analyst to question the benefits of the CPEC. I think it was prescient, given Pakistan's eco… Read More
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