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S K Sinha is a retired lieutenant-general. He was Vice-Chief of Army Staff and has served as Governor of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir.
    Border defence and border policing are important aspects of national security.Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: Forces are top-heavy, cut the flab

    All institutions of governance in India civil, military and paramilitary have become very top-heavy.

    3 Aug 2016 1:54 AM IST

    Sarbananda Sonowal (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: How to tackle Assam illegal immigrants

    The illegal migrant problem is a national, and not communal, issue.

    31 May 2016 12:13 AM IST

    Donald Trump (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: US has no right to lecture India

    The US advice to India to be tolerant is uncalled for.

    18 May 2016 1:03 AM IST

    Representational Image. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: Let's revive Kashmiriyat

    Neither India nor Pakistan can alter the border in Jammu and Kashmir.

    4 May 2016 1:03 AM IST

    Picture for representational purpose (Photo: AP/File)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: Kashmir is not Balochistan

    Pakistan has been using force to crush insurgency in Balochistan.

    26 April 2016 1:01 AM IST

    JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: Azadi in modern Indian history

    Intellectuals are splitting hair between rajdrohi and deshdrohi.

    6 April 2016 1:34 AM IST

    A total of 713 FIRs have been registered and 133 people arrested durinf the Jat stir. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: Politics and men in uniform

    The paramilitary units on the border are required for border policing and not border defence.

    18 March 2016 12:54 AM IST

    Students affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) protest outside the office of the vice chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University. (Photo: PTI)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: A crying shame

    Maqbool Bhat, Yakub Memon, Afzal Guru and Ajmal Kasab have been hailed as heroes in JNU.

    26 Feb 2016 1:44 AM IST

    The INA had managed to do well and it was a proud moment for them when it planted the tricolour on Indian soil. (Representational Image)Opinion
    The INA and Independence

    The INA was a more potent force in defeat than during the war.

    11 Feb 2016 1:14 AM IST

    Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (Photo: niticentral.com)Opinion
    The Governor General's Files: History in a few sq. miles

    We have memorials for the Mahatma, Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira and Rajiv Gandhi, but not for the Sardar.

    27 Jan 2016 1:20 AM IST

    If Patel had been PM...Opinion
    If Patel had been PM...

    As PM, Patel would have established secularism based on justice for all

    25 March 2015 4:41 PM IST

    The Governor General’s Files: A secure agendaOpinion
    The Governor General’s Files: A secure agenda

    India needs to be at peace with its neighbours, particularly Pakistan

    7 May 2014 12:12 PM IST

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