Manoj Ambat's Blog dealing with Defence, Foreign Affairs, Strategic Affairs and Politics

India is now going through a very bad patch with ever increasing attacks against women and children. The same ever increased over the last year. From the infamous Sowmya murder case to the Delhi gang rape case to the present case of a little 5 year old being gang raped, there is ever increasing reports of women and children being subjected to harassment. Now it is absolute certainty that perpetrators of such heinous crimes need to be punished with such severity that will deter others from repeating such crime. Recently our parliament has passed stringent laws to make such acts punishable with even death in certain crimes. But there are certain grey areas in such laws that need to be corrected. As a legal professional, I am apprehensive about certain sections of these acts by which just the statement of the women is enough to convict the man involved. Such a notion can pave way for abuse as any women having some grudge against any man can file a false complaint and that man wil

As we enter the new decade, it is time to ask the eternal; question, "are we alone in this world"? For me, my interest in aliens were kindled in the childhood. It began with a program by Dooradarshan called"UFO-The Extra Terrestrial" broadcast back in the mid 1980's. Largely based on the USAF investigation on the sighting's of UFO's under the project "Blue Book" , it records the sighting of UFO's  and records the experience of the onlookers. Then there was the X-Files in the late 1990's.  When we talk about aliens, the first picture that comes to our mind is the small humanoid form with big eyes. They are the most common of the aliens and are referred to as gray. They were also depicted in ET-The Extra Terrestrial movie and also in several episodes of The X-Files. The sightings of UFO's are quite rampant through out the world. The government dismisses them either as natural phenomena  or some times balloons  How ever

The Triangular deplomacy in high seas, an India-China-United States tango

http://www.idsa.in/idsacomments/ChinasDefenseWhitePaper2012_rgupta_220413

Just some more court jokes that I wanted to share:  IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN CALLED FOR JURY DUTY.....THEN YOU HAVE TO KNOW THIS IS  PRICELESS! Enjoy a good laugh! These are from a book called: "Disorder in the American Courts",  and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court  reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.  ______________________________ _____________  ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?  WITNESS: Yes.  ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?  WITNESS: I forget.  ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?  ______________________________ _____________  ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?  WITNESS: We both do.  ATTORNEY: Voodoo?  WITNESS: We do.  ATTORNEY: You do?  WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.  _______________________

Scrap Rafale, Viva Tejas! | The Asian Age

                                                    (Picture Courtesy-Dr T.M.Sarvothaman Nedungadi)      Vishu, the celebration of lights and celebration for the Keralites. It is the beginning of the Malayalam New Year. A time when the schools close for the long summer vacation after the end of an academic year. The children unshackled from the burden of education celebrate to their hearts fill. For me, Vishu has special place in my heart from my child hood. It was the time when after the annual exams and closing of the school, we used to travel to my father's native place at Trichur. There all my cousins would come for the vacation. There used to be my brother Anu ettan. with whom  I always had a special bond. We used to play many games including cricket. Then there was also the festivities in Trichur associated with Vishu, the cultural capital of Kerala. There used to visit  the Trichur Excibition at the Thekinkaddu Maidan. We along with our parents used to visit there. T

A deep analysis of Indian Navy expansion program (Courtesy Indrus.in), must read http://indrus.in/economics/2013/04/08/indian_aircraft_carrier_programme_the_makings_of_a_global_naval_pow_23649.html