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Vappala Balachandran

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Gaza War & Uncertain Peace Prospects

yesterday 9

Greater Kashmir

Vappala Balachandran

How Mumbai police lost the plot on suburban rail blasts

The 7/11 attackers had carried bombs in backpacks, hid these in overhead racks near the exits, and had used devices to cause the explosions within 11...

23.07.2025 10

hindustantimes

Vappala Balachandran

Frederick Forsyth’s Jackal in Bombay: The saga of an ‘assassination plot’ against Indira Gandhi

13.06.2025 20

Indian Express

Vappala Balachandran

Frederick Forsyth’s Jackal in Bombay: The saga of an ‘assassination plot’ against Indira Gandhi

12.06.2025 8

Indian Express

Vappala Balachandran

How intelligence “gaps” occur

03.05.2025 30

Greater Kashmir

Vappala Balachandran

Tahawwur Rana’s extradition to India is crucial, primarily for the revelation of unknown facts

12.04.2025 10

Indian Express

Vappala Balachandran

Kennedy Assassination Files Are Nothing But an Embarrassment to the CIA

01.04.2025 10

The Wire

Vappala Balachandran

Four failures that led to the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai

Reflecting on the institutional mistakes made at the time and learning from them is the only way to strengthen the security architecture of today.

26.11.2024 5

Indian Express

Vappala Balachandran

Keki Daruwalla, the Sensitive Intelligence Officer Who Wrote Poetry

Keki Daruwalla was ill on July 9 when our Sahitya Akademi held an online event to honour him by arranging a discussion of its publication ‘A House...

27.09.2024 5

The Wire

Vappala Balachandran