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open.substack.com/pub/pavithranr…? Every state that has ever been born was a story before it was a country. The question is never whether the narrative exists. The question is whether it is powerful enough to make the world rearrange itself around it. Pavithran Rajan #NarrativeStrategy
open.substack.com/pub/pavithranr…? Every state that has ever been born was a story before it was a country. The question is never whether the narrative exists. The question is whether it is powerful enough to make the world rearrange itself around it. Pavithran Rajan #NarrativeStrategy
open.substack.com/pub/pavithranr…? Every state that has ever been born was a story before it was a country. The question is never whether the narrative exists. The question is whether it is powerful enough to make the world rearrange itself around it. Pavithran Rajan #NarrativeStrategy
1. “India asked China for emergency urea” BASELESS (MEA + PIB Fact Check) 62 LMT stock; +10 LMT YoY surplus Maintenance preponed, not shortage 2. “Plants at 60% = crisis” Misleading 70% gas assured Output lower (17 vs 25 LMT) due to planned maintenance in lean month 3. “NFL plants halted” Context twisted Temporary gas constraints => maintenance shifted ahead Strategy: produce more during peak demand (May onwards) 4. “Stock is just a buffer” Alarmist framing 163 LMT total stock (+26.8% YoY) DAP doubled, NPK ATH April = low demand phase 5. “No alternative supply routes” False Russia + Morocco via cape unaffected 13.5 LMT imports; ~90% arriving by March end 6. “Planting deadline crisis” Wrong timeline Kharif starts June–July, prep in May 2+ months buffer (not US corn cycle)
Shri Pavithran Rajan, Military Veteran, Co-Founder & Advisor Centre for National Security Studies, delivered an insightful talk on the topic ‘Economic Warfare: Cyber Enablement & Digital Coercion’ at NDC today. He highlighted cyber ops as an instrument of influence & power.
Shri Pavithran Rajan, Military Veteran, Co-Founder & Advisor Centre for National Security Studies, delivered an insightful talk on the topic ‘Economic Warfare: Cyber Enablement & Digital Coercion’ at NDC today. He highlighted cyber ops as an instrument of influence & power.
The warfare methodology and use if technologyhace been changing for quite some time. There is a dire need to introspect and understand the all the dimensions if we have to succeed . It also implies comprehension ofthe digital domain.We also must recognise the vital need for sovereign control over our Data. Two groundbreaking papers by distinguished Indian veterans — former Northern Army Commander Lt Gen DS Hooda (Retd) & Lt Col Pavithran Rajan (Retd) — deserve recognition and engagement. They jointly attempt India’s first modern-era theoretical framework on Warfare & Statecraft in the digital age: 1. Beyond the Kinetic: Deconstructing Warfare in the Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace (CSDR) 2. Rethinking Power in the Digital Age – The Sovereign Substrate (DPG Policy Brief, Oct 2025) Pioneering Indian strategic thought on hybrid, cognitive & technological domains of power. Links: csdronline.com/beyond-the-kin… delhipolicygroup.org/storage/upload… @MinofDefIndia @MEAIndia @GoI_MeitY @adgpi @HQ_IDS_India #IndianDefence #StrategicAutonomy #FutureWarfare
