Leadership in Matters that matter

Alok Asthana
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I am Colonel Alok Asthana — a soldier by training, a writer by instinct, and a reformer by conviction. After over three decades in uniform, I realized that courage on the battlefield must be matched by courage in thought. That realization has shaped my mission ever since. I write — and speak — about the unseen structures that define leadership, accountability, and decision-making in the Indian military. My books are on my book site (https://alok-books.lovable.app) and my writings on Substack (indiansalute.substack.com)

  1. Mar 18

    Why are my listeners and readers silent?

    Despite such third-rate mobster behaviour by the US and Israel in a completely defiant manner, my listeners and readers are not speaking up. Why?

    4 min

  2. Feb 28

    Trolling of this level, of the PM, bothers me

    All PMs get trolled. But the type of trolling one is seeing of the Indian PM troubles me. More so, because the ideal he and his party espouse is one of Lord Ram - who took the extreme step to counter just one man's allegation on not even him, but his wife. Followers of the Lord should not - must not - take the line --- 'prove it in a court, or who cares.'

    10 min

  3. Feb 26

    यही जन्नत है तो इस जन्नत से दोजख क्या बुरा होगा

    जन्नत , स्वर्ग, का तसव्वुर क्या है ? वो जगह जहाँ सबको पूरी शांति है , कोई तमन्ना नहीं । और साथ में बैठेंगे कौन ? पंडित जी । अरे ये भी कोई ज़िंदगी है ?

    7 min

  4. Feb 17

    Who to believe? The author or the Interpreter?

    In several cases, one finds that the author says one thing, while others, interpreters and gurus, want you to believe something else. The argument is that we don't know what the author meant. That's always done to shield something shady.

    8 min

  5. Feb 7

    Gen Naravane acted as the Staff Officer of MoD, not a Commander

    In displaying helplessness in ops due to ROE passed down by the MoD, but question it in his memoirs, Gen Naravane acted as a Staff Officer, not a Commander of Indian Army. The difference between these two appointments is what I speak about here,

    5 min

  6. Jan 27

    If Veterans are merely 'Alarmed' at this decline in standards, they are themselves in decline

    A lot of events show that the Indian army has suffered a big blow due to politicization. We must say that brutally, not by wanting to soften the blow.

    4 min

  7. Jan 21

    We don't do it because we lack the capability. not the desire

    When Trump does so, he is pooh-poohed as evil. When we do something similar, as much as we are capable of, we are 'good, restrained people' ईशक के नाम पर करते सभी तो रस लीला हैं मैं करून तो साला , charachter ढीला है

    5 min

  8. Jan 11

    Religion is Good but 'Just Religion' is Not

    Today, every leader in India is talking only of religion - never of economics, employment, defence, education, industry. Where are we headed?

    5 min
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I am Colonel Alok Asthana — a soldier by training, a writer by instinct, and a reformer by conviction. After over three decades in uniform, I realized that courage on the battlefield must be matched by courage in thought. That realization has shaped my mission ever since. I write — and speak — about the unseen structures that define leadership, accountability, and decision-making in the Indian military. My books are on my book site (https://alok-books.lovable.app) and my writings on Substack (indiansalute.substack.com)

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