Senior Fellow, IDSA, R. N. Das’s article on India-China 1962 war titled, ‘India and China, 50 years after: Lessons learnt from ’62 war’ was published in The Tribune on Oct 21, 2012.
The greatest lesson learnt from India’s 1962 war debacle is to get real with the Dragon. We can deal with China from a position of strength and not weakness or vulnerability. India needs to be militarily strong to safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity.