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Canary Trap was launched by me as a personal blog in 2008. Since then it has evolved into a platform for exclusive, well-researched, and objective information relating to corruption, human rights, intelligence, terrorism, and politico-security matters.
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Was INSAT-4B victim of malicious malware Stuxnet?
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsStuxnet is capable of causing massive real-world damage and India will have to be very alert to prevent such attacks on its defense equipment and critical infrastructure. -
Indian built Zaranj-Delaram highway under Taliban control
Posted on March 26, 2011 | No CommentsIndia’s reluctance to commit troops on the ground to secure Indian development projects has led to the winding down of several projects. -
Bin Laden’s PR better than us: US officials
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 1 CommentUS officials were concerned about not doing enough to counter the popularity of Osama bin Laden. Below is a classified note prepared by Public Diplomacy Counselor Richard Hoagland which suggest a review of public diplomacy effort about Laden. -
Live Updates on Wikileaks’ latest disclosures
Posted on November 29, 2010 | 1 CommentBarak reinforced his message regarding Pakistan in both meetings. He described Pakistan as his "private nightmare," suggesting the world might wake up one morning "with everything changed" following a potential Islamic extremist takeover. -
China’s great game in Nepal
Posted on October 8, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe anti-India rhetoric of Maoists has increased in recent times and sources in the Indian Government attribute it to the rising Chinese influence in Nepal. In this context, Canary Trap has decided to reproduce here a letter written to the Ministry of External Affairs in 2009 on the issue of rising Chinese influence in Nepal. -
Vanishing Hindu, Sikh minorities in Pakistan
Posted on March 29, 2010 | No CommentsSurprisingly, the Indian Human Rights activists and secular protagonists, who labour beyond all conceivable elasticity of the Indian system, do not shed even crocodile’s tears for the Hindu-Sikh-Christian minorities in Pakistan. These matters are not even taken up either in first track or second track diplomatic talks with Pakistan. Systematic destruction of Hindu temples and desecration of Sikh temples do not attract attention of the Indian political leaders and so-called secularist compradors. -
Can India become a superpower?
Posted on January 24, 2010 | 2 CommentsAmong the numerous viewpoints regarding India’s potential to make it to the big league, one of the most important opinions held by many analysts is that India has even failed to decisively counter the challenge of terrorism directed towards it from its neighbour, which is one-eighth its size. Experts opine that the defeat and humiliation at the hands of the Chinese in 1962 has been largely overlooked in the planning of future strategies. According to them, there is a lot of hype about India’s emergence as a great power. But as we take credit for limited successes against a small adversary, there is little or no public knowledge of a well laid out doctrine regarding future engagement with a superior power like China.
