Can America Win Back India’s Trust? | Ravi Shankar | TFP #83

India is rising — but what does that mean on the frontlines? 🇮🇳 In this episode of The Focus, Dr. John Bruni speaks with Lt. Gen. Ravi Shankar (Retd.), former Director General of Artillery and the bold voice behind The Gunner’s Shot. Unapologetic and unfiltered. This is India’s rise told from the inside. *🎧 Watch now on The Focus with John Bruni* *Subscribe and Support our Channel* / https://www.youtube.com/@thefocus_SAGEIntl *The Focus Social & Website* X: https://x.com/TheFocus_SAGE IG: https://www.instagram.com/thefocus_sage/ LinkedIn: sage-international Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFocus.SAGEInt/ Website: https://sageinternational.com.au/ *You can also listen to our podcasts on* iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-focus/id1579317546 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5SsaNdoLkIgbO6oVCFOseu?si=yp_mRnXTReW8I2_DJm1i5A Auscast Network: https://auscastnetwork.com/shows/news-politics-shows/the-focus/ *🔗 Contact Ravi* The Gunners Shot YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@gunnersshot Website: https://gunnersshot.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/palepu-ravi-shankar-08480214/ *Image Credits* 1. Colonel Sofiya Qureshi at “Operation Sindoor” press briefing, 2025 — Ministry of Defence, India / GODL-India 2. India-Pakistan-China Disputed Areas Map — Planemad / CC BY-SA 3.0 3. Operation Sindoor briefing, 11 May 2025 — Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai, Air Marshal AK Bharti, Vice Admiral AN Pramod & Major General S.S. Sharda / Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India / GODL-India 4. J-10CE fighter for Pakistan at Zhuhai Airshow 2024 — CC0 / Wikimedia Commons 5. Xi Jinping, Narendra Modi & Vladimir Putin at the 2025 SCO Summit (Tianjin) — President of Russia / CC BY-4.0 6. China-India Border Disputes Map — CIA / Public Domain (Wikimedia Commons) 7.Kashmir map (2020 skirmish locations) — Soumya-8974 / CC BY-SA 3.0 8. Galwan clash site (2020) map, via NASA World Wind — DiplomatTesterMan / Public Domain 9. Galwan clash site (Patrol Point 14, 2020) — Contributors to OpenStreetMap & US Office of the Geographer / CC BY-SA 2.0 10. Deng Xiaoping & Jimmy Carter at the arrival ceremony, 29 Jan 1979 — U.S. National Archives / Public Domain 11. PM Narendra Modi & Xi Jinping, bilateral meeting at 16th BRICS Summit, Kazan, Russia — Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India / GODL-India 12. Australian Chief of Army Lt. Gen. David E. Morrison speaking with PLA senior officers, Beijing Military Region, 2012 — U.S. Department of Defense / Public Domain 13. ZTZ-99B at 2025 V-J Parade, Beijing — 中国新闻社 (China News Service) / CC BY 3.0 14. PLA Cyberspace Force at 2025 V-J Parade, Beijing — 中国新闻社 (China News Service) / CC BY 3.0 15. President Donald Trump meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, 13 February 2025 — The White House / Public Domain 16. President Donald Trump with tariff chart, 2 April 2025 — Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok / Public Domain 17. Yoshihide Suga at Quad Foreign Ministers Meeting, Tokyo, 6 October 2020 — Government of Japan / CC BY-4.0 18. Bangladesh, Conquest of Jessore, 1971 — Heinz Baumann / ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv / CC BY-SA 4.0 19. Komi flaring at oil & gas facility — Author unknown / CC BY 3.0 20. Indian soldiers surrender to Chinese forces during Sino-Indian War, 1962 — Public Domain (China) / Author: Unknown 21. Giorgia Meloni (official portrait, 2023) — governo.it / CC BY 3.0 Italy 22. India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor — Government of India / Government Open Data License – India (GODL-India) 23. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (official portrait, cropped) — Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs / public domain (Philippines) 24. Sukhoi Su-57 (prototype T-50-4), 054 — Anna Zvereva / CC BY-SA 2.0 #india #geopolitics #thefocuspodcast #china #pakistan #indopacific