India, Aug. 9 -- 'Changes will keep happening and they'll happen more rapidly. And Army and everyone else have to understand this. Adapt to these changes faster and faster. There's no other way,' says CDS Gen Anil Chauhan (Retd).

General Anil Chauhan, who served as India's Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) from September 2022 to May 30, 2026, spoke to The Sunday Guardian. Edited excerpts from the interview.

Q1: General, when you assumed office in September 2022, the immediate challenge was to stabilise the institution and define the structural boundaries of the CDS. Looking back at your tenure, which concluded in May 2026, how do you assess the evolution of the institutional weight of the CDS? Is the CDS still perceived as an evolving overla...