India, Oct. 12 -- It's intriguing to witness how a nation that has long been preoccupied with security concerns emanating from the northwest frontiers and continuously criticised for its sea blindness is working to place itself strongly into three tripods and six principles of the grand vision of sea power propounded by Alfred Thayer Mahan, a renowned US Navy strategist in the late 19th century. The recent move by the Government of India to revitalise the country's shipping sector through a Rs 69,725 crore package is being considered as a step forward towards the Mahanian theoretical endeavour to sea power that evolved around the unification of a robust maritime commerce, formidable naval fleet, and strategic outreach. This is the vision ...