By Divas
Isn’t India pressing too hard on the Pakistan government for taking action against the suspected militant jihadi fighters in Pakistan? India should not forget that putting a relatively moderate & democratically elected government of Pakistan in difficulty would only help either the military or the extremists increase their influence. Indian leaders seem to be diverting the public anger they’re facing after the Mumbai terror attacks toward Pakistan government. The India Government, media, & public better remember their own slogan which every Bollywood flick repeats these days, that “a terrorist belongs to no religion”. The fueling of Pakistan hatred by the India politicians & media which would ultimately boil down on the Isalm in general is bound to incur a heavy human cost for a multicultural society like India.
India & Pakistan have different government systems. While India is a secular democracy, Pakistan is officially a Muslim nation. This is a major fact that the Indians seem to overlook. If the rulers of a secular India can not take action against the Hindu atrocities against the Christians in Orissa & elsewhere, how can they expect a government in a Muslim nation crack down on the Muslim extremists the way India likes? Indian politicians are taking the same position that George Bush took after the 9/11 attack.
The Bush government fought its war keeping a safe distance from its ‘enemies’ – far away in the foreign lands – so it could ignore the immense human cost that the civilians in the war zone had to pay. The conflict between the born twins & close neighbors like India & Pakistan (whether you accept or not that you’re close neighbors) would not offer the same benefit. Why don’t India & Pakistan learn from the Kashmir mess they’ve created?
A proverb in Nepali goes like, ‘Burning your house to get rid of the mice’. One can merely wish that the India Government & its cunning politicians would refrain from proving the proverb.
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Just a quick note: it’s the Taj Hotel, not the Taj Mahal.
it is Taj Mahal hotel…
And just see what that bit of unnecessary self-created hype bought us. We’re having to backtrack under pressure of the US, China & Saudi.
Most of the shouting was (as usual) the creation of the 24 channels who(again, as usual), helped in creating a Bhindranwale out of the Mumbai carnage.
The outcry was OK till the time we were creating pressure on our own Government to beef up security ; we should have thereafter left it to them. If everyone was unanimous in praising Chidambaram, they should also have had the confidence that he could deliver required goods without our TV anchors egging on the crowds into a hysteria which could have no other end.
“A proverb in Nepali goes like, ‘Burning your house to get rid of the mice …..”
Well that establishes another confession – the identity of the mice in question ………..
well written
If you go by the statistics, the Greeks are not poor & uncivilized people by any standard, & there seems to be little reason for ethnic conflicts. Greek’s GDP per capita stands at $30,500 in comparison to Nepal’s $1,100, & one fifth of Greek labor force are immigrants. The Greek economy grew by nearly 4.0% per year between 2003 and 2007. The country has more than 96 % of literacy rate. The Greek society is largely homogeneous – with 98% of the population being orthodox Greek, & 99 % speak the national Greek language. What really ails the Greeks then?
A BBC report suggested that the protesters must be a group of “communist
well good job
I love this photo. We’re the world…