Monday, March 17, 2008

The great Indian Dilemma

India is always in the news for the wrong reasons. Sometimes i do feel pity...thats a rare exception though. India is land locked and is always in trouble whether it sides with one party or remains neutral. Lets take it case by case
1) Pakistan is a pain in the neck....they push problems in but if you try to stop that then the muslims within try to voice their anger. If the govt doesnt take any action then the opposition and the hindus are up in arms.
2) LTTE is another pain in the neck...you support the sri lankans and the tamilnadu politicians are up in arms threatening to pull the government down. if you openly support LTTE then sri lanka allows ISI and terror outfits to operate on its soil.
3) if you try to remain neutral on nepal, the nepalis begin to point fingers so we have to side with them as its another launch pad for the terror outfits.
4) Bangladesh is another headache as they also try to push in terror outfits and anything you do is detrimental to india.
5) you try to support afghans then pakistan starts to be belligerent towards india.
6) Try iran for our oil needs, the US comes in accusing india of helping a country which is on the axis of evil and threaten sanctions.
7) Move towards the US, the left parties threaten to pull the government and they force india to be friendly with china and russia.
8) Try pandering to china, dalai lama's issue is on the front page. switch sides to support Dalai then china will send things to pakistan.
9) show india is a secular country by support muslims and in turn palestine then israel wont help you in selling hi tech goods.

Now tibet is burning and i find it amusing as to why tibetians who are known for their patience and non violence is resorting to riots and burning? why at this time when olympics is about to start in china. Is it a ploy to push tibetian cause on the world stage? Who is behind the plot? China was minding its business and was rapidly expanding economically and now would some people who are jealous let china to go the way it want to? I doubt that...but again china is no saint as evident from events that has taken place in the past. China has this habit of assuming tibet belongs to them, arunachal pradesh belongs to them, snatched macau and hong kong already, was gifted part of kashmir by pakistan. In 100 years the chinese many claim that india belongs to them. Thats the headache and only way to go about is go on offensive and take responsible role and not be bogged down. Its an opportunity for india to go offensive and force a peace on warring factions and eliminate trouble makers. But for now, india has to do what US is doing for taiwan in protecting Tibet militarily and economically hook or crook. If india fails to do anything then arunachal will go china's way and dont know how many more places. The left parties are mum too and they dont care of what happens to monks but would spring up if something happened to muslims in gujarat. As of now all eyes on the Dalai and his tibet, this time will buddha smile again?

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