Of Course, Mr. Subramanyam, India does have a world view. Its another matter that it is a blinkered one! We dont seem to have any priorities. When the need of the hour was to concentrate on national issues, Nehru hankered after " a presence in the world" & now......????We dont have strategic view on any matter and are embroiled in the politicians survival from one election to the next. The absence of strategic thinking not only in the political arena but also within the defence services is quite appalling.
Prosperity for common people, the ones who are below the poverty line or near to it, needs conventional technologies and resources already available in the sub-continent or in the regions just beyond SAARC. To marshal these resources and share those fairly for rapid development of fourth world ought to be the top most priority.
Peaceful and lawful SAARC will eliminate most of the subversive internal security threats and create grounds for rapid development.
The issues to be resolved are very complex and need very sophisticated designs and solutions. They also need intra-SAARC effort. Few of these would be. 1. Hindu-Islam, 2. Caste conflict,3. Religious conversion ,4. Naxal reconciliation 5. Various state and nationality issues including Kashmir, Naga, Bodos, 6. Sharing of water, 7. Transport infrastructure, 8. Energy acquisition 9. Trade, investments and tariff.
These issues will benefit common people. Our failures in the near-Abroad policies are appalling and cost being paid by the poor people is much too high. The Indian perspective on the great power equations needs to be dictated by near-abroad needs; not be any esoteric end nor for any adrenalin needs.
friends with everybody!...a peace-loving, soverign country of India shud be our dream...strategic partnership with less hostile countries., and that is like excluding america alltogether...They havent showed good spirit in the past and they dont either in future...They have their compulsions...They are the ones who are fighting the proxy war using pakistan...to engage and contain India to reach newer heights...for geo-political and economical reasons...they are using pakistan as a barrier...
All that glitters is not gold...and thats what I would say abt America...Our media in recent decade have flooded Indian homes with propagandist messages about America...thats not everything...there is lot more to it...The people, the policy makers and the general character of that country are generally bully and known for their hawkish attitude and policies...They spread propagandist messages about every other culture and country in the world that they perceive as threat, security, economical or political threat...
To conclude, the author fails to hide his love for America...noticed that in the previous article also...I shud respect his views as his personal...
As regards the article by Shri.K.Subrahmanium I would like to point out that basically we hindus do not understand the role of force in international relations unlike say the chinese. That is the reason why we are taken to the cleaners by tin pot countries like Pakistan and Bangladesh. It may also be true that historically hindus have never had the balls to use devastating force against invaders from Central Asia and Europe. We are a very weak people, physically and spiritually and lack the will to power. Just witness how tin pot Bangladesh is pushing millions of muslim illegals into India and we seem to be unable to do anything about it. Shsi. Subrahmanium has done a yeoman service over the past few decades by trying to inculcate a sense of rationality into wolly headed impractical thinking by the Indian elite. Dr Grama Seetharam Australia
