Well said! India should end its obsession with getting in security council too - which is meaningless anyway. We should openly claim that we DO NOT WANT a permanent seat even if offered. After all the Tamil saying "Mathi'athar thalai vaasal mithikka vaenda'am" (don't step on the door steps of those who don't respect you) applies aptly here.
India wants a permanent seat in the Security Council, and it wants to prove that it is a nation to reckon with. How about India's position among corrupt nations? Is bribery akin to a second Indian culture? India the land of virtue, birth place of many religions, rich in philosophy, can also be a slave of sycophancy! Yes, Mr. Shenoy, you have correctly analyzed India's foreign policy. The Late Pandit Nehru was an architect of India's doom, post independence, and Indian soldiers wearing the blue uniform of peace have also paid a price serving the UN, and the same organization still owes India millions of dollars for their upkeep. The UN is dead, and India should bury it. No need to send high powered delegates to the annual general assembly meetings, as it is waste of funds. India's prestige has gained no further feather, so why bother?
Mr. Shenoy could not be any closer to the truth in his analysis. The chattering class of Delhi - which remains in an elitist time warp - view the fake Indian with a fake oxobridge accent as one of their own, at least one that they'd love to coyy. The UN is a decrepit, corrupt cabal of representatives of tin-pot dictators and wannabe super powers like France and Germany. It accomplishes precisely nothing but does offer babus from India sine cures at the expense of the Indian tax payer. Time to pitch it overboard
