In the 1909 essay, %u201CThe place of India in the Empire%u201D, the former British Viceroy, Lord Curzon of Kedleston writes, %u201CIt is obvious, indeed that the master of India, must, under modern conditions, be the greatest power in the Asiatic Continent, and therefore, it may be added, in the world. The central portion of India, its magnificent resources, its teeming multitude of men, its great trading harbours, its reserve of military strength, supplying an army always in a high state of efficiency, and capable of being hurled at a moment%u2019s notice upon any point either of Asia or Africa. All these are assets of precious value. On the West, India must exercise a predominant influence over the destinies of Persia and Afghanistan. On the North, it can veto any rival in Tibet; on the North-East and East it can exert great pressure upon China, and it is one of the guardians of the autonomous existence of Suam. On the high seas it commands the routes to Australia, and to the China Sea.%u201D
Why can the present people in-charge of our governments be more Curzonian and strengthen Indian military might? Why does India not de-recognize Tibet as part of China? Why can we not recognize the ROC (Republic of China) or Taiwan as a separate nation? The Chinese have a lot of soft points, and it is high time to press them. Remember this is no 1962 and Nehru no longer rules India!
