This is nothing but same old recycled crap decked up in new clothes. The author seems to be still living in the fossilised age of NAM, Hindi-Chini bhai-bhai, South-south co-op and India-China-Russia Axis etc... which are nothing more that feel good rhetoric with no relation whatsoever to reality.
The NAM policy is a major disaster, India got nothing out of it. Not a single NAM country has supported it on issues of concern like Kashmir or even during troubled times like the 1971 bangladesh war or 1962 chinese aggression.
The Hindi-Chini bhai bhai policy got it a knife in the back from China. China has been unremittingly hostile to India from day one and looks like the author simply has fooled himself into believing that somehow that is not so.
The India-China-Russia axis is a non starter simply because what he alleges in the case of USA actually holds good for China. It is simply not willing to share power and any strategic relationship with it will not be on equal terms not even with Russia. The author needs to get acquainted with reality than just live in his own make believe world.
RE:Same old recycled crap
by Nitu on Jan 04, 2007 03:19 AM Permalink
Shut up puppet of USA. You are one of those idiots who think USA will help become India superpower. India will at best become slave which unfortunately it already is.
RE:Same old recycled crap
by Subhadeep on Jan 04, 2007 01:43 PM Permalink
Mr. Shankar, Either you have totally misread the article, or as the old adage goes, you only see what you want to see. 1. The author very specifically points out "Non-alignment as a policy option for India, as distinct from the Non-aligned Movement...", and he goes on, saying that this "has nothing to do with the so-called Cold War mentality". This is obviously lost on you. 2. Hindi-Chini bhai bhai. This too seems to be a figment of your imagination. The writer talks about India's strategic objective to wean China away from Pakistan, its suspicions about the nature of our relationship with the US, its hardening position on the border issue. Does he advocate cosying up to China? Clearly, you and I have been reading different articles. 3. The India-Russia-China axis. The writer doesn't keep dreaming about it, as you have insinuated. He talks about our long standing partnership with Russia, both military and in terms of support in the UN. Nothing with China. Now, your post seems to carry the attitude that any critisim of our budding (and still very limited) relationship with the US constitutes turning our backs on 'reality', or 'fossilized' thinking, or god forbid, leftist!!
