Politics is defined as a science of Interests, not of Principles. Nobody should have any illusion about this. All nations in the world have always behaved in the only way that best serves their interest. If any nation pretends that it has a duty to serve people of other nations, it is only fooling the gullible. Every nation's first duty is to keep peace & unity, maintain law & order, and make its own citizens happy. True, all this appears cynical, inhuman, uunkind. But that is what politics is all about; sometimes it is required to do apparently cynical things if its citizens' interests require it. Don't the nations wage war, bomb other nations and kill thousands of their citizens in the interest of safgeguarding the interests of their ownj people? Don't they resort to spying? doing esppionage? Well, at best Indian govt may persuade UK or US to give shelter to Taslima, because those countries are in the best position to do so. When faced with an UD ultimatum, did Musharaff not catch hundreds of terrosim suspects and sent them to Guantanamo? Does the pakistan govt. not bomb Swart vally to destroy Osama's followers. Musharaff does it, because he knows that both Pak nation, Pak army and he hiimself personally only with US support. India should act in a way that its global political and strategic interests require it do. It has no moral or any duty to protect Taslima or any other foreigners.
RE:TASLIMA & INDIAN GOVT'S ROLE
by asis datta on Nov 27, 2007 09:14 PM Permalink
The policy of a country is above all individual. A country is known by the Policy it follows. It is a handful of people creating disturbance on the name of religion. We donot need to give in to the fundamentalism on the pretex of making some people happy. The present WB Govt is not liked by intelectuals in west bengal,Burning issues are prevailing. Does that mean we tell the Govt to leave the state??
I dont agree with your idea Instead we must up hold our policy n not appease at the cost of policy.
