Think Again: India

Barbara Crossette advices US to stay clear of India in Foreign Policy

First of all thank you Barbara for making every Indian feel so proud for duping US (world's big daddy) into nuclear deal. Its really an honor when someone claims that India can con US. Indians usually believe that India is one nation which is historically conned by every Tom, Dick and Harry.

Now lets talk some facts and refute flawed reasoning:

“India and the United States are not natural allies”
Well Uncle Sam is not stupid to give away goodies to 'spoiled brat' India had there been not ulterior interests. Uncle Sam wants to have a world where China's power have a counter balance in the upcoming world order and who better to take China head on other than India. From point of view of India the deal is not bad because India indeed want to compete with China on every front. Thinking that India will give away the nuclear technology to Iran is very imaginative as India's interest with Iran is only oil. Giving away nukes in neighborhood means getting them back in worst way. We already have a rouge pakistan to take care of. Can't afford another. So the natural allies is indeed the demand of hour.

"India is not a responsible world power"
Thanks for recognizing Indian power but it would help to understand the situation from Indina perspective. Indian interference in South Asian politics is purely strategic in nature. India has so many enemies all around that it is not left with any choice but to proactively thwart any threat. It is similar to uncle Sam's approach on Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and what not... Only difference is that we do it in our backyard while uncle Sam does it in others backyard. And you should not be surprised that on maximum occasions the guns rising against India are tagged 'Made in USA'

“India will not surpass China except for population”
Please refer to your very own Goldman Sachs updated BRIC report "Global Economics Paper No: 152 - India’s Rising Growth Potential" where it claims that India will surpass US by 2045. Are you still worried about China?

“India is not becoming a high-tech, middle-class nation”
Next time do not believe anyone if they crib that their job got Bangalored. Write in business magazines advising US corps to not worry about Indian consumers as there aren't many. Just google fastest growing economies and check for yourself how many your own compatriots are going crazy over Indian market.

“India is not a model of tolerance”
Step 1: Get a world map
Step 2: Check if it shows pakistan
Step 3: If answer to previous step is yes then your hypothesis is proved wrong!

We are not the one who are reconstructing Iraq or Afghanistan. On loss of some 3000 lives (that too had a good number of Indians) US goes to flatten out Afghanistan. India is a long sufferer of terrorism and loses many times more lives every year. US is not the only privileged to secure its countrymen.


Barbara, I know that you are upset by the nuclear deal but think hard and you will figure out that it helps US more than India. It is another step from stopping energy hungry India to reach out to Iran for its oil.

Think again!

India Poised!

A nice forward which came to me! Captures the spirit of India Poised.....

OLD VERSION.....

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
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MODERN VERSION

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and
starving.

NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the ant's house.

Medha Patkar goes on a fast alongwith other grasshoppers demanding that grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter.

Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticizes the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the grasshopper.

The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance).

Opposition MP's stage a walkout.

Left parties call for "Bharat Bandh" in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.

CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among ants and grasshoppers.

Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.

Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act [POTAGA]", with effect from the beginning of the winter.

The ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, his home is confiscated by the Government and handed over to the grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.

Arundhati Roy calls it "a triumph of justice". Lalu calls it 'Socialistic Justice'. CPM calls it the 'revolutionary resurgence of the downtrodden'

Koffi Annan invites the grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.

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Many years later...

The ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi billion dollar company in silicon valley

100s of grasshoppers die of starvation somewhere in India...
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Should LoC be made the border?

Should LoC be made the border?

The critical issue between India and Pakistan is Kashmir and unless the mistrust built over time is resolved amicably, everything else will just be a lip service. The last 50 years of endless discussions skirting around the issues has produced nothing but wars and terrorism. The need of the hour is to take concrete steps to reach a breakthrough by changing the playing field and the rules of the game. For a successfully growing Indian economy last thing we want is another futile war with Pakistan

which will push back our economy again by decades.

We are yet to fix Pakistan on negotiating table to give up its preference for terrorism. In the absence of an international border, Pakistan always gets away in the pretext of providing 'moral' support to 'freedom fighters' of a troubled territory. Indian diplomacy therefore is unable to book Pakistan's misdoings as act of war. An international border will leave Pakistan no such hiding stone and it will never risk a direct war by crossing ‘international border’. This will go a long way in reducing infiltration and subsequently restoring peace in Kashmir.

It makes huge political, economical and diplomatic sense for India to freeze LOC as the international border. We never had the piece of land called POK anywhere except on our map and ego. We are spending billions everyday to fight sponsored terrorism. We haven’t cornered Pakistan in international forums. We always seem to be reacting to Pakistani adventures. We need to break this routine and redefining international border would be first step of success.

Of course in accepting LOC as the international border there are issues like accrediting POK as part of Pakistan but this would be a very good carrot to beat Pakistan on the negotiating table. We can not only clinch a hard bargain from Pakistan in lieu of POK but also better address the root cause of terrorism by giving the people of Kashmir a chance to benefit from shining Indian economy.

Free Markets!

500 year old Jaipur Donkey Fair

This proves that India is well versed with knowledge of free market system since long. If we can trade even donkeys in the market then why the left over donkeys (our esteemed politicians from Left parties) impede the way to new Indian revolution. Its revolution for free markets... free from dirty politics, free from restrictions. Free market can achieve for India what in all these years politicians failed to do (I am make a wild assumption here that they genuinely intended to improve India) .

Why 1/4 of Indians in India are below poverty line while 1/4 of Indians in US and UK are among the richest? Probably there were no donkeys there to stop them!

December 13

Protests continue over Afzal sentence

Afzal had very noble intentions of benefiting India by getting rid of some of the most unwanted people on the land who have restrained India and its progress. Had his hired men would have succeeded in their design, India would had climbed much higher on Corruption Perception Index. Nobody should be given death sentence for trying to reduce corruption.

But Afzal should be hanged for his plot killed brave soldiers of India who tried to protect epitome of Indian democracy. Afzal plotted to strike democracy of India and capital punishment is too little for such act of terrorism. The same punishment should also be given to anyone and everyone on either side of the border who was involved in any plot of terrorism on Indian soil or against any Indian in the whole world.

We don't mind if anyone knocks off the rotten politicians who have caused misery to people of India but a person would be out of his mind to even think of any evil against India or brave Indian soldiers. Such persons should be preemptively smoked out.

Bluffmaster!

Sabse bada rupaiya!

Abhishek Bachchan tried hard to become Bluffmaster but the Oscar goes to musharraf. All of harping is only to sell few copies of his book. Seems like a simple plan to collect retirement fund because as history suggests that he would have to leave pakistan as soon as he gives up the power in the elections which he promised soon! So write some tabloid type crap with fancy publicity involving who's who of the world, make millions and live happily ever after! Such a simple plan involving "4 units" of bluff and a "landslide" windfall.

I think musharraf would have already instructed isi to print all the copies in the Quetta currency press to supply everything free of cost to India. Better do it because anyway Indians are not going to pay musharraf any royalty for this bundle of rotten junk!


Don't worry about pakistan, it is anyway soon going to be in stone age... US bombing won't be necessary. Thanks to French connection to put spanner in your efforts to extort US aid in name of 'dead' osama!

Bush, musharraf & Kargil

What's common between Bush and musharraf ?

Both are paranoid and dream about things which never exists. Bush dreamt WMD in Iraq and bombed it to no limits while musharraf dreamt of India attacking pakistan in 1999 and sent his army to Kargil.

But why not Bush is holding musharraf as a Kargil war criminal and sending him to a trial the way it is happening for Saddam Hussein. In Iraq there has been no evidence found for WMD but musharraf is confessing in his biography the fact that he sent his 5 army units to assist terror groups in infiltrating Kargil.

Surprisingly musharraf claims Kargil war to be pakistani army's landmark victory. Yeah... Surely best ever! as pakistani army was in best ever position at start of any previous war, but obviously the end result was same as all other previous wars! Numerous unfortunate pakistani soldiers were "landmarked" on Indian soil. How coward would be the army who even refuses to accepted bodies of its slain soldiers! And musharraf calls this victory! Buzz off... Limit your definition of victory to occasional cricket and hockey.. There is no other way pakistan can win anything else from India.

And winning hearts as musharraf said sometime back... Well India had enough heartburn after trusting pakistan. Its time India stop treating pakistan like a spoiled street kid and takes the task of actually 'reforming' it. The way Bush did in Iraq! Isn't that the best way Mr. Bush or are you thinking of doing it yourself to meet your dear friend Osama?