Amana Begam Ansari is a columnist, writer, and TV news panellist. She runs a weekly YouTube show called ‘India This Week by Amana and Khalid’. She tweets @Amana_Ansari.
I can understand both sides of the debate here, but it is tough for me to say whether this is the right choice.
Indeed, ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’, but what if the enemy of my enemy is an enemy within for us as well? The hero’s welcome at Darul Uloom Deoband should send off alarm bells.
Perhaps there is a greater threat than the external neighbour that lies right within the heart of Bharata, just waiting for the right moment to come to the surface, and we are oblivious to the signs (including the entire ‘I love’ campaign).
India has to stand strongly on its feet first. Then it can preach morality, especially to other countries. So stop such moral principles: “how far can a democracy go in dealing with a regime that thrives on repression, without losing sight of its own principles?” Only a few months back Pakistan sent terrorists and killed 26 innocents and during operation Sindoor Pakistan was helped by China, Turkey and even USA.
I can understand both sides of the debate here, but it is tough for me to say whether this is the right choice.
Indeed, ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’, but what if the enemy of my enemy is an enemy within for us as well? The hero’s welcome at Darul Uloom Deoband should send off alarm bells.
Perhaps there is a greater threat than the external neighbour that lies right within the heart of Bharata, just waiting for the right moment to come to the surface, and we are oblivious to the signs (including the entire ‘I love’ campaign).
India has to stand strongly on its feet first. Then it can preach morality, especially to other countries. So stop such moral principles: “how far can a democracy go in dealing with a regime that thrives on repression, without losing sight of its own principles?” Only a few months back Pakistan sent terrorists and killed 26 innocents and during operation Sindoor Pakistan was helped by China, Turkey and even USA.