The group BIMSTEC could stem the region’s creeping militarization by instituting a Bay of Bengal Zone of Peace that seeks to limit any bellicose behaviour of extra-regional powers.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
Not only Nepal we have lost Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.
India perception has always been the hegemon, taken the role of the elder brother and has patronised these smaller countries while they perception of themselves has been that of fiercely sovereign countries, sensitive to being smaller, wary of being dictated to.
But India has not been BIG enough to defer to th sensitivities of our smaller neighbours. Our bureaucrats who have always had a Colonial mindset when dealing with our own citizens, have Lorded it over and expect due deference and respect in relations with our neighbours often interfering into their internal affairs as a matter of right.
Well, as the say our chickens have come home to roost.
In which line or paragraph in the article is Pakistan called a friend? Its called a neighbour and in another instance, the phrase losing a neighbour is referred to. Read the article again. After taking your safrron spectacles off that is.
The article neither does add any new information on the issue, nor has any perspective. Is it really written seriously by Jyoti Malhrotra?
The comment by Rajesh doesn’t add any alternate analysis or perspective to counter the author’s view. It is just two lines of gibberish. Is the comment written seriously by Rajesh?
PM I K Gujral was a wise man. Have sometimes wondered if his enlightened Gujral Doctrine had factored in the rise of China, accordingly recommended a conscious effort being made by India to be of use and help to its smaller neighbours, not just an overbearing hegemon. It is evident that our neighbourhood policy has run into a brick wall.
Politicians taking charge may not always improve things. In foreign policy, where important decisions play out over decades, the professional knowledge and expertise of the diplomats should invariably be relied upon. Also the institutional memory of the Foreign Office. Our neighbourhood is looking unsettled, unsupportive.
Not only Nepal we have lost Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka.
India perception has always been the hegemon, taken the role of the elder brother and has patronised these smaller countries while they perception of themselves has been that of fiercely sovereign countries, sensitive to being smaller, wary of being dictated to.
But India has not been BIG enough to defer to th sensitivities of our smaller neighbours. Our bureaucrats who have always had a Colonial mindset when dealing with our own citizens, have Lorded it over and expect due deference and respect in relations with our neighbours often interfering into their internal affairs as a matter of right.
Well, as the say our chickens have come home to roost.
Writer just called Pakistan Indias friend????..No need to read other part.Typical imaginary banter.
In which line or paragraph in the article is Pakistan called a friend? Its called a neighbour and in another instance, the phrase losing a neighbour is referred to. Read the article again. After taking your safrron spectacles off that is.
The article neither does add any new information on the issue, nor has any perspective. Is it really written seriously by Jyoti Malhrotra?
The comment by Rajesh doesn’t add any alternate analysis or perspective to counter the author’s view. It is just two lines of gibberish. Is the comment written seriously by Rajesh?
Pakistan was never a friend
PM I K Gujral was a wise man. Have sometimes wondered if his enlightened Gujral Doctrine had factored in the rise of China, accordingly recommended a conscious effort being made by India to be of use and help to its smaller neighbours, not just an overbearing hegemon. It is evident that our neighbourhood policy has run into a brick wall.
Politicians taking charge may not always improve things. In foreign policy, where important decisions play out over decades, the professional knowledge and expertise of the diplomats should invariably be relied upon. Also the institutional memory of the Foreign Office. Our neighbourhood is looking unsettled, unsupportive.