At a time when India’s ties with Pakistan have reached its lowest in backdrop of Pulwama attack, ThePrint recalls A.B. Vajpayee’s bus diplomacy of 1999.
By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.
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While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
It requires both courage and statesmanship – what some call the high road – to talk about enduring peace between India and Pakistan. Not in a dewy, sentimental way, but fully conscious of the challenges and the pitfalls, and from a position of strength and deterrence. Vajpayeeji deserved his Bharat Ratna. UPA ought to have conferred it in 2005.
Jung is mehenga sauda indeed.
But we seem to be not interested in keeping ABV alive in us
It requires both courage and statesmanship – what some call the high road – to talk about enduring peace between India and Pakistan. Not in a dewy, sentimental way, but fully conscious of the challenges and the pitfalls, and from a position of strength and deterrence. Vajpayeeji deserved his Bharat Ratna. UPA ought to have conferred it in 2005.