Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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One thing on would do well to ponder Dhruva. Each one of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, and Maldives is a failed state. So what if China increases its footprint there. China seems to be able to only increase its footprint with failed states. We need not worry much about it. Show me one normal nation in which China has an enhanced footprint. Speaks volumes about China. I would not worry to much about what is happening in the Maldives. There will be no Maldives in 50 years thanks to global warning. China dates the ugliest girls in the prom!
Good points, all of them. Our bridges and cautions are very much required regardless of leadership changes since statecraft usually operates in the grey zone where unease, friendship and hostility co-exist and even overlap. The author points this out well and his final point about the examples of history is very, very important.
An optimistic view of India’s Great Powerdom in South Asia:
Ordinary Indians have a better grip on History and therefore a more realistic appreciation of the looming Chinese threat and the Indian Stat’e traditional smugness that comes from decades of successful looting from hapless Indian “haves” for the “have lots” in the name of the “have nots”.
Exceedingly well written. The arguments are irrefutable and ought to set Indian anxieties at rest. However, India has in the past been described – rightly or wrongly – as “lacking the will to power” and that should not be the case going forward. It is inevitable that China will continue to seek to enhance its influence in our region. It will exploit differences among South Asian states to advance its own interests. But a consistent, deliberate approach on our part would always be better than knee jerk reactions.
Surfing around delicious.com I noticed your blog bookmarked as: %BLOGTITLE%. I’m assuming you bookmarked it yourself and wanted to ask if social bookmarking gets you a bunch of traffic? I’ve been thinking of doing some bookmarking for a few of my websites but wasn’t sure if it would generate any positive results. Thank you very much.
One thing on would do well to ponder Dhruva. Each one of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, and Maldives is a failed state. So what if China increases its footprint there. China seems to be able to only increase its footprint with failed states. We need not worry much about it. Show me one normal nation in which China has an enhanced footprint. Speaks volumes about China. I would not worry to much about what is happening in the Maldives. There will be no Maldives in 50 years thanks to global warning. China dates the ugliest girls in the prom!
Good points, all of them. Our bridges and cautions are very much required regardless of leadership changes since statecraft usually operates in the grey zone where unease, friendship and hostility co-exist and even overlap. The author points this out well and his final point about the examples of history is very, very important.
An optimistic view of India’s Great Powerdom in South Asia:
Ordinary Indians have a better grip on History and therefore a more realistic appreciation of the looming Chinese threat and the Indian Stat’e traditional smugness that comes from decades of successful looting from hapless Indian “haves” for the “have lots” in the name of the “have nots”.
Exceedingly well written. The arguments are irrefutable and ought to set Indian anxieties at rest. However, India has in the past been described – rightly or wrongly – as “lacking the will to power” and that should not be the case going forward. It is inevitable that China will continue to seek to enhance its influence in our region. It will exploit differences among South Asian states to advance its own interests. But a consistent, deliberate approach on our part would always be better than knee jerk reactions.