Here’s what’s happening across the border: Journalist arrested for possessing hate literature gets bail, and indigenous Kalash community’s practice figures in UNESCO list of ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’.
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the tragedy of India and Pakistan . Even if two people wanted to do something good, the politicians and people would ensure they could not. Add to that the armed forces
For a considerable period of time Mr Modi had absolutely no idea on how to deal with Pakistan. He didn’t know whether to take a cold aloof approach or a warm outreach approach. During that groping-in-the-dark period he made an unannounced visit on Nawaz Sharif’s birthday or someone’s wedding in his family. Pakistan, in the meanwhile, was continuing with its terrorism nuisance unabated. Pathankot happened, Mr Modi had no clue, he in fact invited ISI to aid in investigations! Uri happened, again Mr Modi had no clue, but this time, someone in the army possibly gave an ultimatum to the government that the army could no more take the humiliation of terrorists attacking them at their whim and fancy. And then the surgical strikes happened.
And with that has happened the metamorphosis of Mr Modi. If the strikes had happened purely on his initiative, then their success would have bred in him a snug feeling of accomplishment. Such a feeling automatically makes the person magnanimous. He would have then tried to further bolster his image of a tolerant big brother by saying to Pakistan, “look, I’ll hit you again if you don’t behave. Now be a good boy, and talk to me properly.”
But Mr Modi’s behavior after the surgical strikes has not been along the above lines. His reaction has been that of a frightened man whose self respect has been restored by the elder brother (read, ARMY). Now that man who was “frightened” earlier, or was at his wits end about how to deal with the opposite party, is taking full revenge by cocking a snook at the opposite party. Now the opposite party — Pakistan — is making offers for talks, and Mr Modi is playing aloof and even hostile. The purported line, “terror and talks cannot go together” is a sham line. Had terror stopped when Mr Modi went to Pakistan on a surprise, and uninvited visit as mentioned above? Had terror stopped when Mr Modi invited Pakistan’s ISI to help in Pathankot attack?!
Someone connected with the army — it could even be Manohar Parikar, the then defence minister — gave Mr Modi a chance to live with an upper hand over Pakistan, and he is seeing in it a chance to whet his age-old hatred for Muslims. Mr Modi thinks he can annihilate the Muslims. If he were to show magnanimity or even practicality by launching a robust round of talks to solve the Kashmir problem, he could have achieved much more than what any of his predecessors had ever achieved, because none of them had ever been in such a strong situation.
Presently Mr Modi is busy rooting out the terror from Kashmir which, very worrisomely, involves killing mostly the local youth. Due to successful sealing of the borders by the army, the Pakistan volunteers are no longer available to be killed. This too could be a deliberate ploy of Pakistan — to withhold its own terrorists, so the local anger can boil over due the killings of the locals.
Imran Khan has no alternative but to wait till the 2019 elections if he is sincere about talks.
the tragedy of India and Pakistan . Even if two people wanted to do something good, the politicians and people would ensure they could not. Add to that the armed forces
For a considerable period of time Mr Modi had absolutely no idea on how to deal with Pakistan. He didn’t know whether to take a cold aloof approach or a warm outreach approach. During that groping-in-the-dark period he made an unannounced visit on Nawaz Sharif’s birthday or someone’s wedding in his family. Pakistan, in the meanwhile, was continuing with its terrorism nuisance unabated. Pathankot happened, Mr Modi had no clue, he in fact invited ISI to aid in investigations! Uri happened, again Mr Modi had no clue, but this time, someone in the army possibly gave an ultimatum to the government that the army could no more take the humiliation of terrorists attacking them at their whim and fancy. And then the surgical strikes happened.
And with that has happened the metamorphosis of Mr Modi. If the strikes had happened purely on his initiative, then their success would have bred in him a snug feeling of accomplishment. Such a feeling automatically makes the person magnanimous. He would have then tried to further bolster his image of a tolerant big brother by saying to Pakistan, “look, I’ll hit you again if you don’t behave. Now be a good boy, and talk to me properly.”
But Mr Modi’s behavior after the surgical strikes has not been along the above lines. His reaction has been that of a frightened man whose self respect has been restored by the elder brother (read, ARMY). Now that man who was “frightened” earlier, or was at his wits end about how to deal with the opposite party, is taking full revenge by cocking a snook at the opposite party. Now the opposite party — Pakistan — is making offers for talks, and Mr Modi is playing aloof and even hostile. The purported line, “terror and talks cannot go together” is a sham line. Had terror stopped when Mr Modi went to Pakistan on a surprise, and uninvited visit as mentioned above? Had terror stopped when Mr Modi invited Pakistan’s ISI to help in Pathankot attack?!
Someone connected with the army — it could even be Manohar Parikar, the then defence minister — gave Mr Modi a chance to live with an upper hand over Pakistan, and he is seeing in it a chance to whet his age-old hatred for Muslims. Mr Modi thinks he can annihilate the Muslims. If he were to show magnanimity or even practicality by launching a robust round of talks to solve the Kashmir problem, he could have achieved much more than what any of his predecessors had ever achieved, because none of them had ever been in such a strong situation.
Presently Mr Modi is busy rooting out the terror from Kashmir which, very worrisomely, involves killing mostly the local youth. Due to successful sealing of the borders by the army, the Pakistan volunteers are no longer available to be killed. This too could be a deliberate ploy of Pakistan — to withhold its own terrorists, so the local anger can boil over due the killings of the locals.
Imran Khan has no alternative but to wait till the 2019 elections if he is sincere about talks.