The Maldives offers Modi one of his gravest foreign policy challenges to date. He had made a reputation as a man of iron. Let him not let that iron go to rust.
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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.
Indian military should and must only be used for Indian interests , not for promoting democracy or justice for foreign politicians.
Unless Indian lives are at risk, unless India is being attacked or Indians are on the verge of being killed, the use of military is unjustified.
Truth is; PM Modi doesn’t really care about Yameen or what he’s doing in Maldives. In total the whole of Maldives is not worth more than $4billion – that is less than even Chandigarh. If they have democracy in Maldives or not why should we care, how does it benefit India ? Even the GMR project which was unprofitable for GMR was cancelled. Let the Chinese throw their money for developing Maldives. Let us spend our energies in developing Minicoy island and the Lakshadweep islands, they have better beaches, larger reefs and don’t have ISIS recruits.
Here is a call to create another Syria, and the American way.
Iron man is not the Superhero in Indian mythology. There are several others including a shrewd avatar of Vishnu that advised on winning in states craft. Maybe that is an option this writer did not reckon with!
Hi Padmababhan,
Well said.
What can you expect from ‘As Intelligent as an Amoeba Pseudo Intellectual’ from the Donald Trump country.
Maldives ” warns ” India. Those words suggest India’s neighbourhood policy needs to go back to the drawing board. Difficult to identify a single recent success, not Nepal and Sri Lanka, surely. The fact of the matter is that China no longer accepts South Asia – barring Pakistan – as our natural area of influence. It is forging strong economic bonds with each one of them. Bangladesh is unlikely to rebuff its offered line of credit of $ 25 billion. China itself posses our greatest challenge. Dokalam was a reminder that we need to think through consequences much more deeply.
Maldives issued no “warning”. That was a construction of the media. Second, India’s neighborhood policy is extremely rational in pursuing India’s interests. Nepal nor Sri Lanka have been able to replace Indian influence with Chinese. And Dhoklam proved India’s policy with China is one based on both strength and wisdom.
The fact that Maldives Yameen is misbehaving is his nature, not India’s diplomacy. And the fact that we haven’t rushed in guns blazing or gone overboard is a sign of India’s wisdom.
Simple facts are: all these nations – Maldives, Nepal or Sri Lanka choosing to develop themselves is good for India. Who and how they develop is their business and does not impact India economically.
Only when strategically or militarily Chinese involvement threatens India should India act and it has always acted. India must not bother about the internal politics of these states and democracy or tyranny , India gains nothing by making the lives of our neighbors better, as 60 years of diplomacy attest.
Indian military should and must only be used for Indian interests , not for promoting democracy or justice for foreign politicians.
Unless Indian lives are at risk, unless India is being attacked or Indians are on the verge of being killed, the use of military is unjustified.
Truth is; PM Modi doesn’t really care about Yameen or what he’s doing in Maldives. In total the whole of Maldives is not worth more than $4billion – that is less than even Chandigarh. If they have democracy in Maldives or not why should we care, how does it benefit India ? Even the GMR project which was unprofitable for GMR was cancelled. Let the Chinese throw their money for developing Maldives. Let us spend our energies in developing Minicoy island and the Lakshadweep islands, they have better beaches, larger reefs and don’t have ISIS recruits.
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Maa chudale bhosdik
Here is a call to create another Syria, and the American way.
Iron man is not the Superhero in Indian mythology. There are several others including a shrewd avatar of Vishnu that advised on winning in states craft. Maybe that is an option this writer did not reckon with!
Hi Padmababhan,
Well said.
What can you expect from ‘As Intelligent as an Amoeba Pseudo Intellectual’ from the Donald Trump country.
Maldives ” warns ” India. Those words suggest India’s neighbourhood policy needs to go back to the drawing board. Difficult to identify a single recent success, not Nepal and Sri Lanka, surely. The fact of the matter is that China no longer accepts South Asia – barring Pakistan – as our natural area of influence. It is forging strong economic bonds with each one of them. Bangladesh is unlikely to rebuff its offered line of credit of $ 25 billion. China itself posses our greatest challenge. Dokalam was a reminder that we need to think through consequences much more deeply.
Maldives issued no “warning”. That was a construction of the media. Second, India’s neighborhood policy is extremely rational in pursuing India’s interests. Nepal nor Sri Lanka have been able to replace Indian influence with Chinese. And Dhoklam proved India’s policy with China is one based on both strength and wisdom.
The fact that Maldives Yameen is misbehaving is his nature, not India’s diplomacy. And the fact that we haven’t rushed in guns blazing or gone overboard is a sign of India’s wisdom.
Simple facts are: all these nations – Maldives, Nepal or Sri Lanka choosing to develop themselves is good for India. Who and how they develop is their business and does not impact India economically.
Only when strategically or militarily Chinese involvement threatens India should India act and it has always acted. India must not bother about the internal politics of these states and democracy or tyranny , India gains nothing by making the lives of our neighbors better, as 60 years of diplomacy attest.