Greens have a sizeable support in the Western countries with clean air and blue skies, but not in India, where poisonous air, water and soil kill millions.
The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.
The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.
As other liberal journalist, Shekhar refuses to see positives of Modi dispensation. Low inflation, good growth, no big ticket corruption, reforms, digitisation, changing behavioural pattern of country men can’t be ignored. Foreign policy also have upward trend as India is taken more seriously. Doklam stand off was example of resolute of foreign policy. There may be small setbacks like Maldives. But we have to credit him for publishing counter viewpoint. He has to do it otherwise he, like NDTV, levelled, as Congress mouthpiece
Very informative article by Harsh Gupta. But more importantly I must congratulate Shekhar Gupta for publishing this article. This is what true journalism should be where both sides of the divide are given a platform for expression. Sadly most of our major Indian Newspapers like HT, The Hindu, The Indian Express revel in suppressing the opposite view
Harsh Gupta’s article is much more realistic and scholarly than the inspirational Shekhar Gupta . The trouble starts when you have one foot in NDTV studio and another in Antilia corridors ?
One must congratulate Shekhar for allowing this countering article to be published in the Print. Further, Harsh deserves congratulations for cogently putting across his point of view and showing how much biased and utterly hallow article that Shekhar has penned. RSS Parivar writers should take every opportunity to make such cogent and logical arguments to counter every such article by pseudo-secular, left liberal brigade in the country. Usually, one looks up to Shekhar’s articles for its ‘national interest’ but his innate hatred for Modi/BJP/RSS comes out once in a while. A few years ago, he went completely off the tangent in accusing Gen. VK Singh, then Chief of Army staff in accusing him of engineering a coup against UPA II government. By any imagination, it was completely preposterous argument. Similar is Shekhar’s case now. I hope many more neutral observers, particularly from diplomatic community, will come forward to debunk Shekhar’s article.
Shekar Gupta’s article as usual suffers from an inherent bias, clouding out the most effective management on inflation in the past few years and putting a beleaguered economy -pulled down by dubious entrepreneurs-back on track. The author conveniently forgets as it suits him of course, to miss out highlighting the most significant foreign policy achievement of evacuating over 35k overseas Indians stuck in strife torn middle East right in the middle of war ! Sadly the author besotted with anti Modism as a trending narrative, has missed out on this and much more like what is afterall economic nationalism about ?
Are the results of any long term initiative, visible immediately ? If every rupee has an address following demo exercise, then how can this be a failure ? The stranglehold on inflation whether in real estate or in essential commodities, is entirely following the successful demonitisation exercise. Obviously conventional economists or self styled eco journos, will always miss the wood for the trees and love to keep on arguing on the growth foregone.
India is a consumption economy and stiffer trade measures will hurt the opposite partners far more than ourselves since our main exports r in services which anyways are beyond conventional trade barriers.
So what is the point that the author seeks to make ? He is highlighting the Dokhlam flashpoint or the surgical strike hype as foreign policy failures. Someone pls tell this idiot to recall the instance of stapled visas on Arunachal by the Chinese during the MMS led UPA regime with meek surrender. What is the situation now ? The Dalai Lama visits Arunachal and sits at Tawang right under the Chinese noses and yet no press guy has the guts to call this a triumph. There r many other points which the author has missed out like the huge baggage of NPAs left by the UPA, how we r successfully resolving thru the IBC – classic example being sale of Bhushan steel, fight for Binani etc, the successful achievement of a GST run rate of over ₹ 1 lakh crores per month now ….
Shri Gupta must be congratulated on allowing this article to be printed in his publication that lays bare the hollowness of his argument and exposes his shallow understanding of foreign affairs. I wish that Shri Gupta can influence his editorial fellow travellers in The Wire, Scroll In, News Laundry et all, to follow his lead and publish articles that are contrarian to their ideological moorings. At least it would provide with a fig leaf of neutrality and hopefully even open their minds.
Creditable on the part of Mr. Shekhar Gupta to initiate a debate on the plight of India’s foreign policy !
No one could dare to bell the cat before him as these parleys have indeed been instrumental at least in waking up the countrymen from the deep slumber pertaining to gaps in the nation’s foreign policy and diplomatic endeavours !
This timely discussion will also serve as a fine feedback to alter and improve upon diplomatic strategies already in the pipeline as an international ties strengthening drive in the overall best interests of India !
Then author Mr. Harish Gupta too felt motivated and inspired to pen down his thoughts after going through Mr.Shekhar Gupta’s piece is a very healthy gesture ! Otherwise thinking and applying mind seriously over issues of paramount national importance has been found very badly wanting in NaMo regime !
The title of the write-up ” Why Shekhar Gupta is wrong on Modi’s foreign policy?” is not at all appropriate one ! It is so because terms
wrong- right and good-bad are relative terms ! Only results of these deliberations will determine right or wrong outcomes of these thoughts in the times to follow ?
Now the India’s burning problems of affordable quality education, affordable health care system, ever mounting unemployment, pitfalls of demonetisation, corruption, black money, farmers distress, electoral reforms and speedy justice delivery system should find place very shortly on the thoughts radar of The Print !
After reading Shri Shekhar Gupta’s definitive column, several commentators would have thought with regret, I knew all the facts he has collated, joining the dots, creating a coherent picture, why didn’t I write something similar myself ? 2. The latest confirmation that all is not well with our foreign policy comes from the decision to bow to America’s diktat to stop buying oil from Iran wef 4th November. Just recently, EAM had said that India recognises only UN mandated sanctions. The US sanctions against Iran are particularly problematic since they follow a unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal which P 4 plus Germany believe is being honoured by Iran. The entire valuable relationship with Iran is at stake. Equally problematic would be the disruption to India’s long standing policy of buying most / much of its military hardware from Russia, including stuff no one else will sell us. 3. America’s closest allies and friends are struggling to protect their foundational relationships with the US, insulate these from the unilateralism of this administration. How India should manage its relationship with America is something which requires the professionalism of the seniormost diplomats in MEA.
As other liberal journalist, Shekhar refuses to see positives of Modi dispensation. Low inflation, good growth, no big ticket corruption, reforms, digitisation, changing behavioural pattern of country men can’t be ignored. Foreign policy also have upward trend as India is taken more seriously. Doklam stand off was example of resolute of foreign policy. There may be small setbacks like Maldives. But we have to credit him for publishing counter viewpoint. He has to do it otherwise he, like NDTV, levelled, as Congress mouthpiece
Very informative article by Harsh Gupta. But more importantly I must congratulate Shekhar Gupta for publishing this article. This is what true journalism should be where both sides of the divide are given a platform for expression. Sadly most of our major Indian Newspapers like HT, The Hindu, The Indian Express revel in suppressing the opposite view
Harsh Gupta’s article is much more realistic and scholarly than the inspirational Shekhar Gupta . The trouble starts when you have one foot in NDTV studio and another in Antilia corridors ?
One must congratulate Shekhar for allowing this countering article to be published in the Print. Further, Harsh deserves congratulations for cogently putting across his point of view and showing how much biased and utterly hallow article that Shekhar has penned. RSS Parivar writers should take every opportunity to make such cogent and logical arguments to counter every such article by pseudo-secular, left liberal brigade in the country. Usually, one looks up to Shekhar’s articles for its ‘national interest’ but his innate hatred for Modi/BJP/RSS comes out once in a while. A few years ago, he went completely off the tangent in accusing Gen. VK Singh, then Chief of Army staff in accusing him of engineering a coup against UPA II government. By any imagination, it was completely preposterous argument. Similar is Shekhar’s case now. I hope many more neutral observers, particularly from diplomatic community, will come forward to debunk Shekhar’s article.
Shekar Gupta’s article as usual suffers from an inherent bias, clouding out the most effective management on inflation in the past few years and putting a beleaguered economy -pulled down by dubious entrepreneurs-back on track. The author conveniently forgets as it suits him of course, to miss out highlighting the most significant foreign policy achievement of evacuating over 35k overseas Indians stuck in strife torn middle East right in the middle of war ! Sadly the author besotted with anti Modism as a trending narrative, has missed out on this and much more like what is afterall economic nationalism about ?
Are the results of any long term initiative, visible immediately ? If every rupee has an address following demo exercise, then how can this be a failure ? The stranglehold on inflation whether in real estate or in essential commodities, is entirely following the successful demonitisation exercise. Obviously conventional economists or self styled eco journos, will always miss the wood for the trees and love to keep on arguing on the growth foregone.
India is a consumption economy and stiffer trade measures will hurt the opposite partners far more than ourselves since our main exports r in services which anyways are beyond conventional trade barriers.
So what is the point that the author seeks to make ? He is highlighting the Dokhlam flashpoint or the surgical strike hype as foreign policy failures. Someone pls tell this idiot to recall the instance of stapled visas on Arunachal by the Chinese during the MMS led UPA regime with meek surrender. What is the situation now ? The Dalai Lama visits Arunachal and sits at Tawang right under the Chinese noses and yet no press guy has the guts to call this a triumph. There r many other points which the author has missed out like the huge baggage of NPAs left by the UPA, how we r successfully resolving thru the IBC – classic example being sale of Bhushan steel, fight for Binani etc, the successful achievement of a GST run rate of over ₹ 1 lakh crores per month now ….
Shri Gupta must be congratulated on allowing this article to be printed in his publication that lays bare the hollowness of his argument and exposes his shallow understanding of foreign affairs. I wish that Shri Gupta can influence his editorial fellow travellers in The Wire, Scroll In, News Laundry et all, to follow his lead and publish articles that are contrarian to their ideological moorings. At least it would provide with a fig leaf of neutrality and hopefully even open their minds.
Please Subhasis Ghosh, do explain how the article lays bare Shekhar Gupta’s argument.
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist, Barnala (Punjab)
Creditable on the part of Mr. Shekhar Gupta to initiate a debate on the plight of India’s foreign policy !
No one could dare to bell the cat before him as these parleys have indeed been instrumental at least in waking up the countrymen from the deep slumber pertaining to gaps in the nation’s foreign policy and diplomatic endeavours !
This timely discussion will also serve as a fine feedback to alter and improve upon diplomatic strategies already in the pipeline as an international ties strengthening drive in the overall best interests of India !
Then author Mr. Harish Gupta too felt motivated and inspired to pen down his thoughts after going through Mr.Shekhar Gupta’s piece is a very healthy gesture ! Otherwise thinking and applying mind seriously over issues of paramount national importance has been found very badly wanting in NaMo regime !
The title of the write-up ” Why Shekhar Gupta is wrong on Modi’s foreign policy?” is not at all appropriate one ! It is so because terms
wrong- right and good-bad are relative terms ! Only results of these deliberations will determine right or wrong outcomes of these thoughts in the times to follow ?
Now the India’s burning problems of affordable quality education, affordable health care system, ever mounting unemployment, pitfalls of demonetisation, corruption, black money, farmers distress, electoral reforms and speedy justice delivery system should find place very shortly on the thoughts radar of The Print !
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest, Barnala(Punjab)
After reading Shri Shekhar Gupta’s definitive column, several commentators would have thought with regret, I knew all the facts he has collated, joining the dots, creating a coherent picture, why didn’t I write something similar myself ? 2. The latest confirmation that all is not well with our foreign policy comes from the decision to bow to America’s diktat to stop buying oil from Iran wef 4th November. Just recently, EAM had said that India recognises only UN mandated sanctions. The US sanctions against Iran are particularly problematic since they follow a unilateral withdrawal from the nuclear deal which P 4 plus Germany believe is being honoured by Iran. The entire valuable relationship with Iran is at stake. Equally problematic would be the disruption to India’s long standing policy of buying most / much of its military hardware from Russia, including stuff no one else will sell us. 3. America’s closest allies and friends are struggling to protect their foundational relationships with the US, insulate these from the unilateralism of this administration. How India should manage its relationship with America is something which requires the professionalism of the seniormost diplomats in MEA.