We dont live in 20th century and gandhi is not around anymore. So, pls stop following what he said in 1900's.
World has changed and so has India. We cannot afford to follow gandhi anymore.
china needs to know that if it attacks us, there will be mutual destruction and both our economies will nosedive. china needs to know that if it misadventures into India, it can forget the dream of becoming a superpower.
Infact, this is what many western powers want. They want china to engage with India so that neither of us can rise any further. And it will be the most stoupid of things for any one of us to do.
Good old english saying is: divide and rule.
Beware china! Dont fall into this trap! India once fell into this trap and was enslaved for over 700 years.
Re: India needs to continue the aggressive defence strategy
by tim jim on Jan 08, 2010 07:49 AM
grizzly though i admire ur insight but sadly the indians and chinese have the habit of licking goras throughout their cultures and this very game of upmanship is their downfall. the end is near just wiat and watch aajtak
The Mandarins are experts at double-speak- overtly they coyly talk of having good relations while simultaneously ramping-up their military and economic support to all of India's neighbors, while at the same time covertly funding Maoists and other insurgent groups within and without the country. India, on the other hand, is impotent to do much anything about this, being so much poorer and without the clout that comes form being a veto-wielding permanent member of the UNSC, other than prepare for any and all eventualities- to go it alone. This will require strong, effective leadership, which is sadly lacking in this poor, divided, misgoverned land. Rather than the present adversarial political system, perhaps it's time to consider a unity-govt structure- just to give the country the stability and breathing room to focus all its energies on economic and social development issues rather than factionalism, grid-lock and more chalta-hai.
Re: Hindi-Chinni Bhais?
by Dinesh Jain on Jan 08, 2010 01:01 AM
Bodh Ramdeo, I like your comments very much, which shows high level of understanding of global scenario and also strategic thinking. However I feel you are a little too harsh on India and Indian conditions. That also shows your affection for the country, like a father is much harsher on his own children then others. So its understandable but I request you to flip the perspective and consider India a strong united country despite of all its ills and divesity and then think what we, Indians, can do to secure our interest in a pragmatic ways. Peace and Jai Ho.
The combination of economic power & military power is the deciding factor in who the winner would be in this game of geo-politics. Becoming an economic power should be the priority for India. To focus on this, it needs to have peaceful relations with its neighbors and work towards it. Trying to be a global power without econpmic might would prove to be a disaster.
are equally scared of each other... No body has the guts to attack.. Only small time neglectable incidences, hyped by media occurs. But we need to be safe than sorry. Good that we are forging ahead towards China centric approach. More than military, India needs to think about monopolizing the South Asian market and behave like neighbor friendly market so that Chinese do not spread their cheap goods tentacles in south asia..
Re: China and India
by such jano on Jan 07, 2010 08:29 PM
"No body has the guts to attack"..U should just say 'China does not have guts to attack india", if you want to say so.
As india will never have guts to attack any country, our forces are meant to be forced to war only when someone attacks us.
After sept 11, my only hope that india will punish pakistan was on 'brave' pakistan, i wished it could have attacked india, sort of preemptive strike under panic, than our forces could have retaliated.
Re: Re: China and India
by Indoamerican on Jan 07, 2010 08:34 PM
Salman Rushdie said. east and West pakistan is like two wings without body. So India attacked and cut off the right wing leaving only left wing which under fire now. useless paki soldiers claiming as intruders came to kargil and burnt their assezzs. Their PM had to travel to US many times to request for a ceasefire. Common u pakis have only left with nothing to claim other than madrassa bread pin meads aspirinf 72 . U say India do not have guts??? get a life..
Re: HI
by chotelal on Jan 07, 2010 08:22 PM
Well if u see what porkistan do whenever India does any pact with any country or acquire any weapon ... Porkistan want the same .. Atleast India understands China is bigger and doesn't freakout and try to match it weapon by weapon, army by army or pact by pact ... We as Indian do look up to China for its success story and try to follow it ... and at tthe same time we also condemn its behind the curtain policy ... Its a fact that in China Internet and Media is regulated, rural chinese have a rural permit only in most places and they can't go out even if they want ... Persecution of Falun Gong followers and organ harvesting by killing those followers under Govt protection .. These are some evils of China ...
Re: common sense
by Indoamerican on Jan 07, 2010 08:26 PM
Pakistan is like a pick pocketer.. they can only snatch a monthly salary they always exists with us unless they commit suicide like what is happening there. But China is different they are like big time robbers, they can loot the existance. We have to have a strategic goal to counter any possible aggression by chinks which I think is going to never happen.
Re: Re: common sense
by MAN on Jan 07, 2010 08:54 PM
PORKISTAN gets regular monthly haftas from US and the WEST for its contribution in the war on terror wherein its playing a classic dubious role
We are behind China by many ways. China never discloses the information about its arsenal. No body knows how many nuclear weapons it has. Even America is afraid of China. So my polite rquest to leaders to increse army's strength first.
Re: ONE CAN NOT BECOME A MILITARY POWER
by Pat Thakur on Jan 07, 2010 08:03 PM
A superpower needs lot of intellectual capital and technological superpower status first than it can dream to become military superpower.
So true! Where able scientists are replaced by suspected murderers as Prez, how the hell do you expect the country to become Space-Age?
Re: Whole India is fit only to watch T.V serials
by Gautamiputra Satakarni on Jan 07, 2010 07:32 PM
Busy negotiating bribes cross-border within ranks and engaged in knee-deep corruption.
