There seems to be no end to reading and hearing so many mushy-mushy or 'intellectually stimulating' articles/talks on India Pak relationships. I view them now as nothing but intellectual masturbation. Authors and speakers get a high and think of themselves as great thought leaders. Frankly, all of this is essentially so stupid and so hopelessly naive that one has stopped responding to them or taking them seriously. Nobody says anything that has not been said before. There is the usual odd visit report by a columnist saying how hospitable the Pakistanis are, the usual speaker feeling nostalgic about their pre-partition days when they used to play in Lahore, the usual candle lighters... In short, too much of all the usual things. Not since last year but since the cows came home.
Reality is until Pakistan can get its act together, there is no hope for India to get out of this quagmire. Two neighbours, with a stake in development, can talk and come to conclusions. But if one of them is a scoundrel who has given hope on his/her life, then the second neighbour cannot hope to reach a settlement. This only results in blackmail, with no end.
Stop the talks. Do everything to seal your borders. Work hard like crazy to improve lot of Indians. Become rich and resourceful. Dictate or influence world opinion. These are the things India should spend energy on. Not utterly futile talks , going on since 1947, resulting in so many over and covert wars!
Thursday, March 04, 2010
India Pak Peace Process - Favourite Intellectual Masturbation
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Brilliant commentary; crisp, to-the-point and hitting the nail hard on its head! We need more such thoughts published now in these days of crap passed on "Aman Ki Asha"
Good one!
Thanks Samik and Spidey!
This was in response to an Outlook article -http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?264503
Yes, it is pretty frustrating. We grew up listening to all this. Now, we will be passing the same rhetoric to the next generation if we do nothing. I dont know what is the anti-dote. Should we start a campaign called "Chaman ki Aasha".
I liked "chaman ki asha"..
yes.. all that you said can be done along with the talks... but don't talk now. It is a sign of weekness... Talk from a strong point.
I hope u remember -
kshama shobhti us bhujang ko jiske paas garal ho...
use kya jo danthin vishrahit vinit saral ho...
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