The Indian angle!

With the recent Tibet crisis spilling over, the Indo-Chinese ties have come under a huge strain and are tested as they never have been before. Of course, the Americans would like nothing better than to have India and China at opposing ends as the end game for world domination would become a whole lot easier. But with the Chinese realising this better than anybody else, have instead decided to make up and patch things up!

India and Myanmar - no more weapons!

India, it seems has finally given in to world opinion and it has decided to no longer sell any more arms to the military Junta. This news broke out in the Washington post and it has been independently confirmed by them as well.
Of course, as to the veracity of this news, one can be sure of it, at least until the government here does a turnaround and start selling arms to the Junta all over again.
But this action taken by one of the Junta's closest allies, is bound to send a stern message to the Junta that they cannot do business in the way that they have been doing all these years. It is high time that the Junta realise that anything attempted by force does not last for long and that the reconciliation process between the Junta and the democratically elected leader of Myanmar,Aung San Suu Kyi should be put on the fast track!

Beijing praises India for slighting the Dalai!

Recently an advisory was sent out by the Indian ministry asking all of its cabinet ministers to stay away from a felicitation ceremony for the Dalai Lama. As a result even though they were all invited most of the cabinet ministers choose to stay away from the function.
What is surprising many is the level of animosity that the Red Dragon is showing the Dalai lama. As such the Dalai lama poses no threat to China yet according to Beijing it is case of 'no holds barred' when it comes to the leader of Free Tibet. Tibet by itself has no value either strategically or economically and of late it has been more of a strain on China's coffers than anything else. So why is the level of animosity on an increase instead of the other way down? But these are queries that I shall try to answer in another post. But what has surprised me is the way that the Indian ministers are doing their best to please China and the brazen way that they are going about this is certainly making the rounds in the diplomatic corps!

The Dalai says 'mooo' and China has a cow!

It is sad to see a man who has stood for peace and non violence to be defiled as such by Beijing. It is sad that such an allegedly great Asian nation has to resort to dirty tricks to defile a man who has withstood exile and today stands all for peace and reconciliation.
Ever since, Beijing invaded Tibet, it has done its best to eradicate all influence that the Dalai Lama may still have in the Tibetan plateau and recently the Chinese army even barricaded a couple of Buddhist monasteries. But after having done all that, if the Dalai Lama were to say 'MOOO', China would literally have a cow. This is one man who seems to have such a powerful effect on the whole of China itself. China may think that it would be able to enforce the 'one china' policy by sheer force, but that is just not realistic. For anything fruitful to be accomplished it cannot be done by force, because anything that is done by force, does not last for long. One would think that the Chinese would have taken to heart the lesson of China's emperor and how he tried to do everything by sheer force and in the end his dynasty did not even last a few years after he was dead. That is the clincher about trying to do things by force, they rarely last long. Tibet belongs to the Dalai Lama and his people and it is high time that the Chinese government realised this and accepted the ground reality.
But I do not see that happening anytime soon, do you? As for the latest move by China telling other foreign countries not to interfere in its internal affairs by commemorating the Dalai lama, well that just goes to show how desperate the Chinese are getting of late on the entire Tibet issue. What is more, internationally the Dalai lama is growing in stature and his voice cannot be stifled by the Chinese anymore. The other parts of the world all recognise the Dalai lama as a great man irrespective of China's wrath and it is only a matter of time before the Chinese government understand that what they are doing is Wrong and that it is high time for some redressal regarding this issue!

India China and Myanmar-power,lies and videotape!

With both India and China getting extremely anxious with the Myanmar situation,the recent events have not helped matters any bit.especially the killing of an innocent Japanese journalist by the Myanmar military.what made things more worse is the fact that this killing was captured on camera and broadcast.now the pressure on both these Asian giants has increased tenfold.it seems that both these Asian giants may well sit down and chalk out a common strategy as far as Myanmar goes.in the meantime,reports are reaching the other countries that the supposed dead toll could well be higher than the said 9.it is one thing to have people attacking unarmed civilians but totally another to attack unarmed and helpless Buddhist monks!
It is high time that all of the countries got together on this Myanmar issue and impress on both India and China to take further action without any delay whatsoever!

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Radical muslim cleric killed by pakistani troopers!

Today saw the pakistani troopers raid the Red mosque in the heart of Islamabad where the radical cleric was holed up with his supporters which mainly consisted of women.President Musharaff was indeed caught between a rock and a hard place.the radical cleric and his brother and followers were getting out of hand with their demand to have the shariat law imposed all over pakistan.with things coming to a head,Musharaff gave them an ultimatum,surrender or face the consequences.please remember that the Musharaff government is supported in the center by a radical muslim group who are not going to be all too happy with the current turn of events.what is more,this political group is now going to come under enormous pressure which may force them to reconsider their support to the Musharaff government.
Either way with a dammed if he does or dammed if he does not,Musharaff finally had enough and gave the orders to the troopers to raid the mosque.fighting is currently going on with hand to hand battles in almost every room.the rebels are giving as good as they get and the story is yet to fully play out.either way President Musharaff is heading into some really troubled times.will he survive this,probably but his political career is almost over with this faux paus.after all if one were to attack the very hand that one is fed by,what support can one count on come elections which by the way are not that far away!

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U.S.S Nimitz comes calling on India!

The U.S ship Nimitz comes calling on India and is due to dock off the Chennai coast on monday.this visit has started off a controversy of sorts with the communist parties in India up in arms against the visit.they see this visit by a nuclear powered ship as an unnecessary danger to India and her citizens.but the truth is that the communist parties would have been all smiles had the visitor been a Chinese ship or a Russian ship.it is almost funny to see them protesting on such empty issues.of course safety is naturally a concern but when every precaution has been taken then what reason do they have for protesting Nimitz visiting India.none,whatsoever!like i said had the visit been by a chinese or russian ship,the communist parties both of them would be at the docks with garlands to greet the visitors.since the visitors are americans,they have exchanged the garlands for brickbats.of course people should understand that most of the Indians are happy with Nimitz visiting India,it is the communist parties that are creating this unnecessary fuss.what is more they are doing this not because they see this visit as a danger,but their party policy demands that they do not hob nob with the capitalists and to protest against them whenever possible.the communist parties better watch out,they are surely losing their relevance in this modern world.gone are the days of socialist and communist policies,say hello to capitalist policies!


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NAM matters a lot!

NAM,the non aligned movement co founded by India,got a rude jolt as the U.S condoleeza rice decided to come out and say that the NAM movement has lost all relevance in the modern world.but the entire world knows that the U.S has always been hostile to the very idea of NAM.NAM was started as a counter balance to the power polarities in the world at the time,the U.S and that of the U.S.S.R.the russians very adroitly managed to get friendly with India and thereby had assured that the NAM policies were always friendly to them,much to the chagrin of the U.S.
Today although the power scenario may have altered with the demise of the U.S.S.R a new power struggle happens to be taking place,between that of the U.S and the asian giants with Europe sitting on the sidelines and cheering the asians on.the asian giants,China and India believe in a multi polar world and as such the trilateral conferences between the current Russia,the NAM and the ASEAN just suits their purposes fine for this.the U.S knows that it could never totally dominate the world and make itself the sole reigning power.what is more most of the world central banks have started changing their reserver currency as the U.S dollar gets weaker and weaker.this worrying trend could also9 be as a result of the U.S policies and their aggressive attitude towards other world powers.as far as China,Russia and India are concerned,they seem to think that a multi polar world is much needed and they are making steady progress towards that end.as far as the U.S is concerned,they see themselves losing all relevance in this modern world as they and their economy gets more and more outdated.their aggressive polices may have well suited the time of kennedy's and nixon's.but today economy speaks volumes and services matter more than just mere muscle.gone are the days of muscle power and say hello to the power of money and hi tech wizardry!

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