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War madness: Is India taking Asia towards destablization?
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| Yes | 43% | 20 votes | Total: 47 votes | |
| No | 57% | 27 votes |
Yes
by Lakshmi Swami
Created on: December 07, 2009
India is peace loving country where Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi were born. It is known as Bharat meaning Bha= sense of inner feeling , ra= the tune, ta= the beat. In other words it is a nation sounding music that is in tune with peace, goodwill and friendship. To think of India preparing a way to destabilize Asia is a misnomer.
There are war mongers in every country. Show me an instance when India initiated war! Every time it was the other country that did it. In 1947 it was Pakistan who sent troops to support Muslims in Kashmir. In 1965 it was Pakistan who invaded India under the dictator Ayub Khan.
In 1971 there was a civil war in Pakistan and in the confusion, Bangla Desh was created. Every occasion it was India. When Lahore was captured India stopped further movement and left Lahore and the army returned. BBC in its political Commentary commended the statesmanship of Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of the country.
In1999 Pakistan intruded and occupied portions in Kargil and India drove them out. Every time it was Pakistan that was the culprit. India fought in defence and that is how the wars went on. So many were killed on either side. Many from East Pakistan came to India for shelter.
India's economic growth this year was reported to be nearing 8.0% and the future is very bright in spite of problems at home. It is a vast country with a huge population. There are several anti social elements that are to be controlled.
Unfortunately the country is not able to see to the growth of the poor section of the people who remain poor and the country is obsessed with its own internal problems. The Government is trying to bring about the desired change to make people of all sections happy.
India shuns war and it had no war ambitions. Let us examine what had happened when China invaded India in 1961 in winter. India was not prepared to face the attack because the country was very poorly equipped for war with outdated weapons.
It had old machine guns and China had most sophisticated weapons. Thanks to Britain and USA who came to the rescue of the country. India had to recruit officers on an emergency measure. I volunteered and joined as Commissioned officer after proper training.
The Prime Minister Chou en Lai Mao Tse Tung visited India a couple of months before the War and they raised slogans China and India are brothers. They stabbed behind.
The country since then began organizing its defence equipment. Now it is prepared to meet any eventuality. It will never invade another nation and it hasn't done so at any time, leave alone destabilizing Asia.
India is building up and America has acknowledged India as 'A World Power'. It has no war intentions and this is for sure.
India is trying to solve its own internal problems like Naxals and Maoists trying to shake the very fabric of the plural society by derailing trains and planting bombs at places of gathering of people. Such anti social elements are trying to destabilize the country.
The recent attack on Mumbai demonstrates India's restraint in dealing with the situation. It is proved beyond doubt that Pakistan is involved in the game and they admitted it after much dilly dallying. Destabilizing India is not in the Agenda in India's development plans.
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No
by Bhumika Ghimire
Created on: February 22, 2009
In past decade or so, India has emerged as a global powerhouse-thanks to its booming Information technology (IT) industry, growing manufacturing sector and middle class families and large pool of technical manpower. Its growing influence has also attracted some unwanted attention form local and well as terrorist and fundamentalist organizations.
The decade that saw India rise also saw the country suffer from pretty horrific violence perpetrated by terrorists and fundamentalists. Last year's attack in the city of Mumbai being one of the many.
In spite of suffering regular attacks, India has remained pretty restrained in its response. Since gaining independence from the British, the country has engaged in war with only two countries-Pakistan and China.
Compare India's response with Israel and the United States. Israel, since its birth has been in a constant state of war with its neighbors. It has even occupied some one else's land- all in response to "terrorist threat" or "national security". India, is also face with terrorist threat but it has not occupied its neighbor's land and held millions captive. I
United States, the great nation that promotes democracy and peace around the world attacked two countries after 9/11. For "national security". Facts prove that attacking Iraq was totally un-necessary and action in Afghanistan have failed to improve the security situation much.
Comparing India with Israel and USA, doesn't it seem that the latter two seem more of a threat to global security than India?
In Asia, India's neighbor Pakistan has been playing double game for long. In front of the world community it appears as working hard to fight terrorism, but it is completely unable to stop Taliban and al-Qaida growing in its own land. Enough evidence has been discovered that prove that Mumbai attacks last year were planned in Pakistan. Even Pakistan had accepted that.
Afghanistan is another trouble spot in Asia. Looking at the actions of Pakistan and Afghanistan, it seems highly unfair to single out India as the one causing trouble in Asia.
True, India has made mistakes. For example the situation in Kashmir and the North East have made the country an easy target for terrorists. But facts prove that India has remained restrained and balanced when it comes to responding to terrorist attacks. Imagine the Mumbai attack had happened in US or UK . Pakistan would be a desert by now. So before we judge India let us look at what its neighbors and friends have done.
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