Far, far right
There’s not much left to figure out, at least, about the Modi government’s anti-Muslim bias in general, and anti-Pakistan obsession in particular. For too long India has projected the image – rightly or wrongly – of a diverse society and polity; one where one particular current finds it difficult to find too many adherents through the length and breadth of the realm. But the sudden Hindutva outreach under Modi has stood this traditional understanding on its head. It seems, contrary to popular opinion, as if a large dormant extremist lobby was just waiting for the right administration in office to provide the right environment to break free.
Understandably, Shiv Sena and extremists of the like do not represent the more progressive pockets in India – and there are many. But the government’s delayed reaction to some recent extremist atrocities – particularly the mob lynching of a man accused wrongly of eating beef – ought to send alarm bells ringing in the international community. Silence is rightly taken as complicity in politics, especially concerning such incidents. And the situation is made worse by the credentials of India’s present prime minister, and the people he has chosen to surround himself with.
Fortunately, though, a stiff reaction from within India is finally forthcoming. Much of the English press has expressed regret, even embarrassment, at Shiv Sena’s recent rampage. And about 40 writers and poets have returned prestigious awards from the National Academy of Letters in a combined protest against what some have called “thuggish violence” that has become a recurring feature under the present right-leaning Modi government. Islamabad, too, has realised – though Nawaz took his time understanding – that Modi’s promises of trade and economics were misleading. New Delhi, for the moment, clearly puts advancing Hindu nationalist tendencies much higher on its priority list. That means Pakistan will no longer take the initiative in pursuing peace or commerce. And since India seems in no mood either, relations are likely to freeze for the foreseeable future. That, if anything, can be calculated definitively from India’s posturing.
You are right. For the next one decade the relations will be one millimetre short of nuclear threshold.
Not even one square inch will be ceded. Terror acts will be rebuffed with multiplied force. No more yielding to Terror and Atom Bum blackmail. India will be mentally ready for all out decisive war. I am from India.
With regard to peace process, I think pakistan has no credibility in keeping their words. If you look at the peace process initiated by vajpayee govt.in 1998 with nawaz shariff, pakistan responded with kargil war, not to mention attack on parliament, then openly sent militants to butcher innocent civilians in mumbai, and very recently pak militants were arrested from jammu and gurdaspur. Pak kept on denying their own claim as pakistan national. Modi did reinitiate talks with pak PM at uffa but what happened, pak CAOS added agendas to the meeting and pak had stalled the peace negotiation. I think modi government are not stupid to understand that there is no point talking to puppet PM nawaz shariff as he is not the real PM ,he doesn’t call the shots raheel shariff does.
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