Pakistan: A Threat, Challenge or Parasite for Indian Think Tank

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Anti-Hinduism, China, Hinduism, Human Development Index, India, Islam in India, Islamophobia, Pakistan

There are 2 nations who livedas one for thousands of years with love and harmony then they departed theirways and still they are enchanted with each other. Being Anti- India and Anti Pakistanhas become a qualification of patriotism. We are bound to see each other as anenemy and always try to overrun every opportunity for peace.  

India and Pakistan had fought 4wars in last 64 years 3 of them are on Kashmir issue and 1 war for Bangladesh.We had won all those wars and from 1965 the difference between Indian and Pakistanarmed forces are enlarging day by day. Now we are in a definite situation towin in any conventional war with our western neighbor and we are now a regionalpower with a lot of stars and achievement on our shoulder.  The political will is to place India as a globalplayer with increased economy, Better HDI and well armed and trained armedforces to defend our interest. We are officially shifting our gaze from Pakistanto China but in reality this is a long walk. The main threat to India, its stabilityand growth is China but all our leadership is still bound with Pakistan. Our politicalleader pass a anti-Pakistan comment and achieve a instant popularity, ourgenerals assure us that they can deal with Pakistan and we sleep happily thatnight. We had done well in cornering Pakistan and overlapping in defense andeconomy but this is the time to move on. 

We face threats of terrorism,war and less economical benefits because of Pakistan and it is acting as anenemy should act but the real problem of terrorism is not in the terrorists whofought us but it’s in the finance and psychology which make them to fight usand we all know Pakistan is not able to finance them single handily and neverit was. Our defense forces and leaders are working really hard to reduce thisthreat but how can you cure a disease without killing its viruses. The antiIndian politician in India and Pakistan are also one of the root causes of thisproblem because they find the recruit for terrorism with the help of financethey are receiving and we are working to just reduce the damage of their workrather than solving the problem. Sometimes I wonder are our leadership isunwilling or incapable or lack the basic common sense and logic which I neededto solve the problem of Pakistan and its work. Every time a person goes againstPakistan’s propagandas for Indian Muslims and he is banned as a Hinduist orright wing politician. For me India is a secular country and the persons wholive here are living as Indian not as Hindu or Muslim. In this particular areaPakistan has proven itself as a threat to Indian harmony but still we are notworking to remove root cause. In a tense situation we become Hindu, Muslim,anti- Pakistani, anti-Hindu, anti-Muslim, but It is very rare when we react asjust Indian(thank god recently the percentage is increasing).

The hate Pakistan shows forIndia and their blindness towards history because we have a common past is achallenge for us. To ignore such hate and bitterness for our good is not acommon human tendency. A man feels insecure in hostile situations and tries oneslevel best to secure its parameters but a situation like this become more dangerouswhen this men stop seeing all the threats even those which come in future witha cool mind and only reacts to the threat which it faces at a time. It iscalled survival and survival of anything is not everlasting. Our reaction tothe threats of Pakistan is more or less same. This is a challenge which we needto face and overcome if we want to be a global player in true term. We have tostop reacting each and every time Pakistan says something and start behavingmore maturely. We need to overcome our anti- Pakistan thinking and need toshift more pressuring problem.

But what I really believe is thatPakistan is for the most part neither a threat nor a challenge but a parasiteto Indian Think Tank. For last 64 years we had done all to defeat Pakistan ifit attack us, on international stage, we done all to counter it and its moveeven the citizen of India are more busy in comparing themselves and provingthemselves better then citizen of Pakistan. Yes, comparison is good and requiredfor growth but a comparison with those who are ahead of you not with those whoare behind you. Comparing India with a nation which is still finding a reasonto be a nation, where Jehad is more important than bread for children is awrong thing to do. This is the time to leave Pakistan where it is with an eyeon its move and concentrate on other players of stage and we must start workingto counter them.

GOI has started to move its focuson china but still we are working on to make sure to stop a Chinese invasionmilitarily or economically. We should work on to defeat china in these sectors.Time to overcome this parasite and becoming a world player is now and if we dropthis chance we will be like Japan with a lot of potential but only with lot of potential.Our concern is China and now it’s time for Indian populace to change their focuswe need to know more about them as we know about Pakistan and once we becomeequal or better then china the problem of Pakistan will be nothing more than a smallhurdle in the path of a mighty river.

The idea that a warcan be won by standing on the defensive and waiting for the enemy to attack isa dangerous fallacy, which owes its inception to the desire to evade the priceof victory.   – Douglas Haig

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Aagaj

न होती मज़हबी दूरियाँ, न होती ऊंच नींच की मजबूरियां
आदम दिल यूँ शख्त न होता, जो ये तख़्त न होता
तो जान पाते की सबकी रगों में खून एक रंग है, सियासत की वजह से ही आपस में जंग है
लोगो ने बहाया यूँ रक्त न होता, जो ये तख़्त न होता
साम दाम दंड भेद जिसके लिए, जात पात रंग भेद जिसके लिए
सत्ता के लिए आदमी इतना आसक्त न होता, जो ये तख्त न होता

जला दो ऐसे तख़्त को, जो रक्त में भेद करता है
हटा दो ऐसे तख़्त को, हर शख्स में भेद करता है
मिटा दो ऐसे तख़्त को, जिस थाली में खाया उसी में छेद करता है
आओ आगाज़ करें एक नए रिवाज़ का
समर्थन करें जनता की हर आवाज़ का
न हो कोई तख़्त, न ही हो कोई औहदा
जमीं से जुड़ें ऐसे जैसे जुड़ता है कोई पौधा

आओ एक सभ्य समाज, नयी व्यवस्था, नए हिन्दुस्तां का सपना बुने
जमीन से जुड़े, मिटटी और आदमी की कद्र करने वालों को अपना नेता चुने
ताकि हम तो कहें दुनिया भी कहे हमसे सारे जहाँ से अच्छा हुन्दुस्तान तुम्हारा

a touching song

A song I love to listen… yahan koun hai tera

kyun

Aj akela khada hua jivan ke dorahe pe,

Karta intjar tera hun, ki aake hath tham mera

Chal safar yeh pura kar dalen, jivan ki in badhao per

Aaj vijay kar dale, na yeh haar akhri hai na khatm hua jivan safar apna,

Fir kyun himmat hara hun, kyun baitha main dara hua,

Tum ho chah meri subse badi fir aaj kyun aaj main akela hun,

Kyun hara main jeevan me kyun tujhese main dur hua,

Kyun deni padti hai har bar prem pariksha mujhe,

Kyun mujhe chain nahi kyun mujhe aaram nahi,

Aake fir teri bahon me kyun jagta mujheme vishwas nahi,

Kyun meri chahat adhuri hai kyun meri pyas baki hai.

Kub khatm hogi durdasha meri kub mujhe sakun aayega,

Kya karun aj main jo fir vishwas jayega,

Kyun tum pareshan ho, kyun hairan baithe ho

Karo mujhe vishwas thoda, kuch der thamo hath mera,

Main dara hua hun bhitar se, main har hua hun jeevan se,

Karta yahi gujarish apno se, sath mera na chodo tum,

Kuch mujhepe vishwas karo kuch to mujhese bhi aas karo,

Jis rah chala sath tere, jis manjil ki khwaish thi,

Chalo use pura kar aayen, main banunga sahara tera jeevan bhar,

Bus kuch waqt tum mera sahara bano.

for u

main jeeta sare jag se,  bus apno se main har gaya,

chah kari jis jeevan ki, us chah se aaj mara gaya,

deni chahi thi kushi tujhe bus gam ke saye de paya,

main tujh bin kitna adhura hun yeh aaj talak na kah paya,

sirf teri hansi ke liye jiya yeh baat tujhe na kah paya,

main bhi kuch majboor hua hun jeevan ke halato se,

kuch mar diya khud ko maine apne swapno ke hatho se,

baki jo bacha woh tasvir bus tere prem ki hain,

tu ne bhi na samjha mujhko fir yeh kis kam ki hai,

1 adhuri khawish ka ahsas bach hun main,

tum sang kuch jine ki pyas liye hun main,

jo kho baitha tum ko bhi to swapn kahan se lounga,

khud ko kaise pahchanunga khud ko kaise bhulounga,

sir waqt bitake tum sang mujhe milta aaram nahi,

1 hi khawaish hai meri ki tujho ho aaram sabhi,

din rrat isi dun me jalta hun, main teri 1 hansi ke liye tarsata hun.

tum meri prem jwala tum meri jeevan hala,

maine apna sara sanchin anurag push,

apne sare pund paap aur kalush,

sub kuch jo mera apna tha,

jo bhi mera sapna tha,abhiman mera,

tere prem ke mandir me samrpit kar aaya hun.

main aaj yeh jivan de tujhko mukt ho jata hun,

teri 1 pal ki khushi me main hi ab main apna astitv pata hun.

Is dil ko ab aadat hai ter prem ka madhur sangeet sunane ki,

Mujho ab aadat hai tujhko khud sa hi samjhane ki,

Main bhul kabhi kar jata hun, Tujhe se itna pyar kar jata hun,

Main bhul jata hun hun ajad astive hamara hai,

Kuch tumhari umeeden hai, kuch tumhari kwaieshen hai,

Ab main khayal rakhunga unka bhi tumko tum hi samjhunga,

Tum meri poorak ho pratibimb nahi yeh baat main yaad rakhunga.

Per ho jo khata mujhese to maaf karna, yeh aadat jate-2 jayegi,

Kuch waqt dena mujhe sudharne ka, tumhe fir se samjhane ka,

Is prem ak nayi manjil pane ki, khud ko tumme bhulane ki,

Per kuch wade pahle nibhane hain, tum se bhi aur khud se bhi,

Tumko dena hai jeevan khushhal, jisme na ho koi ahsaas-e-kami,

Kuch waqt den pari is insaan ko tumhe samjh pane ka,

Jo paya hai uski kadr karne ka aur usi me kho jane ka,

Democracy in south Asia

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Abraham Lincoln, Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, India, Indira Gandhi, Middle East, South Asia, Sri Lanka

 

The meaning ofdemocracy is “rule of people” but in south Asia it is everything then itsdefinition. Let see what Democracy has done to South Asia and what south Asiahas done to democracy.

 

As I would not be a slave, so I wouldnot be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.  – Abraham Lincoln

The democracy is one of themost popular findings of Age of Enlightment. It is just like a medicine whichcan cure you or a drug which can make you addicted of it. After 300 years ofbirth of democracy on world stage it got the spotlight again after the peoplemovement in Middle East, South East and South Asia and Africa. A lot of peoplediscussed the future of democracy in Middle -east and Africa and no coverageand thought had been given recently to Democracy and South Asia. 

The definition of Democracy issimplest definition of the world- “Rule of People”. With the increase in wealthand industrial revolution a lot of Europeans started asking questions againstKing and Church, 2 dictating power of their day-to-day life and after therevolution they established the rule of people and most of the countries removedkings from governance and all removed church from governance. The biggest contributionof Europeans to democracy was separation of religion from administration.

In the middle of 20^thcentury several nations got independence or birth and south Asian countries wereone of them. Some of those newly freed countries becomes democratic and startedthe process of welfare of their people others tried and then got converted indictatorship, some other has gone for communism but the south Asian Countriesdone something unique. These 7 countries had tried all the form of governanceexcluding formal kingship in the name of democracy. 

The south Asian countries arethe single ones who shown the democratic way of gaining independence. Mr.Gandhi, Nehru, Zinna, Patel and others were the prominent name of one of the biggestpeaceful revolution to gain independence. This was the single example where theruler and people whom he ruled all were happy on the independence. Such revolutionbecomes a light house for other nations to gain independence with peacefulmeans but the picture of Independence and democracy was not all golden. With thegaining independence from British rule with such patience and democracy Indiagot divided and this becomes the most bloodthirsty division of any country withmillions died and displaced. 

We had seen the politicalleaders like Nehru- Sastri in India, Bhutto in Pakistan, Sheikh Mujibur Rahmanin Bangladesh, king Tribhuvan in Nepal, Aung San Suu Kyi of Mayanmar, and Bandarnaikein Shrilanka who started and supported political system of their country and  become the harbringer of Democracy in Region.We also seen the dictatorship of Indira Gandhi, Ayub khan, Yahiya Khan, ZiaurRahman, General Ne win, marshal law of Sri Lanka for decades and Taliban. The ironywas we were dictated for saving the democracy. Now the question is how adictator can save Democracy, isn’t both are opposite to each other.

Still we are not over with ourromance with democracy. I am not against democracy but I am against the romancewith it, because it is a tool to use for collective welfare of people. To increaseharmony among them, to give them chance to prosper and to reduce ethnic differencesbetween them, but because of the romance with the Idea of democracy given usall the opposite results. South Asian is still ethnically diversified peoplewho struggle on day-to-day basis for their needs, who are illiterate, lesscivil and unethical. We have so-much patience for the wrong deeds of powerfulpeople and completely intolerable to urgency of fellow citizen.

 South Asian had contributed to everything theworld they had converted each thing according to us either American music, Chinesefood, Italian Pizza or the international language English. Same goes with thedemocracy. Democracy is an Idea woven in the thinking of people of south Asianjust as common sense but its full implementation is as rare as use of commonsense.

The position of democracy is:-

• There are wish for democracybut lack of will to sacrifice individual freedom for it.
• South Asian Democracy providedspace to fight towards equality and justice but there is still not room enoughto create and implement rules for it.
• The promises of constitutionfor democracy, freedom, and welfare are still promises and it will take verymuch time to convert it into a reality.
• The region is most diversifiedregion and governments of countries had tried to manage this diversificationbut due to the lack of political will this diversity had created more problemsor complicated them.
• The successors of foundingleaders are incapable and corrupt which were unable to solve the day-to-dayproblems of people and unable to provide the atmosphere for growth of peopleand democracy.
• There were several social movementhave emerged and tried to change the way of system and people but not a singleone is big enough to make some permanent change is society.

The South Asia shows that democracy canbe built in societies that have not attained high rates of economic growth. Italso indicates that democracies can evade addressing the issues of poverty,destitution and inequality even when the poor constitute a majority. Thecultures, practices and institutions of democracy have transformed the peopleof South Asia to citizens and bearers of rights and dignity. This gives rise toexpectations that most governments in the region have failed to meet. But beforebeing a completely democratic region which has the welfare of its citizen itsneed to be democratic which means their ability to choose a government  which insure their welfare first and reducethe political and regional problems to make region grow and achieve a highlevel of economic growth where poor too can get profit of democracy and not bea tool to seizing the power in the hand of few for the dream of better life.South Asia will be a complete democratic nation when the people of south Asiawill decide that this is enough and now they want the rule of people andwelfare of people with a atmosphere where everybody have chance to grow.

In a democracy the poor will have morepower than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of themajority is supreme. – Aristotle

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India: A nation, Idea or a Myth

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Asia, British Raj, Culture of India, Idea of India, India, Mumbai, Vedas

She (India) has left indelible imprints on onefourth of the human race in the course of a long succession of centuries. Shehas the right to reclaim … her place amongst the great nations summarizingand symbolizing the spirit of humanity. From Persia to the Chinese sea, fromthe icy regions of Siberia to Islands of Java and Borneo, India has propagatedher beliefs, her tales, and her civilization!” — Sylvia Levi

A culture and civilization, which is inexistence for several thousand of years which has so much unique characteristicsin itself that sometime it is hard to call it just a nation. The name India hadcreated so much romance in historians and spiritual people that it can bedefined as an Ideology in itself and the prosperity and developed way of life mentionedin various history and epics books of India and world makes it as a mythical place.Then suddenly we face our present which has inequality, injustice, hunger,corruption where most of its citizen are fighting day to day basis to live,where mostly a person is honest because it doesn’t have the chance to becorrupt and we face a question what is India a Nation, Idea o Myth.

A nation is defined on the basis of its belief ofcollective welfare, justice and equality. A nation may refer to acommunity of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent,and/or history. The culture of any 2 states is so much different that you can’tcall them a single culture, where a person of one state is not welcome in otherstate to work and the political parties with nationalist Ideology support regionalismfor easy votes. Here still 1/4^th population still sleeps hungry. Anation where a pedestrian condemn a motorcyclist and a motorcyclist condemn a4-wheeler. So what are the bases of nationalism of India? We don’t have asimilar culture, common civilization or beliefs from religion to society to politicalideology. A Indian is different from other Indian. We love to play and condemnall the ideas of being a nation and this reason a lot of Europeans when came toIndia were unable to believe it is a single nation. So what are the pillars ordefinition of nation to define India as a nation?

Tolerance, Religion, Diversity, the ability to consolidateothers in it, common ethics, all of these can be the pillar or none. For Somepeople the common practice to condemn government for all the wrong can be thepillar for some other even cricket will be one reason for some other the Englishand British rule was the reason and force to carve us as a nation. I differfrom most of them. Tolerance for others and the ability to consolidate othersand becoming one is the main pillar of India as a nation. If we go through thehistory of world not a single nation is there with so-many differences andstill known as a single nation for most of in history. The reason to choose toleranceis that we harbor more cultural differences and several languages within anation then whole Europe have harbored. The example of Yugoslavia, Austria-hungryCongo, Sudan, and Zambia proves that tolerance level of India and the belief toco-existence is most important pillar. The ability to consolidate is the 2^ndone because India as a civilization and nation faced most of the invasions frommost of the civilization of world. Most of the invaders with time become a partof India and start believing in the Idea of India and this land become their homelandrather than a invaded land. So diversity which is supported by tolerance andconsolidation is the reason for making India a nation with unique attributes.

The idea of India is much more romantic and complicatedthan anything else. For several years a lot of people came here in search ofKnowledge, religion and spirituality. The Vedas, Upanishads and Gita are still showsspirituality to many (Hindus and other religion believers too). A lot of travelersfrom various civilizations came to India to gain. She had provided with knowledge,peace, prosperity and spirituality to all. The Greeks, Chinese,  Egyptians, Sumerians, Romans, Europeans and othershad came here to trade, to learn, to gain. The contribution of India inMathematics, Astrology, metallurgy, and other fields are so much over the spanof time that the way she looks or thinks become all together a different viewand the ideas which had created or developed here become Indian way. How wethink, see and work is one of the mysteries to most of the world. There weremany who were able to understand it and they felt a bond with us and there aremany others who are unable for it and condemn us until recently for being us. Thereare several places where still Indians face racism or criticism but with the globalizationthe reach and trade of India have increased and the Indian culture is again onacceptance term of world (yoga, Theory of karma, Indian food, Films and TVShows). So the ideology of India is again attracting the world and promoting Indiaas an Idea.

But with the problem we face in our day-2-daylife, the frustration and hunger of a common Indian, the corruption in every partof life, the social injustice and lack of political will to solve the problemsmakes India a myth more than an Idea. The greatness of past and the problems ofpresent are incomparable in first view but when we look more closely there is arelation between them. During the time of prosperity (from Indus Valley Civilizationto Mughal Era) we somehow become a race of intolerable people who believe inbeing one of the best in humans. We had gone against the working class ofsociety and were busy in internal fights when unity was required. A lot ofsuperstitions and religious complexity got place in the society and at the timeof British rule it was on its peak and because of various social reformers and governmenta lot have been removed. The problem we are facing today is work of ourselves andnone is here to blame it. Same goes with myth of India we were so-much removedfrom our past for centuries that all those stories looks like myth rather thanfacts of history. Yes India is a myth but it is a myth which stands on the veryfoundation of reality. In last I can say Indiais a unique nation which played with Ideas and myth so brilliantly that theyare interwoven and it is hard to find out where truth ends and from where mythstarts but this complex structure of ideas and dreams is India.

If there is one place on the face of earth whereall the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days whenman began the dream of existence, it is India!”

–French scholar Romaine Rolland

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Are we political Independent

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26 January 1950, British Raj, Constituent assembly, Constitution of India, India, Indian independence movement, November 1949, Preamble

On 15 august 1947 a nation became free to live, to prosper and to decide its social, political and economic future to ensure the welfare of 330 million people. This is the day on which Republic of India born.After becoming independent from British raj India saw one of the biggest populace migration during partition and both newly developed nations got wounds which are still not fully healed. The time of Indian independence was a post world war II time and the whole world was getting divided between communist and capitalist camps. The political leadership of India was well aware of the pros and cons of joining a camp and newly formed, hungry, poor and undeveloped India decided not to join any camp and become founding nation of NAM (non-align Movement). A lot of people criticize the NAM and say it doesn’t become successful but I am not convincing with it. NAM was a success to India because it showed the world that India had become fully Independent and would not decide its foreign and domestic policy according to a single political theory and will go on its own way.
On 26 January 1950 the constitution of India was adopted, which is biggest constitution with a lot of unique features. The founding leaders of Indian political system made sure that India will become a democratic nation where people of India have the rights to choose the way of their life and government. The Preamble, Fundamental Rights, Directive principles, Implied Rights and Fundamental duties are a part of constitution to make this happen.
Unfortunately this had not happened and all these marvels of our society, culture and constitution are become neglected in front of regional and communal politics used by all the political parties of India to gain vote and power. The corruption and lies become the life line of a nation where Harishchandra’s truthfulness and honesty is a self claimed definition of these 2. We had written in our constitution that we will be a secular state and religion is a private part of individual life but opposite has happened and now all the political leaders do their politics on the basis of religion and community. The welfare of People of India was forgotten and we are used on the name of RAM and RAHIM to vote as sheep. We were used to vote on the basis of caste poverty and an unfulfilled dream of development.
After 64 years of Independence we are still not free, still we don’t think as an Indian. Still we have issue with language, region, and caste. I don’t say the issues are wrong but what I request is to think what we are trying to achieve a solution or a continuation of problems. Our constitution says-

“WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:

JUSTICE, social, economic and political;

LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

EQUALITY of status and of opportunity;

and to promote among them all

FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;

IN OUR CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY this twenty-sixth day of November, 1949, do HEREBY ADOPT, ENACT AND GIVE TO OURSELVES THIS CONSTITUTION.”

Are we a society which has justice, liberty, equality and fraternity? No we are not and we are trying to be this since 1947. We have achieved a lot of success in removing untouchability from our society but have somebody tried to make us proud on this. Is some politician came forward and said “Hail India, you done a fantastic job, keep it up”, not a single one

We fought to injustice so much and got defeated so many time that now a lot of people become indifferent to it. Is there any leader who said sorry for this failure and insured us with his work that the situation will change?

Sometimes I wonder why is this that a European leader can travel with his fellow citizen without security and protocols and not our leaders. Then I question are we truly politically independent and are we start behaving as Indian, are we are awake to defend our Independence.

If we are still divided on the name of caste, religion, ethnicity then we don’t have a right to cry on the unfairness which we face because the law of nature tells only powerful or united people can grow and enjoy the giving.

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