It is very irritating to read what is happening in India. Here is a poor nation trying hard to solve her problems. As it is, she has so many to start with – population, poverty, pollution. It’s a long list. And we have a democratically elected government, which is trying, irrespective of the problems within it or the effectiveness of its measures, to do something. We have people, who whatever their state of life, above all are peace-lovers and want to see their country progress.
It is backward to start with, has multiple hindrances in making progress and is now one of the most-affected victim of terrorism. Her tolerance is tested to it’s limits and then she gives clear indications that there is a limit and she cannot indefinitely refrain from active measures for eternity. And what happens? The resulting situation is not helping her in any useful manner. Again and again it gets the junk statements from other nations saying they are with it and all the usual diplomatic trash. But to add to this, countries are withdrawing their citizens from it and closing down consulates. Who is the loser? India again. I am not saying that a nation should do nothing for the safety of it’s citizens or that it should not withdraw it’s citizens if it sees a possibility of war and ensuing harm to it’s citizens. But in the current situation is it not an overreaction?
Whatever little we are making in IT is affected. Whatever little tourist revenue we get is reduced. All this will affect almost every industry. Here is a nation, which doesn’t want to harm anyone, where the people are not by nature aggressive, a country, which in her history has never attacked any nation, nor has plans to do so, ever. Still it is not allowed to live a normal life. What quirk twist of fate is this that it is being put to so much trouble? Whoever is the perpetrator, LIVE and LET LIVE!!!! Or is all this a part of the game and there is no perpetrator and it’s just fate? I do not think so. Tuesday, June 04, 2002
