tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post6155516052961269088..comments2023-12-26T06:09:01.339+05:30Comments on Musings: The Sound of One Hand ClappingManoje Nathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14700691084169082963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-60541667559468723102017-05-11T19:12:29.468+05:302017-05-11T19:12:29.468+05:30Great article sir. Leaves one thinking - for solut...Great article sir. Leaves one thinking - for solutions out of this situation which is getting worse by the day Manojnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-52702564067323202372017-05-11T19:12:18.790+05:302017-05-11T19:12:18.790+05:30Great article sir. Leaves one thinking - for solut...Great article sir. Leaves one thinking - for solutions out of this situation which is getting worse by the day Manojnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-19705542114491089112017-05-05T21:19:01.477+05:302017-05-05T21:19:01.477+05:30I could not agreed more with the analysis made in ...I could not agreed more with the analysis made in this article by Mr Manoje Nath. He is a Police Officer who preb ferred to stand fast to his oath he had sworn to Constitution at the time of passing out of the then National Police Academy and renounced so many juicy postings he could have had. However, the issue must be understood in the historical and socio-political context.e <br />The problem arises from contradictions inherent in the national movement.The Mahatma had brought the diverse conflicting on to one platform without achieving their consolidation. They had been left to be reconciled in the future. This contradiction got well embedded in the Constitution. The basic contradiction is whether dar-ul-harb (the land of conflict) can be converted into dar-ul-aman within a pluralistic framework. The entire pluralistic world is gripped with this crisis. Otherwise what is there to explain the phenomenon of youth steeped in regular education taking up arms on behalf of the ISIS.<br />Of course the original sin of Nehru referring the matter to the UNO believing that the British sense of justice and fairplay would prevail and that he would be able to win the debate with his superior Skills in English language honed at Harrow and Cambridge. After independence he created institutions like JNU where everything including anti-nationalism passed off in the garbs of liberalism. It is a place where traitors like Kanhaiya Kumar are lionised as sentinels of the liberal philosophy. It is this contradiction which has led to this situation. I spent 7 months in J&K supervising the 2002 elections. I felt that everyone had an interest in stoking the militancy to continue. Pakistan could not have had it better. It is fighting a low grade proxy war funded by the money raised in the west in Kashmir and is bleeding the nation to submission. <br />On international scene we are friendless. US is friend of its own interest. Russia and China stand firmly with Pakistan. Our foreign policy is weak need and vacillating. we appear to be pushed back against the wall. <br />The issue now arises that what are we to do. In the early seventies sight of CRPF was sufficient to quell even severe disturbance. Today Army stands today where CRPF was approximately fifty years back. Army is the last line of defence. We cannot afford that we cannot afford to have army sink into ineffectiveness. All players in our power politics must realise this. <br />The article of Mr Nath is brilliantly written with a good deal of courage. Few would have the courage to write to write as he has done. It should trigger off a theought process. Let us develop the capacity to hear the sound of clapping with o ne hand. Let us speak with one voice. Let us take courage in both hands and restore the dignity of our armed forces. <br />BK Sinha <br /><br />bk25https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545835367757135804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-41907081077197374662017-05-05T13:49:20.126+05:302017-05-05T13:49:20.126+05:30This is certainly a brilliant analysis of the grou...This is certainly a brilliant analysis of the ground situation in Kashmir. It has not, however, developed in a day or in a matter of weeks or months. It is rooted to the contradictions in the national freedom struggle. These contradictions came to be embedded in our constitution, our polity and gets to be implemented by our administration and enforced by our judiciary. Mr Nath had been a part of the same administration close to forty years and so I have been for forty three and a half years. The contradiction lay in conceiving of a happy plural society while treating one of the ethnic constituent groups a vote bank in electoral politics. The contradiction lay in the ambition of the first Prime Minister to be called a world leader and messiah of peace getting better of his discretion and national interest. It also lay in his belief that the UNO was an institution capable of dispensing justice and fair play and that it was debating society where the words ofNehru honed at Harrow and Cambridge would prevail. Innocent as he was of terminologies like national interest, geopolitical considerations, sphere of influence, leveraging the power block etc. Thanks to Nehru and his descendants who ruled after him we stand isolated in world politics. This also explains our ambivalent approach to Kashmir. The legacy of Nehru has been carried forth by the whole lot of pseudo intellectuals who being fed and maintained by the State are celebrating the humiliation of our soldiers and supporting the dismemberment of our nation. Traitors like Kanhaiya Kumar are being celebrated and feted in different parts of the country.<br />The question lies where do we begin? The mindset has to be countered at the grass roots. The contradictions and its implications must be explained to the people by the sane thinking Indians. The Government has to be cleansed from such elements.<br />AS for the immediate situation there is no alternative to restoring the effectiveness of the armed forces. For this matter even the judiciary must be asked firmly not to encroach upon the administrative turfs. <br />At the end I congraturlate Mr Nath for what is a very thoughtlly written article which every Indian must read particulary Mr Rahul Gandhi. It is a different matter if he can understand it.<br />BK Sinha<br /><br /> bk25https://www.blogger.com/profile/07545835367757135804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6215028655438309441.post-37172838839341501342017-05-02T08:14:04.888+05:302017-05-02T08:14:04.888+05:30The situation of Kashmir valley has been well conc...The situation of Kashmir valley has been well conceptuslised with administrative clarity and intellectual profundity.Prof. Ram Naresh Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06940497888519798806noreply@blogger.com