CAN SINGH OVERCOME HIS “AKHAND BHARAT”  PROGRAMMING?

CAN HE SHELVE “THE INDIA DOCTRINE“-& STOP IMPOSING INDIAN HEGEMONY ON ALL NEIGHBORS?

WILL HE CONTINUE TO SELL THE EPHIMERAL MIRAGE OF ILLUSIONARY INDIAN TRIUMPHALISM?

CAN SINGH UNDERSTAND THAT THE WORLD HAS REJECTED THE PENURY STRICKEN INDIAN MODEL?

CAN HE STOP HIMSELF?-TRYING TO CONVINCE OTHERS ABOUT A FAILED MODEL OF GROWTH?

WILL SINGH CONTINUE TO TALK DOWN AND LECTURE THE SMALLER COUNTRIES OF SOUTH ASIA?

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Moin Ansari

NEW YORK| July 17th, 2008|Rupee News|Moin Ansari:South Asia is on a precipice. The current Western intervention will have long term consequences for the Subcontinent. Bangladesh recently commemorated the defeat of the patriots, but the lessons from the Battle of Plassy are lost to the current generations.”Lord Clive” reincarnated form General Patreus has already arrived–not in the North East, but this time on the North West. Where are the the Siraj Ud Daulah’s who should be fighting the encroachment? Who are the Mir Jaffars supporting the conquerors. The East India Company’s reincarnation is NATO and ISAF already implementing Lord Cuzons “On to the Oxus policy”.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is going to Pakistan. Will it be the usual hubris filled lecture to the “children of a lesser God” or will be enage the Pakistanis in genuine dialogue? The world does not need more declamations on “Cross-Border” and “Afghanistan“. Is it going to be the usual rhetoric from the “Akhand Bharat” “India Doctrine”theme, or will it be a new chapter in the India Pakistan relations? Can Dr. Singh and the Indian intelligentsia overcome their handicaps and build bridges of harmony with Paksitan. Can Dr. Singh overcome his Brahamnic training and can he see the Pakistanis as real people? Can he comprehend the nuances of a complex society? Will his accompanying party come with their canned speeches on the caste ridden “plutocratic oligarchy” simply to insult the hosts? Will the usual suspects from the across the border try to sell ”democracy” to put the Pakistanis down? Will the irredentist, revanchist and triumphalist Indian media accompanying him continue to base their visions of peace on the rejected Simla Agreement or will the media play a constructive role in moving beyond Agra, Lahore and Delhi?

Do we expect more declamatory bombastic grandiloquence or will the world hear substantive content driven statesmanship? 

Are we going to get more ciceronian, oratorical, elocutionary, stilted, speeches or will we get profound results driven expositions?

In case Dr. Singh can burn the “Akhand Bharat” play book, he can go a long way. If he sticks to the old Nehru script he will be ignored and continue to be irrelevant on the world stage. The world looks to Mr. Singh to take some bold steps. Is he up to it, or can we expect more of the “same old” “same old”?

Can Dr. Singh ignore his Hinduvata, BJP, Shiv Sena constituency? In case Prime Minister Singh can rid himself from the Italian earphone, the American script and the Russian papers, Rupee News gives some suggestions to Dr. Singh.

DR. SINGH: IF YOU WANT PEACE DON’T MAKE THE FAUX PAX OF MENTIONING “SIMLA”!

South Asia awaits Indian Prime Ministers bold Speech to bring peace.The speech that Indian PM Singh should have given:-The world is waiting

Legal India Pakistan map. Map of India. Map of Pakistan. Map of Bangladesh

My dearest Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and Sri Lanka brothers and sisters:

Our tryst with destiny on the 15th of August 1947 turned into a nightmare for the penury stricken citizens of our country. All our countries are held hostage to the extremists on all sides. When “we bicker” and kill each other, “they” profit. South Asia remains the only island of poverty in Asia, and many parts of South Asia are worse off than Sub-Saharan Africa.

Pakistani map in Peace sign

When a bomb blows up in Pakistan, it affects India. When the Tamils blow themselves up in Sri Lanka it affects our business. When Bangladeshis are killed Banglore feels the jolts. We need to move away from that.

To eliminate conflict from the Subcontinent, we want to bring prosperity to all the countries. Because the republic of India is the largest and most powerful country in South Asia, we want to be magnanimous. The new century awaits a vision from us. Our future generation will not forgive us, if we do not correct course and move forward in peace.

As the Prime Minster of India, I have already consulted all major parties in the country, and we have consensus. We will try this out. If it works, we will have a prosperous region. If it does not work, India will continue its march towards progress alone and wait for other countries to join us, when and if they are able to.

As a representative of the Lok Sabha we proclaim the following:

1) The Republic on India opens its universities to all citizens of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Special quotas will be created to the IITs and research programs.

2) India will plan to build 100 new women’s hospitals and 100 new women’s IT universities in Pakistan, Sri Lanka,Bhutan, Maldives and Bangladesh where medication and services will be provided free of cost.

3) India also forms the Earthquake Relief, Tsunami Relief task force for SouthAsiaand will move 50,000 of its soldiers to specially build a Disaster response academy with representation from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Maldives, and Pakistan. Our SAARC response team will provide help to our countries but also be available to disasters throughout the world

4) India unilaterally opens her markets to Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We will expect the same courtesy for Indian products in 10 years.

5) Immediate curtailment of Indian defense budget by 25%. We expect all countries to match that budget cut, and we expect that the amount be re-directed towards poverty alleviation plans.

6) Immediate and forthwith action against the Tamil Tigers with the full might of the Indian forces to eliminate them from India and choke their supply lines.

7) India will hold referendums in Behar and Assam to resolve all issues.

8) India is ready to accept China’s claim in Aksai Chin if China accepts the Indian claim on Aranchul Pradesh. We also accept the current boundary between China and India as the permanent boundary, eliminating any need for belligerence. India will stamp out all Tibetan rebels in India and expect China to stop aiding the Naxalites in Nepal and India.

9) India announces the immediate withdrawal of Indian forces from Jammu and Kashmir, Sicahen and Sir Creek.

10) Our conflict in Kashmir got us started on the wrong footing. We need to address that and solve it now. We announce a referendum in Jammu and Kashmir to confirm the re-drawing the boundaries based on the Chenabsolution, with the river Chenab being the boundary between India and Pakistan. All of Kashmir would be totally demilitarized under UN supervision and joint patrolling by India and Pakistan and a joint SAARC defence force

11) Using the Indian and Pakistani currency in all of Jammu and Kashmir, and possibly in the entire Subcontinent.

12) Creation of joint task force to develop the water resources of Jammu and Kashmir to create a Switzerland in the area. India pledges $5 Billion to the endeavor. Our plan would be to get $20 billion per year from tourism from the area.

13) We will ask for a permanent South Asian member of the UN Security Council seat to be rotated by all members of South Asia.

14) I have talked to the Pakistani , Bangladeshi, Bhutan, Maldives, and  Sri Lankan prime ministers and they are amenable to revamping the SAARC. We need years of peace to begin moving towards the goal of a South Asian Union patterned on the EU.

15) India will spend $5 Billion to build roads from Delhi via Pakistan to Europe and Central Asia. Indian trucks would run on the elevated highways and high speed trains would run non-stop directly to Kabul, Teheran, Beijing and Europe via Pakistan.

With these endevors, we expect the world to look at us with a different perspective. We need to stand as equals with the rest of the Europeans and the Americans. Let us strive to make South Asia as an island of peace and prosperity.