India Vs Pakistan! Resolution Vs Resolution! And Indian Navy Tragedy!
Since times
immemorial we have been witnessing, hearing or eavesdropping incorrigibly
garrulous and fighting neighbors in villages, towns and cities of our country
and across the globe. But no amount of the most sinister kind of unpredictability
of neighborly feuds can ever match that of our two great continental neighbors—India and Pakistan. If their cricket feuds
are always mouth-watering their political or diplomatic fights are always
infuriating, exhausting and agonizing.
Pakistan has
committed more than 60 ceasefire violations so far this year, beheaded Indian
soldiers in January and just on the 6th of this month killed five
Indian soldiers in totally brazen and unprovoked firings across the border.
Still, India
tried to play a good neighbor by downplaying the incident by attributing it
fully to the terrorists. This did, and righteously so, lead to a national
outrage with feelings of nationalism to jingoism. India
wanted to continue respecting the new democratic government of Pakistan
and a new dialogue of Manmohan Singh-Nawaz Sharif scheduled next month. Bowing
to building national opinion the Government of India was forced finally to put
the blame on Pakistan.
Meantime, Pakistan failed
to appreciate the good neighborly gesture and a fresh opportunity for peace
talks. As always used to denials, Pakistan
never took the blame for the proven unprovoked firings, but to add fuel to fire
charged India
with unprovoked aggression. Not only that, Pakistan’s National Assembly on 13th
August, 2013 passed an anti-India resolution condemning its neighbors for acts
it never committed. The ‘democratic’ Prime Minister of Pakistan showed how much
pressure was being applied on him by the eternally anti-India Pak Army and the
powerful terrorist leaders including Hafiz Saeed prominently.
Naturally,
opposition political parties today were not in a mood to spare the Government
of India. They wanted action more vociferously now, come what may. The Indian
Parliament today also passed an anti-Pakistan resolution sending out a strong
warning to its aggressive neighbors. The ‘friendly’ Indian Foreign Minister has
today made 26/11 investigations a ‘key’ conditions for future talks with Pakistan. On
his address to the nation on the eve of the Independence Day the President of
India Pranab Mukherjee too said ‘there is a limit for our patience’. What’s
next? Pray!
As if keeping up
with the turbulent times being witnessed over the last few days the worst ever
tragedy since 1971 struck Indian Navy when at least two major blasts destroyed
its prized submarine INS Sindhurakshak in Mumbai’s Naval Dockyard in the
wee hours today. Numerous fire tenders fought hard for hours to contain the
huge fire even as the Defence Minister flew down to Mumbai to take stock of the
situation. A fatal confusion still prevails about the fate of the 18 sailors
trapped in the submarine as rescue operation continues. The Indian Navy says it
hopes for the best and is ready for the worst.
Then, there are
quite a few intelligence alerts about possible terror attack across the
country. The situation on the eve of the 67th Independence Day
remains fraught with apprehension and tension. Let peace prevail. Happy
Independence Day!
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