|| Satyameva Jayate ||

Lets come together to build a *new* and proud India…

Many of you must have read and followed with great interest the avalanche of comments in response to the events in Karnataka involving Lok Paritran.

Several of you have also underlined how important it is for all of us to come together and join this fight against corruption, ineffective governance and indifferent political leadership that we currently have - both at the national as well as state level.

Fortunately a number of options exist.

For those of you who are keen to plunge into active politics straight away, I would suggest having a look at Bharat Uday Mission, Bharat Punarnirman Dal, Professionals Party of India and Loksatta as serious options.

For those of you who do not want to jump in just yet (or cannot do this at this stage), I would suggest keeping a close watch and an active interest in these developments - on this blog - as well as elsewhere on the blogosphere and traditional media.

To those of you who are keen and have decided to contest elections at some stage, I would suggest joining the Freedom Team of India

And to everyone I would say, please do not give up…one bad apple does not make an orchard worthless…We are at the cusp of greatness and good things will come out of this…we need to keep our morale high and our hopes alive..

Above all, we need to be prepared - in terms of strategy, policies and resources…so that we are ready when the time comes.  This is going to be a monumental task - akin to the struggle for freedom.

We need everyone together in this effort.

Please show your support by leaving a comment and a contact email address here (which will remain private).

Please feel free to offer ideas, suggestions and next steps..

If there is enough interest, we can begin by organising “virtual” meet-ups on the net/skype followed by physical meetings in various cities..

If you wish to contact me privately, you can always do so at jai.dharma AT gmail.com

Finally, some of you may disagree with my ideas (on this blog)…All I would say is, please dont let our differences come in the way of our over-riding goal -  that of building a proud nation that can occupy its rightful position in the 21st century.

I would like to end with this quote:

“Since you have come into this world, leave some mark behind…otherwise what is the difference between you and the trees and the stones?”  - Swami Vivekananda

Jai Hind, Jai Bharat.

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May 22nd, 2008 Posted by B Shantanu | Current Affairs, Debates & Discussions, Politics and Governance in India | 53 comments

North-East “burning”

*** CAUTION: LONG POST ***

This is an unusual blog-post. It is actually a series of excerpts from articles that speak for themselves.

Please read and share with everyone who is even a little bit concerned about India.

We cannot afford to remain mute spectators…

First, some excerpts from a richly referenced analysis, “The Shiliguri Corridor: Question Mark on Security” by Pinaki Bhattacharya: 

“A critical futuristic threat perception vis-à-vis India’s North Eastern region has long preoccupied many analysts and the Indian security establishment. The projected exercise would involve Pakistan launching an attack on Jammu and Kashmir. At the other end, China would engage India militarily in the latter’s Northeast with movement from Tibet, through Bhutan and via Alipurduar in the Jalpaiguri district and consequently cut-off what is referred to as the eastern chicken’s neck or the Shiliguri corridor. An Indian strategists’ nightmare come true.

….In such a projected war scenario, while India battles Pakistan and China, behind the lines of the security forces guarding the narrow strip of land called the Shiliguri corridor, which at its narrowest is 20 kilometres long and just 20 kilometres wide in the general area south west of Shiliguri, the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), the Bodos, the Kamtapur Liberation Organisation and other subversives trained in Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan raise attrition to a feverish pitch. China could, it is projected, choose to cut the chicken’s neck with irreversible consequences vis-à-vis India’s Northeast.

Keep Reading…

May 22nd, 2008 Posted by B Shantanu | Current Affairs, Geo-Strategic Issues (incl. Nuclear, Oil, Energy), Human Rights and Legal Issues, Identity, India & Its Neighbours, Indian Media, LeT, SIMI etc., Muslim Population in India, Politics and Governance in India, Politics of Minority Appeasement, Post Independence History, Terrorism in India | 5 comments