Well written and thought provoking piece. However my thoughts were rudely interuppted by the page design sudden advt in the middle of a beautifully written paper!! Can that be avoided?
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 20:15 )
N.Anand Rao
Pakistan needs a new constitution . Its only then we can expect something in Pakistan. As long as the army has a say in the Govt, nothing could work.It took Indian Govt less then 60 years after independence to change its attitude from being a State governed TV, Education,Industry and so on to make them all open. Thats because we Indians had an inkling to expand and move on and the Govt was a facilitator. It did not intervene. Whereas in Pakistan, this is not the case. People want a change, but army having a say in the ruling of the country, peoples interest is not looked into.With the present constitution Pakistan has no progress can be achieved.
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 14:19 )
Naagmani
This is the first article by Vidya Shankar Aiyer I read. Honestly it was the surname, that egged me to read.. haha. Pakistan is caught in a web of super-power politics since its inception. It was basically carved out by the British to serve as a small base to monitor Russia and China. The masses were taken for a ride. Muslim masses were fooled in 1947 (Islam in Danger), while Hindu Masses were fooled in 1992 (Hindutva - Ram Janmabhoomi - Shalinyas - Rath Yatra). Yes, masses indeed are fools... thats why the Mullah and the RSS survives and thrives.
India survived because of Nehru's Vision. Had it taken the RSS vision, India would have balkanised long back. So, stand up and salute Nehru., the architect of Modern India.
Nehru's contribution to India's stability and growth is a million times more than Mahatma Gandhi's. (Sorry, but that is the truth). Nehru built INSTITUTIONS... Nehru built the FOUNDATIONS... the intellectual land-scape of IDEAS... which were so modern and forward looking... that they gave India stability and some roots of democracy.
Yes., people like Shiv Sena and Narendra Modi do get elected in India's democracy (unfortunately)... but then., the mechanism will correct itself. Gujaratis will see the fraud they are being played on... if not today., after 5 or 10 years. Time will expose Merchants of Hatred. Time is a merciless enemy (Bapu's line).
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 13:49 )
Nagarajan
A good analysis. Pakistan needs radical change the way they want to govern. As long as they hold on the tag of "Islamic Reguplic", whether ruled by politicians or military, the prospects remains bleak. India has been able to make steady progress because majority of us give no place to regligious fundamentalism. They have to follow either ours or China's policy for betterment of poor Pakistanis.
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 13:23 )
Ben
Excellent piece of journalism. Kudos.
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 11:44 )
thisisme
Awesome article, well written, well researched, well thought out, very enlightening
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 11:10 )
Rajeev
I hope they remain disturbed forever like last few months... as they remain disturbed then we dont see any bloodshed or blasts in india.. let th jihadis concentrate in pak only.. so we indians can breath freely and fearleesly.. what say?.. sounds rude but a bitter fact.. isnt it?
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 10:38 )
You do not only seem rude but selfish and the devils right hand man....Peace is something that every one shuld hope for and i guess indians like you dont hope for it hence they dont get it. by the way most disrupt in india is because of indians themselve, like in gujrat. Lets hope ppl not only in india but the world over get peace and learn to live in harmony.
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Karavadi Raghava Rao
This is like a loosing battle.The Remedy may prove worse than the disease.There is crisis of identity between Sindh region,Phaktoon Afghan Region and Punjab region Besides Talibans and militants are in control of many pockets through out the country as the violent incidents that are being reported from to time.Will these Democratic politicians with their internal rivalries,mutual hatred and selfish interests control these elements.History may repeat and pave the way for a new dictator or Pakistan may face the the problem of survival as a Nation that is make to break.
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 09:07 )
Anup
Why make Pakistan elections such an big issue and make fuss about it??? And why should we Indians even care??? We know that Pakistan has been back-stabbing us for more than half decade now!!!!
( Posted: Monday , February 18, 2008 at 08:18 )
I hope we are not making a 'big issue' or 'fussing' about it. That's the point of the article. We do need to know what is happening in Pakistan, or else developments there will outpace our understanding. That would be dangerous for India.
( Posted by Shankar on )
If YOU dont care then why are u posting and reading this??
( Posted by Rob on )
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