Talks can’t solve Indo-Pak
problem
India and Pakistan
failed to hold the planned meeting between their National Security Advisers, as
was agreed in Ufa six weeks ago. At Ufa there was an agreement that the NSAs would “discuss all issues
connected to terrorism”. There is
urgent need of peace and tranquility along the border and the Line of Control
(LoC), which has been witnessing rounds of wanton firing and unacceptable
casualties. How will the two
nuclear-capable neighbours deal with each other?
The violation of
ceasefire along LOC by Pakistani Army is an act of nonsense and immaturity both
by the Pakistani Government and the Army. But India must behave and act
maturely as the issue is highly sensitive and a world level talk on
International platform is urgently needed. This could be achieved by putting
economic sanction and international pressure by the US, China and EU for the
sake of restoring global peace.
There are
alternatives other than talks. Why not mass troops at the border as a defensive
measure to Pakistani provocations? It
appears that for the Pakistanis, the Partition is an unfinished story. They
wanted a separate nation and got it. Now they want to destroy India. Whether it is diplomatic talk or political
talk, Pakistan always breaks the protocol. It clearly reflects that Pakistan
has more internal disturbances and instability. It can't be tackled without
political will, international cooperation and mutual settlements of both the
countries.
Nobody ever
accused India of starting a war against Pakistan. And Pakistan never won any
war against India. Nuclear weapons are not weapons of war. They are only
weapons of deterrence. If one side uses its nuclear weapons, it should be
prepared for retaliation in kind from the other. India has no bad schemes for
Pakistan. If Pakistan stops its terrorist activity against India, then things
can be normal.
Pakistan has been
using terrorism as an instrument of its policy against India since 1990. India
should refuse to have any relations or concern with Pakistan unless it first
ceased its terrorist activity against India.
There is indeed an
alternative to talks - and that is the inevitable war that now has to be the
volcanic recourse and response to terrorism. Is it wisdom to accumulate pent-up
anger forever? Can terrorism be allowed to be the blackmailing tool for talks
on Kashmir? Can we really deal with a dichotomous set of institutions that form
a rogue nation? Have we not tried enough? Pakistan has done its' utmost to
provoke India and the magnitude of Indian appeasement and tolerance has been
strange, unparalleled, and unprecedented in all of history. Are we still
learning statecraft? While we do live in a Global Village, to whom are we
obliged to prove our levels of tolerance? And if those whom the Indians want to
please haven't acknowledged our tolerance by now, they never will. Haven't we
been doing this for over two decades now w/o any tangible result? Don't we have any sense of shame getting
rebuffed like this by a much smaller nation for decades now and still we keep
harping on talks? Best things will be to prepare ourselves to handle terror and
any eventuality for retaliation. Ignore that country rather than accord
unnecessary importance raising their stature even while making us look like a
wimpish soft state with no sense of self pride or honor. Yes, we want economic
progress - but enough is enough.
India does not
want to lose any more territory after losing what is now Pakistan and
Bangladesh. Pakistan still looks greedily at Muslim-majority Kashmir valley. In
short India should never have been partitioned on 'religious' lines. Hindus
never wanted to divide India, they wanted a united India irrespective of
religion and culture.
Talks for the sake
of talks are futile. Either way Pakistan will not cease its terror activities
and the firing on the border, they will continue. So it is high time India
thought of something else other than holding talks.
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