HINDI CHINI BYE BYE

i m writing this post after listening to a debate abt "Chinese incursions in India" on CNN-IBN where diplomat Mr. G Parthasarthi, CPI(M) leader Nilotpal Basu and Defence Analyst and Rear Admiral (retd) Raja Menon, were invited....well, its really sad to hear the views of CPI(M) member abt this latest buzz...just like Mr. Tony Blair was referred to as American Foreign Minister during Iraq war, similarly these communists are proving themselves to be nothing but sycophants of Communist China...on the issue of the article, published on the website of China International Institute for Strategic Studies (CIISS) (it's an influential think tank that advices Beijing on global and strategic issues), wherein a chinese strategist Zhan Lue urges Beijing to take some action to "break down India into 20-30 independent states with the help of friendly countries like Pakistan, Bhutan, etc and to support military outfits like ULFA etc", CPI(M) member suggested it to be the work of some maniac and completely rules out any threat to Indian security and integrity @ chinese hands (i dont know how cn a maniac publish an article on the site of CIISS; when even a comment that u post on some news article in TOI website is reviewed by the editor b4 it is published)....
on the contrary, according to Mr Parthasarthi, China is a country that would respect us only when we show it our hard power i.e. not just militarily but economically ("show them growth rate of 10% for next 10 consecutive years" is what he said) as well...chinese know abt our soft power (i.e. our educational institutes, English speaking population, and a democratic setup) and they acknowledge it as well.. but that is not enough as without our hard military power, we just dont matter to them... we prob believe that force and such extreme measures shud be used only when all diplomatic measures and negotiations have failed; however chinese hv time and again proven that using force is a part of their negotiation efforts...

i agree that China is our neighbour and there are issues where India and China can (and should) co-opearte for the betterment of both and also the region; but gone are the days when "HINDI CHINI BHAI BHAI" was the slogan ... we have already experienced the bitter truth in 1962 war when China occupied Indian terrirtory; and as if that were not enough, we have had China opposing a ban on LeT in UN (God knows y ?), making life difficult for India during Nuclear Deal with US; and laying claims to Arunachal Pradesh....besides, its support to Pakistan, both politically and militarily, is well known....now, the time has come to realize that India-China hv to move forward, but not with one (read China) dictating its terms and conditions to other...so, lets not repeat the mistake that our first PM Mr. Nehru did: pretending a problem does not exist when actually, it does...

the entire discussion, and especially the views of Shri Parthsarthi and Mr Menon, reminded me of a Hindi poem, शक्ति और क्षमा, that i read some time back...following is an excerpt from it:


क्षमा शोभती उस भुजंग को
जिसके पास गरल हो
उसको क्या जो दंतहीन
विषरहित, विनीत, सरल हो ।
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सच पूछो , तो शर में ही
बसती है दीप्ति विनय की
सन्धि-वचन संपूज्य उसी का
जिसमें शक्ति विजय की ।

सहनशीलता, क्षमा, दया को
तभी पूजता जग है
बल का दर्प चमकता उसके
पीछे जब जगमग है।



P.S. The entire debate can be found at:
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/ftn-china-a-bigger-threat-than-pakistan-for-india/100882-3-p0.html