We always seem to rejoice at the propaganda by the Indian media that Pakistan is a failed country. We Indians also love to read juicy stories of insurgency in Pakistan and how their policy of feeding snakes has rebounded on them, now that the terror groups are biting their keepers. But do we pause to consider where Indian State is standing. Is India a successful state? have we not failed on almost all fronts? let us start with the less discussed issues first. Let us look at the sovereign governments sovereignty on the India land mass. The following headlines in the news from the last about two years will demonstrate that the India government, playing the blame game against states has lost the control of large tracts of land where its writ does not run. we are not sovereign in the true sense in these large tracts of the country. sample these;
How much of India is naxal affected – Mid Day
http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/nov/081111-opinion-How-much-of-India-is-Maoist-affected.htm
Naxal affected area in India – Map – Wikipedia - 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_Naxal_affected_districts_map.svg
List by MHA, Govt. Of India – 37 districts on website
http://tribal.nic.in/index2.asp?sublinkid=480&langid=1
Govt brings four more Naxal-hit districts under IAP, IBN Live News
ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/...naxalhit-districts.../1011795.html
14 Jun 2012 – New Delhi, Jun 14 (PTI) With the aim to carrying out speedy development, the government today brought four more Naxal-affected districts ...
Madhya Pradesh asks Centre to declare nine more districts as Naxal affected
Joseph John, TNN Jun 5, 2012, 03.45PM IST
Centre grants Rs 120 crore to Naxal-hit states - India Today - InToday
indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naxal-hit-states-centre.../175410.html
26 Feb 2012 – Centre grants Rs 120 crore to Naxal-hit states ... 83 worst Naxal-hit districts to construct or strengthen 400 fortified police stations at a cost of Rs ….
People in Naxal areas not with us, says PC
www.deccanherald.com › National
13 Sep 2011 – Maintaining that the burden of governance in the Naxal-hit districts must rest with the states, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram told a
20 more Naxal-affected districts to be brought under central action plan
Published: Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011, 18:37 IST
Updated: Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011, 18:41 IST
Place: New Delhi
Agency: PTI
Centre to declare more districts Naxal-hit - Indian Express
www.indianexpress.com/news/centre-to...districts-naxalhit/812671/
5 Jul 2011 – Centre to declare more districts Naxal-hit - The Centre is learnt to have decided to clear the request of Naxal-hit states for declaring more ...
Cabinet approves special plan for Naxal-hit districts
NDTV.com
www.ndtv.com › All India
25 Nov 2010 – The Union Cabinet tonight approved a special plan for development of 35 districts affected by Naxalism to address issues like healthcare, ...
If you see the following map of 2007 you would find that almost 20 % or more of India was under Naxal domination. So much for our Sovereignty.
Another map from 2009 shows similar occupation and the helplessness of the government of India, or as it says in its defence; the State governments of India.
There has been a sharp rise in the cases of Chinese incursion into the Indian territory even as New Delhi continues to deny the fact.
A secret note to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) reveals that the personnel of People's Liberation Army (PLA) have been violating Indian borders almost at will.
The secret report says that there were as many as 50 incursions by the Chinese troops in the last three months. In some instances, Chinese troops even intruded as much as 7 km inside the Indian territory.
On September 16, 2011, there was a face-off at the Demchok post when the Chinese came close to Indian patrol. The Indians disengaged and performed a banner drill, but the Chinese did not withdraw.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/secret-note-to-mea-corroborates-chinese-incursion-claims/1/153086.html29 Sep 2011 – There has been a sharp rise in the cases of Chinese incursion into the ... 3 km inside the Indian territory in Asaphila area of Arunachal Pradesh
Press Trust of India
Leh, Sept 14: Chinese troops are reported to have entered into Indian territory and destroyed some old army bunkers and tents in Chumar division of Nyoma sector, about 300 kilometres from in Leh.
While some reports suggested that the Chinese troops in helicopters entered one-and-a-half kilometres into Indian airspace, other reports said that the helicopters landed in Chinese territory and then the troops marched into the area to dismantle the bunkers, a move aimed at displaying that the area belonged to them.
The Army denied that any such incident had taken place. However, sources said two Chinese helicopters had entered into air space and landed one-and-half kilometres into Chumar in Chingthang area of Tehsil Nyoma.
“The Chinese troops attempted to dismantle an old army bunker, which was not used by the troops for long,” sources said.
What is happening to this nation? Why people do not see this unflattering, painful and dangerous news? Why do we want to live in a fool's paradise? When will we give up our Ostrich approach and think straight? How sovereign are we? How successful a state are we? Why does the parliament not debate theses burning issues instead of quotas, more quotas, more division of society, more scams? What is happening to us, our country?
When I talk to the perfectly suited and booted, educated, well heeled and well travelled English speaking people of the country I find that most of them have no clue to what I am talking about. Some think I am merely and alarmist. Some others reject all this as just 'propaganda' by 'opposition'. Which opposition, nobody knows. Many others wonder what is my concern with theses matters of the state. Some just shrug their shoulders and dismiss me as outdated, maybe unpolished. This all shows the utter disdain we have for the security and sovereignty of the nation as people. And the youth is not interested in anything except finding a job with an IT company or going to the US or Australia. The less educated or the uneducated from poorer sections of the society have neither the awareness nor the time to think about all these 'heavy' matters. For them procuring the daily bread is the the life's main objective when as of today in Ghaziabad the lowly Tinda costs Rs. 100/- per kg and the Torai, a lowly gourd Rs 60/- a kg, Okra/ lady's fingers Rs 40 to 50 a kg. The price of a 380 g bread have gone from Rs. 16 to Rs. 20 within the last two weeks. We have low rates of inflation, after all. The government said that!
How much of India is naxal affected – Mid Day
http://www.mid-day.com/opinion/2011/nov/081111-opinion-How-much-of-India-is-Maoist-affected.htm
Naxal affected area in India – Map – Wikipedia - 2007
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:India_Naxal_affected_districts_map.svg
List by MHA, Govt. Of India – 37 districts on website
http://tribal.nic.in/index2.asp?sublinkid=480&langid=1
Govt brings four more Naxal-hit districts under IAP, IBN Live News
ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/...naxalhit-districts.../1011795.html
14 Jun 2012 – New Delhi, Jun 14 (PTI) With the aim to carrying out speedy development, the government today brought four more Naxal-affected districts ...
Madhya Pradesh asks Centre to declare nine more districts as Naxal affected
Joseph John, TNN Jun 5, 2012, 03.45PM IST
Centre grants Rs 120 crore to Naxal-hit states - India Today - InToday
indiatoday.intoday.in/story/naxal-hit-states-centre.../175410.html
26 Feb 2012 – Centre grants Rs 120 crore to Naxal-hit states ... 83 worst Naxal-hit districts to construct or strengthen 400 fortified police stations at a cost of Rs ….
People in Naxal areas not with us, says PC
www.deccanherald.com › National
13 Sep 2011 – Maintaining that the burden of governance in the Naxal-hit districts must rest with the states, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram told a
20 more Naxal-affected districts to be brought under central action plan
Published: Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011, 18:37 IST
Updated: Tuesday, Sep 13, 2011, 18:41 IST
Place: New Delhi
Agency: PTI
Centre to declare more districts Naxal-hit - Indian Express
www.indianexpress.com/news/centre-to...districts-naxalhit/812671/
5 Jul 2011 – Centre to declare more districts Naxal-hit - The Centre is learnt to have decided to clear the request of Naxal-hit states for declaring more ...
Cabinet approves special plan for Naxal-hit districts
NDTV.com
www.ndtv.com › All India
25 Nov 2010 – The Union Cabinet tonight approved a special plan for development of 35 districts affected by Naxalism to address issues like healthcare, ...
So you would easily note the performance of MHA under Mr. Chidambaram. The MHA site shows even today only 37 Naxal affected districts. But after the cabinet approved the special plan in November 2012, by 5 July 2011 Center declared more districts. 20 more districts by Sep.13and totalling even by Government reckoning 83 districts were under Naxals by 26 Feb. 2012. It did not end there. On June 05, 2012 Madhya Pradesh asked for 9 more districts to be declared naxal affected and by mid-June 2012 the government accepted 4 more as naxal affected. So much for PC's action plan!
Interestingly, at some point the central government has accepted that its writ did not run in some areas. Home Minister was reported by Deccan Herald on Sep. 13, 2011 to have said that the people in Naxal areas are not with us.
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The picture may actually be much worse. A district collector was kidnapped in Dantewada recently. Our police personnel and other operatives in the area regularly suffer loss of life in the naxal areas when the helpless government watches. I have the feeling that we would have lost more personnel to Naxals and insurgents in the country during 'Peacetime' than in all the wars we fought since independence put together. I may be wrong but my hunch is otherwise.
When we look at Kashmir, of course we can not any more discuss the POK because we are having enough problems in the Kashmir that we still have. This is besides the cost at which we have it which is enormous and senseless. A policy of hot pursuit in the days when we had decided military superiority over Pakistan and China was not yet a superpower. There have been times when India's foreign policy has softened on Pakistan and on terrorists due to the 'sentiments' of Indian Muslims. How can a Muslim who would be hurt by our harshness against the enemy be Indian? This is the same as for Hindu or other officers of the navy and other arms of defence who have spied for Pakistan. They are traitors and not 'Indian'.
When we look at Kashmir, of course we can not any more discuss the POK because we are having enough problems in the Kashmir that we still have. This is besides the cost at which we have it which is enormous and senseless. A policy of hot pursuit in the days when we had decided military superiority over Pakistan and China was not yet a superpower. There have been times when India's foreign policy has softened on Pakistan and on terrorists due to the 'sentiments' of Indian Muslims. How can a Muslim who would be hurt by our harshness against the enemy be Indian? This is the same as for Hindu or other officers of the navy and other arms of defence who have spied for Pakistan. They are traitors and not 'Indian'.
So Kashmir is an old story. Who is concerned? I like Omar Abdulla. He is gutsy and dynamic. He has taken a lot of positive action. He was the first head of that state who wanted to build bus stands in the areas on Tibetan border. According to newspaper/ TV accounts, the Chinese drove away our workers and contractors. Again according to the same accounts the are commander of the army had asked the state government not to do such civil activity at least up to 50 km inland from the line of control. Well, that is some control! This when the Chinese build roads and try to bring railways next to the LOC. The state however has not been better for decades compared to his rule. He could create the confidence amongst the people to start touring Kashmir again as tourists.
Forget Aksai Chin and the road connecting China to Pakistan there.
Then comes Arunachal. According to numerous TV video reports and newspaper accounts the Chinese are making incursions into Arunachal at an unprecedented frequency, I think now running into tens a month. The depth of these incursions has also been gradually increasing. They have been leaving leaving stones painted with their PLA slogans. We can't stop them. Why? There are even more incriminating accounts whence the Chinese soldiers have taken away women from Arunachal, on pretext of marriage, to an unknown future. sample these;
Secret note to MEA says Chinese troops made 50 incursions into ...indiatoday.intoday.in/story/...to...chinese-incursion.../153086.htmlCached
There has been a sharp rise in the cases of Chinese incursion into the Indian territory even as New Delhi continues to deny the fact.
A secret note to the ministry of external affairs (MEA) reveals that the personnel of People's Liberation Army (PLA) have been violating Indian borders almost at will.
The secret report says that there were as many as 50 incursions by the Chinese troops in the last three months. In some instances, Chinese troops even intruded as much as 7 km inside the Indian territory.
On September 16, 2011, there was a face-off at the Demchok post when the Chinese came close to Indian patrol. The Indians disengaged and performed a banner drill, but the Chinese did not withdraw.
Read more at: http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/secret-note-to-mea-corroborates-chinese-incursion-claims/1/153086.html29 Sep 2011 – There has been a sharp rise in the cases of Chinese incursion into the ... 3 km inside the Indian territory in Asaphila area of Arunachal Pradesh
Recently we saw TV reports of the construction of bunkers and even a base hospital just across from Tso mo Riri or Tso Pangyong. We hardly ahve a presence there and the Chinese dragon is breathing fire on our collars.
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Press Trust of India
Leh, Sept 14: Chinese troops are reported to have entered into Indian territory and destroyed some old army bunkers and tents in Chumar division of Nyoma sector, about 300 kilometres from in Leh.
While some reports suggested that the Chinese troops in helicopters entered one-and-a-half kilometres into Indian airspace, other reports said that the helicopters landed in Chinese territory and then the troops marched into the area to dismantle the bunkers, a move aimed at displaying that the area belonged to them.
The Army denied that any such incident had taken place. However, sources said two Chinese helicopters had entered into air space and landed one-and-half kilometres into Chumar in Chingthang area of Tehsil Nyoma.
“The Chinese troops attempted to dismantle an old army bunker, which was not used by the troops for long,” sources said.
What is happening to this nation? Why people do not see this unflattering, painful and dangerous news? Why do we want to live in a fool's paradise? When will we give up our Ostrich approach and think straight? How sovereign are we? How successful a state are we? Why does the parliament not debate theses burning issues instead of quotas, more quotas, more division of society, more scams? What is happening to us, our country?
When I talk to the perfectly suited and booted, educated, well heeled and well travelled English speaking people of the country I find that most of them have no clue to what I am talking about. Some think I am merely and alarmist. Some others reject all this as just 'propaganda' by 'opposition'. Which opposition, nobody knows. Many others wonder what is my concern with theses matters of the state. Some just shrug their shoulders and dismiss me as outdated, maybe unpolished. This all shows the utter disdain we have for the security and sovereignty of the nation as people. And the youth is not interested in anything except finding a job with an IT company or going to the US or Australia. The less educated or the uneducated from poorer sections of the society have neither the awareness nor the time to think about all these 'heavy' matters. For them procuring the daily bread is the the life's main objective when as of today in Ghaziabad the lowly Tinda costs Rs. 100/- per kg and the Torai, a lowly gourd Rs 60/- a kg, Okra/ lady's fingers Rs 40 to 50 a kg. The price of a 380 g bread have gone from Rs. 16 to Rs. 20 within the last two weeks. We have low rates of inflation, after all. The government said that!
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