There are few things not in our hands neither can we do something great to change them. Having troublesome neighbour is perhaps on the top of the list. Pakistan fits that entire criterion to be a troublesome neighbour to India, besides itself being a troubled nation. ‘If one is not at ease with itself, it can not be with others’ this axiom comes naturally in mind with simple reference to Pakistan.
The nation is walking on the tightrope of threat of collapse since its inception. Rather its’ birth was based on the bias & hatred against India. Pakistan is the second largest country in the Indian peninsula & can do great considering its size, sea coast, population & ever forgiving neighbour. Yet the misruled state & misguided men have failed to understand the meaning of achieving glory through peace & development.
Piling up unaffordable costly weaponry (WMD) can not help in developing nation while aping India. On the contrary it could have taken clue from the developing India by adopting green revolution, operation flood, five yearly planning, large dam construction like Bhakra-Nangal, opening up economy etc. & of course most important of them all is propagating healthy democracy. Yet, it found solace in sponsoring terrorism on its land called Pakistan, ‘the land of sacred’, licking feet of US at the drop of hat & dancing to their tune. It must be remembered, somebody will help definitely not out of charity but with its own self in mind & there is nothing wrong with it. One should have the wisdom to fathom the depth & gauge the spread of that self & the greed & accept the help or rather beg for the help.
Lies do not stand long be it non acceptance of Indian POW or Indian nationals under trivial cause stuffed into their regular or unidentified prisons, harboring terrorism in PoK or on Afghan borders, smuggling of nuke tech to potential or present terrorist outfits, use of madarssa for nurturing Muslim fanaticism & developing human bombs. The biggest lie that time & again surfaced is in hiding Osama Bin Laden. It is the nation itself which is at loss. The production looses, per capita income plunges down, and due to political disturbances the whole nation goes haywire. Seen the aftermath of sacking Chief Justice of Supreme Court. Once upon a time India has sacked its naval chief (CNS) & just nothing happened barring few columns written by few journalists & the sacked CNSs’ lawyer wife.
It is not only worst for Pakistan but for India as well. India has tasted its pie of disturbance in Punjab, lost its perfect prime minister & bleeding profusely since ages in Kashmir. Those who have stockpile of weapons, ammunitions, frigates & fighters they will sell them to both India & Pakistan gain money whilst enjoying the tussle between them. It is beneficial in this high tech small world to have weak country handy. It is convenient to park their WMDs & military might at cheap cost, besides opportunity to run the whole country virtually without credit or discredit to their name & at the same time enjoying all the benefits of rulers.
Kashmir is not the problem, indeed Kashmir is not the problem lack of development, growth & riches in Pakistan are the problem. Considering hilly & valley terrain of Kashmir, it is difficult to run the state on agriculture, industry or like. Kashmir can be run on tourism on the large extent unlike any other state of India. Furthermore, Kashmir is the natural & inseparable part of India before & after partition unlike Pakistan itself which was part of India before partition.
Pakistan is fueling the lame cause of liberation of Kashmir pouring massive wealth which otherwise could help the people of Pakistan in better way. Perhaps India can afford protecting, counterattacking, protesting or waging open war in safeguarding her interests; but Pakistan can not. It must be remembered the masters of Pakistan, the US is round the corner in becoming ally of India since it has sensed the sense in co-operating with India rather than pouring time & money like cold water into hot ashes. It is evident, the US didn’t harm India by imposing sanctions against India post Pokhran II, it harmed itself. They said, ‘India has shot herself in head by nuke testing’, it was US indeed, sooner it understood & lifted the sanctions & forwarded the hand of friendship with India. Now, US is feeling proud in penning nuke deal with India & not other way.
One can grow with open eyes, certainly not with glasses of foolish perception & greedy hatred.
By
Vijay Yelmelwar
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