The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
Sometimes major events completely disconnected may be data points for the plans of the different powers around the world. The challenge is to discern what purpose they serve? More critically, what are we moving towards?
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In yet another incident, where the Political class and the Military are on two different pages, the Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne says that India will have to “look at options” to deal with the incidences that are occurring with Pakistan, while Salman Khurshid, India’s Foreign Minister wants nothing more than “stop Cricket matches”.
It seems that the politicians just don’t get it. It is as if they don’t know what to do! Whether of BJP or the Congress or whatever party. Everytime something happens, the best that happens is that we push the forces on the border. And then? Nothing.
We need punitive strike capability. If Nukes are a deterrent to India striking Pakistan, then it should also be a threat to Pakistan striking India. So, just as they have a “terror” strike force, we also need to have a quick entry-exit strike force.
The strikes ought to be quick entry-exit strikes – just like Americans did with the Osama Bin Laden operation. Once that occurs and is done, the world pressure can be brought in. The political class on both the sides does not have the ability to go for the Nuclear Strike right away. Because the consequences can be terrible. That was what stopped Soviets as well as Americans to strike each other.
Put the Nukes on the alert, and do quick strikes. The Quick Strikes have to be completely denied as well. Just do the strike and deny any involvement. Let the boggie of the same “Terrorists” (Pakistani regulars really) who seem to be striking India all the time should be blamed for that.
The Indian budget every year has always been an eagerly awaited event. For many decades, the best minds in economics, finance, tax, business and industry throng the media house to analyze the provisions shared by the Financial Minister.
When the US Ambassador threatened India's "Strategic Autonomy" policy over India's friendship with Russia - much more than meets the eye was at stake. Let us unpack how the Ukraine war has fundamentally changed the US and the world. And why are we here anyway?
This visit of India left me with many questions. Many observations and inputs from different people and sections. Food for thought that I have tried to contemplate on and make sense of. Sharing all that with you.
When you analyze the last 60 years of the economic miracles of Singapore, South Korea and Malaysia versus the continued impoverished Indian economy, you get very interesting lessons. Can Indians have the wherewithal in them to do in one generation so that the coming generations may rise?
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