a INDIA TRYING TO TIGHTEN BELT THAT IS ABSENT

a INDIA TRYING TO TIGHTEN BELT THAT IS ABSENT

Prof Dr Colonel K Prabhakar Rao ( Retired)

The Euphoria of Indian 9/11 at Bombay is over. The burning cinders appear to have died out. The city is slowly has returned to normal. The hotels and other joints are getting full although at some places crowds are thin. The news papers also are not flashing any anything worthwhile now days. After the apology of Prime minister to the nation that he and his team has failed to protect the city from the killers, everything appears to be normal. Tempers have cooled. Indians have great faith in Gandhism. If some one asks to be pardoned, he should be really pardoned. The PM has publicly begged to be pardoned. That was the easiest thing available to him and he could not offer any excuses. The failure was glaring and open. There was no escape. Thus apology was to be given. Chidambaram also said. “Yes there was a failure”. Shivraj Patil and Deshmukhs were eased out as first step. We are not sure of any other executive being eased out. All others are probably pardoned as it was a collective failure (1). So better it is to pardon every one. Why sack poor well dressed and smart Shivraj Patil and Vilasrao” Deshmuks? They are no way inferior to others in this country.
Pakistan as usual is playing cat and mouse game by keeping some militant leaders under house arrest and sealing their offices. It is repeating that it will not handover any one to India and if proof was given they would be tried in Pakistan courts and punished. Can this be believed? On the other front, USA has mellowed down and said India and Pakistan must help each other. The initial hard language has disappeared. Mr Brown the PM of England went to Pakistan and nothing concrete came through. There is no doubt that Pakistan would not hand over the militants to India. As it is, India has already lost its ground by getting to negotiations and pleading with Pakistan. Our top leaders repeat that India will not take any military action. What is compelling them to make such statements is not known? Are the leaders trying to project themselves as apostles of peace? It is not known what type of action India would take. We are already bowing and begging them to listen to us promising that we will not attack them (2).
In this instant, it is essential to recall how India handled Bangladesh when there was some trouble some time ago. Bangla rifles attacked a border post and took away some BSF soldiers and tortured and killed them in the most inhuman way. They were put in boiling water and eyes were gouged out and ears cut (3,4,5,6). Their bodies were transported as if they were taking a dead cow by tying to a pole (7). The response from India was very tragic. We have swallowed everything. Except some diplomatic protest, nothing was taken up . It has gone to the world that India is incapable of taking any tough actions. The present situation is no different. The calamity of present incident is very large. Yet India is unable to take tough actions. There is always a limit to diplomatic efforts. After the limit is crossed, a stick has to be brought into use. Where was the necessity to shout around that India would not take military action? Then why Pakistan should bother for us? Where is the fear for them? Is Pakistan dependent on us? Surely not. Why they should dismantle terrorist camps in their land? They will not do. They would only laugh at us and at our incapacity to assert. Mohammed Shahbuddin Ghori the ruler of Kabul in the past must have laughed to his fill when he was set free by Indian ruler at Thaneswar, Prithviraj Chauhan after he was captured in a battle. He went to Kabul and came back with more force only to defeat Chauhan in a battle. Chauhan was imprisoned. Without any mercy he was killed by Ghori and established Muslim rule in India. The present state of India reflects same state that was there centuries ago. Indian rulers have not learnt any lessons inspite of many reverses in past.
There is no doubt that terrorists would plan again much more vigorously this time to cause devastation to India. The days of planting some small hand made make shift tiffin box bombs here and there are over. The strategy would be Fidayeen type assaults by suicide squads armed to teeth where they have nothing to loose as they are ready to get killed. As Martyrs, they claim that they would directly go to heavens as guaranteed in Holy Quran. One will not be surprised if car bombings also become a regular affair in India which is very common in Pakistan and Iraq. We have many large and important installations such a s nuclear reactors, naval yards, air ports and big shopping centers, crowded market places that are mostly and surely sitting ducks for any determined Jihadi attackers. The pot bellied, pawn and Gutka chewing police men wielding lathis or dilapidated ancient bolt action rifles at most of the places can not be trusted that they would be able to protect our heritage structures and vital installations from the determined Jihadis.. There are numerous and innumerable heritage structures and temples in India that remain unprotected. How we are going to be saved by these lethargic and action- less rulers? God only knows. Should we wait for 10 th incarnation of Lord Vishnu, the Kalki Bhagwan, the Hindu god? Singing Ramdhun as practiced by Mohan Das Karamchand Gandhi is not going to save us and our installations. It is also learnt that a National investigating agency (NIA) has been mooted by Chidambaram. How it is going to solve the problem? Probably he only knows. What is now required is to prevent future attacks than waiting for calamities and then to be investigate by various agencies doing post mortem along with the new NIA. We will be adding one more agency to confusion, chaos and jealousy and departmental rivalries. God bless this nation from strange people. In heart and heart Pakistan must be laughing at India for the incapability.



Bibliography

1. Prof Dr Colonel K Prabhakar Rao, American failure in Containing Pakistan from promoting terrorism, DR K Prabhakar Rao’s Blog, December 09, 2008, 06:24 and also on Progressive Islam.org on December 10, 2008

2. Prof Dr Colonel K Prabhakar Rao, India is over- expecting from Pakistan, December 15, 2008, Dr K Prabhakar Rao’s Blog, and also on Progressive Islam.org, December 14, 2008,

3. Bangla kills 16 BSF men Deccan chronicle, Hyderabad, April 19, 2001

4 .BSF men shot through eyes and strangulated, Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad, AP, India, Aril 22, 2001

5.Bangla Troops plundered Indian villages, Deccan chronicle, Hyderabad,AP, India, Date April 23, 2001

6.Seema Mustafa, Blood on Bangla Border, Deccan Chronicle, Hyderabad, AP, India, April 21, 2001

7.India today, December 31, 2001, PP 179

Dr K Prabhakar Rao