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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
India as a scared elephant in the region
From: Innovation Line
Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:04 AM
Lets take a look at India from a different perspective. Have you ever encountered a scared elephant which may be concerned with its own security? How about if the elephant thinks that others adjacent to the creature is going to hurt it physically? If you can visualize the scene, its certainly not a pleasant one, specifically for those who are around the scared elephant risk being fatally injured, if not more.
Now it's a different question whether the concern of the elephant is justified and whether the elephant should at all be scared. We can debate day after day on the justification - but the fact is if the elephant is scared, then it is scared and it is dangerous for its neighbors.
Now think of Bangladesh beside a scared India. If some of the policymakers there (in India) are also irresponsible (a portion of them), then India will be comparable to a scared elephant who can be very dangerous for BD, isn't it?
So, what to do about it?
The best thing to do is do nothing about it - just chup chap bose thako. Do our own thing. Hopefully the scare of the elephant will go away over time. Off course, we have to make sure that we aren't hurt, now.
Date: Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:04 AM
India as a scared elephant in the region
This article could be an introduction of a book on Bangladesh - India relations, writing of which would be completed in next 30 years!
This article could be an introduction of a book on Bangladesh - India relations, writing of which would be completed in next 30 years!
Lets take a look at India from a different perspective. Have you ever encountered a scared elephant which may be concerned with its own security? How about if the elephant thinks that others adjacent to the creature is going to hurt it physically? If you can visualize the scene, its certainly not a pleasant one, specifically for those who are around the scared elephant risk being fatally injured, if not more.
Now it's a different question whether the concern of the elephant is justified and whether the elephant should at all be scared. We can debate day after day on the justification - but the fact is if the elephant is scared, then it is scared and it is dangerous for its neighbors.
Now think of Bangladesh beside a scared India. If some of the policymakers there (in India) are also irresponsible (a portion of them), then India will be comparable to a scared elephant who can be very dangerous for BD, isn't it?
So, what to do about it?
The best thing to do is do nothing about it - just chup chap bose thako. Do our own thing. Hopefully the scare of the elephant will go away over time. Off course, we have to make sure that we aren't hurt, now.
Ok, let us say that we are safe in the short term. What about in the future?
What if the scare do not go away? What if there is something inside it which is making India scared. That is a tough situation to be in - if that is really the case. In that situation, if true, doing ONLY our own thing is not probably the right strategy in the long term. Something should be done to reduce the scare, to help the giant scared elephant. What are those, if any?
What if the scare do not go away? What if there is something inside it which is making India scared. That is a tough situation to be in - if that is really the case. In that situation, if true, doing ONLY our own thing is not probably the right strategy in the long term. Something should be done to reduce the scare, to help the giant scared elephant. What are those, if any?
We hope to continue this elo-melo vabna on the national security that arises from sometimes 'irresponsible" behaviuor of our giant neighbor. This is an advance article for our policymakers and politicians to think about.
If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columnists in regular traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.
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Note: This is a freelance column, published mainly in different internet based forums. This column is open for contribution by
the members of new generation, sometimes referred to as Gen 71. If you identify yourself as someone from that age-group and want
to contribute to this column, please feel free to contact. Thanks to the group moderator for publishing the article as Creative
Commons contents.
After election of December 2008, we have been silent - we are observing what Hasina government does with the trial of war
criminals. We would stay silent until we really make up our mind about the intention of war criminal trial by AL government. But
this article is one of the few exceptions which needed immediate attention.
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