Barbarians at the Gate

On February 22, 2009, In Politics, By

In a major development, Pakistan government agreed to introduce Islamic law in Swat valley and neighboring areas. It was a result of ceasefire agreement with the Taliban. The Taliban fighters will be encouraged by this agreement and will soon launch a major offensive all across the region. Pakistan’s policy of “strategic depth” with Afghanistan or “thousand cuts” with India is in tatters. Very soon it will be fighting a deadly war with a monster of its own creation.

The three A’s of Pakistan “Allah, Army and America” have been replaced by “Anarchy”, “Al Qaeda” and “Afghanistan”. The Pakistan army has suffered severe causalities and is not interested in fighting fellow Muslims. At the same time the Durand line (Pak – Afghan border) is becoming diluted and the generals know they are fighting a losing war. America is no longer interested in this region and will be making cosmetic arrangements so that its stand on Al Qaeda doesn’t get diluted.

In a nutshell Pakistan has become a major security threat for all nations especially India. No country is interested in fighting this new war because of the complex nature of the enemy and their own demographic compulsions.

Indian security establishment must take serious note of the development or else it will be caught napping as before. Mumbai attack was just a trailer.
More such barbaric attacks from western border are going to happen in future.

The mass media in India is busy romanticizing Islam, glamorizing western lifestyle and dehumanizing Hinduism; it has no guts to take up serious issues. Similarly the Pakistan media was obsessed with Kashmir, Palestine & global Muslim atrocities, unconcerned that they would be devoured by the monster of Islamic militants. Which had been created and nurtured by their successive governments.

The future strategy should be to somehow convince the Pakistan military & government to launch an offensive against Taliban and other Islamic insurgents. The Indian government will also have to become more proactive and borders will have to be sealed to prevent infiltration of any kind.

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Is the media partial against the BJP?

On February 1, 2009, In Politics, By

It is very easy to observe, even for a layman that the media in general and news channels in particular are becoming more and more pro government. In each and every media report, analysis, story, debate or interview it is found the media is adopting a very partial response against the BJP.

For e.g. if we take up two issues that affected the nation last week:

1. Chief Election Commisioner, N Gopalaswami, recommended the removal of his colleague, Navin Chawla. He has thoroughly documented the “partisan” functioning of Chawla.

But the news channels have started a criticism of Gopalaswami without taking into account the merit of the document. There was no mention of the charges – What are the contents of the letter submitted to the President of India? Did the CEC’s NGO did actually take money from the Congress party MP’s?

2. Recently a group of activists barged into a pub, assaulted women. On the same day Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers went on the rampage disrupting Republic Day celebrations at a school in Nashik. The workers assaulted parents and beat up participants. They didn’t even spare posters of the martyrs of 26/11.

The media completely ignored the later issue .Whereas the former was sensationalized as an assault on women’s independence. They even said it was an attempt to Talibanize India.

For the incident it directly involved the BJP government in Karnatka. But in a similar issue coincidentally happening the same day involving the attack on North Indians by MNS, it did not criticize the Congress government in Maharashtara.

There are numerous instances where the Indian media has taken a partial stance.

What is the agenda?

Why are there double standards?

Why are all news channels behaving the same way?

Is it because of the contract for pro government advertisements like “Bharat Nirman” or “Minority scholarship” that are likely to barge us before the general elections.

Maybe but the credibility of fair journalism in India has certainly taken a backseat.

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