China could do a kargil on India , warns IDSA

2011 is not 1962 and i dont think India will ever go for a negotiated settlement if at all the Chinese makes such an adventure . India will push the chinese back the way they did in 1999 against pakistan . Chinese were engaged in a short war against Vietnam 'to teach them a lesson' , vietnamese fought back and India is no vietnam . It is very unlikely that the chinese would do something like that neverthless we should be prepared for every eventuality and make all the necessary strategic countermoves .

Some of the strategic countermoves that India made recently were the ones in south china sea . This move by India into south china sea and it's aggressive pursuit of defence and strategic relationships with the chinese enemies in the hemisphere have rankled the chinese and they have been using some psy-war techniques to ward off India . India has not cowed down so far , we haven't retaliated to the chinese snub of Visas but we have made some less conspicuous strategic moves by engaging into strategic relationships with Vietnam , Japan and various other east Asian countries that have issues with the chinese hegemoney . We are also cooperating more aggressively with the U.S through various defence pacts .

while i dont think that the chinese will involve in such an adventure , we should be prepared for any eventuality as we had a strategic collision with the chinese and we cannot underestimate their reaction to such countermoves by India . But it will be extremenly foolish of China to do any such adventure ...

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Equality is not prosperity ....

When i was 27 years old and a firm believer in capitalism i have opined that communists can never become intellectually honest to accept the fact that their ideology is a lost cause and has been summarily drubbed in every corner of the world . My opinion about communists has been reaffirmed by Tarun Tejpal the other day when i read his interview in Firstpost .

Karl Marx has proposed a whole new theory to analyse the nature of capital and proposed solutions to wipe out human suffering . His followers called it Marxism . He advocated armed insurgency and suggested his followers replace any form of government with Proletariat dictatorship . He suggested that government leave nothing for private ownership and government own all forms of capital and treat all forms of labour , intellectual or physical as the same and hence forth they receive the same salary . This form of marxism was first implemented in Russia by communist party of Russia headed by Vladmir Lenin . Vladmir lenin and his successor Joesph Stalin killed millions of people who owned property and refused to surrender that to state . They created an equal society except that the society was equal and equally poor . Communism has achieved unprecedented proportions barbarism under Chairman Mao in China when the Communist party of China killed millions of their own people in the name of cultural revolution . This is the prime feature of communist regimes all across the world , they killed millions of their own people to create equality and failed miserably to do so .

All across the socialist media , there is an obsession for equality . They beat their chests about the increasing rich-poor gap . U.S has the highest rich-poor gap but if the living standards of the people is looked at it is probably the highest in the world . I would rather be poor in an unequal and prosperous society like U.S where the living standards are far higher than a socialistc society where everybody is equal and poor . Socialists believe in curatiling free-enterprise they want controls on everything that could probably increase the rich-poor gap . If the so called levers of economy should be taken away from the enterpreneurs and businessman they have to be taken over by the government , which has already been done in the name of Marxism and the results are there for all of us to see . The answer to poverty alleviation in this country is more of market driven economics .

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Why the Unionists of AP Oppose Telangana ?

I have felt that it is necessary to present to you the comprehensive argument from the side of unionists about the ongoing Telangana issue . There is an intense passion in the people of coastal Andhra , Rayalaseema and Hyderabadi regions against any proposed division of the state of AndhraPradesh . No other statehood movement has faced such steadfast and passionate opposition more than the one in Andhrapradesh . The reasons for such passion are economical , political and social . I hope i will reason out to you the outstanding points of concern of the unionists in the state of Andhra Pradesh .

1.Water problems . The most important problem that will arise if at all there is a division of the state is the problem of water . We the people of Andhra Pradesh have water conflicts with the states of Karnataka and Maharastra and we have been seeing pitched battles with both these states in the courts as well as on the ground . Some of those agitations have even become violent . There are very strong and valid fears in the minds of seemandhra people that the division would worsen those water problems and will plug the possibilities of the new solutions that are being deliberated to solve the water problems of the arid regions of Rayalaseema region . There are 5 major ambitious projects flagged by the Andhra Pradesh government to comprehensively solve our irrigation and drinking water problems that are spread across the state of Andhra pradesh all of which are located in Telangana . Thought they are located in Telangana the water is meant to be distributed to all the regions of Andhrapradesh , over 50% of the irrigation projects taken up are to benefit Telangana . The division of Telangana will bring those ambitious projects to a screaming halt jeopardizing the agricultural progress of the state and creating all sort of problems .The biggest loser will be the four southern arid districts of Andhrapradesh called Rayalaseema .These are the most backward districts which are hoping to improve their living standards if they get water .Their dreams will be quashed permanently . There is already an opposition from Telangana politicians against these projects .They repeatedly invoke regional feelings against these projects and try to stifle them through various means , the problem will get worser if a division ever happens .

2.Hyderabad . Hyderabad is another bone of contention . More than 50% of the budget comes from Hyderabad and hugely contributes for the infrastructural and social spending of the state in all the three regions . More than 60% of Hyderabadis are migrants from Seemandhra region and they are steadfastedly opposed to the division . If the revenue from Hyderabad goes then all the developmental work that has been taken up in Seemandhra region will have to be brought to a halt . There is immense contribution made to Hyderabad by Seemandhra and they feel it is abhorrent of anybody to ask for division after they put their blood and flesh to build Hyderabad for all these years .The seemandhra people in Hyderabad are steadfastedly opposed to any division as they fear their security . The previous agitation of 1969 has been violently anti-Andhra where Andhra people were subjected to regional persecution , even though the Telangana activists dont make any such fervent anti-Andhra people statements they occasionally show those traits and there is a good chance that politics will turn against the residing Andhra people jeopardising their property and rights . They also fear persecution .

3.Internal security . Telangana was a hotbed of Naxalism before it was uprooted by AP goverment . The entire leadership of Maoist movement in this country is composed of Andhra people and all of them are from Telangana . They are just waiting for a chance to get back to their previous bastions . Telangana will not be able to deal with the onslaught of Naxalism if a division ever happens and it is widely feared that Telangana will suffer the same fate as Chattisgarh and Jharkhand after division . One close observation will conclude that chattisgarh and Jharkhand have suffered the Naxal problem more intensely after being divided from the mother states . If those worst fears come true all that development that was achieved in Telangana will be jeopardized .

4.Telugu Pride . The emotional reason behind such passionate and stead fasted opposition to the division comes from the immense pride Telugu people have of their culture and progress .The state of Andhra pradesh was formed after the legendary Potti sree Ramulu fasted to death , this was a state formed with the blood of great freedom fighters as they believed in the uniqueness in telugu culture . The very idea of dividing the state will be betraying the hopes and dreams of those great iconic individuals . We the telugu people dont want to be dwarfed with little national importance fighting among ourselves for resources . We are an economic powerhouse with enterpreneurship all over our culture and we shall not see our importance , pride and contribution diminished .

5.Widely exaggerated telangana sentiment . The sentiment of divisivness is widely exaggerated by rabble rousing parties like Telangana . Their claims of discrimination is classic hyperbole and all those claims of discrimination has been factually quashed by the srikrishna commitee which has been formed to study this problem . The TRS which has only Telangana as it's political agenda did not even contest the municipal elections of Hyderabad as it feared that it would be an irrelevant force their . So the capital city that telangana politicians claim to be theirs , they dont have the courage to face the people of Hyderabad as they fear that they would be categorically rejected . There are many telangana districts like Khamman and Rangareddy district who are not for the division but end up being suppressed by the more vociferous and rabble rousing pro-telangana activists .

The division of Andhra pradesh cannot happen without building consensus . It is very difficult to build consensus among conflicting parties , i readily agree . If the government at the centre tries to force divide the state of Andhra pradesh you will have a human catastrophe following that reckless and undemocratic action .

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