India going international...

Recently the whole nation got a new, respectable, intelligent and tough Prime Minister who is neither threatened by the allies nor by scams and this is what the whole nation has been craving for several decades and now when the nation has got its leader indeed, then good days are going to knock the door of India Inc. inevitably.

Recently at the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, heads of various nations were called up to join the ceremony. Mr. Modi killed two birds with one stone in this process. By calling them to the nation, Mr. Modi has given a cue to the whole world that Mr. Modi is going to snatch away good international ties and relationship with the neighbours as well as other countries. After the swearing in ceremony Mr. Modi also discussed many matters with different heads of states. A much awaited moment came when Mr. Modi talked with the Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif on how both the nations can tackle the cross border terrorism and also talked with Pakistan on the 26/11 trials of the culprits, on the other hand talked with the President of Sri Lanka on the safety of Lankans, which is a hot topic between the two nation and afterwards Mr. Modi talked with other international guests on strengthening ties with them in the long run.

India framed a very bad image in front of these countries during the UPA’s stint as the government. India got itself a ‘dominating big brother image” with these countries and its reluctance to tackle Chinese and Pakistani issues made the world think that India is incapable to solving these cross-border issues and hence is inefficient but now the time has come when we need to vanish out such thoughts about the nation. UPA government lacked any good foreign policy and therefore ties with these nations were very much severed but as Modi government has shown some promising signs with a good agenda, much has been expected from the new government.

First of all the Pakistani issue needs to be tackled. Infiltration of terrorism through the borders of Pakistan has been a menacing issue for India. Almost all of the terrorist attacks in India have been carried out by masterminds residing in the safe terrorist heavens of Pakistan and now India needs to take serious action against them. The recent meeting between the Prime Ministers of the nation is in itself a success as Pakistan has given a friendly reaction to Mr. Modi’s invite by releasing out fishermen of India who were in the jails of Pakistan and this in itself is a victory for the nation as on the first day of Mr. Modi’s taking of office, India brought so many sons of India back to its soil. Similarly some other situations need to be tackled. India should first of all talk about the security of Indian prisoners in the Pakistani jails and some harsh issues like the decapitation of its soldiers through the hands of Pakistani soldiers. Next comes the most crucial thing that needs to discussed. India should maintain a tough stand against the Pakistani terrorism. In Pakistan nothing can take place sans the consent of army. Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif has to take the permission of army before coming to India to attend the swearing in ceremony of Mr. Modi and keeping in mind this thing, India should directly talk to the army of the two countries without wasting any time. The government should maintain relations with the government of Pakistan but should be more specific with the army and this can definitely carve out a way for India to proceed ahead.

The next issue that needs to be tackled is the Lankan issue. India now needs to talk to Sri Lankan government to safeguard the Indian Tamils in Lanka and this could definitely help. Despite of creating a logjam between the two nation and working on the political policy of Southern political parties India should bury the dead and talk about strengthening the relations. The arrival of President of Sri Lanka is a good sign in itself with the release of Indian fishermen by the Lankan forces. Acknowledging all these things, India should try to break the silence and try to make the relationship between the two nations successful so that both the nations could progress further. One more thing to keep in mind is that Sri Lanka is very much closer to India in terms of geographical boundaries and many nations like China are vying to struck a good relationship with Sri Lanka to exploit the nation and to advance further towards India and if India doesn’t ponder over this issue then it can be made to face a huge loss which would be very despicable for the whole nation and now the government should there mull over sweetening the ties between the two nations.

Next important ally to be dealt with is Afghanistan. Contemporarily Afghanistan is a hotspot of political discussions around the whole world. Nations like China and Pakistan are poised to exert influence over Afghanistan after the roll back of the western forces from the region. Many terrorist groups are also ready to take over the land of Afghanistan after the retraction of the military forces of USA, UK, France etc. and definitely this could not be considered safe for the nation and therefore now the Indian government first of all needs to apprehend the whole situation of Afghanistan and mend out ways in which it can tackle the upcoming disaster and to strengthen ties with the Afghan government. Both the nations can play a huge role in helping each other and I expect that the new government will definitely look forward as grabbing a harmonious relationship between the two nations.

Now as the new government has set its foot, the time has come when it needs to think over both national and international issues and I believe that the new Prime Minister is capable of doing it.

JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT

JAI MA BHARTI