As the Chinese government is incrementing its bellicose strategies and with its intrepid belligerence at the border posts along the India-China border are certain causes of great worry for now. Though the prospects of a direct war are completely bleak but still an off the border was must be fought with the disputation neighbor.
Since the whole world has now turned over to gruesome direct wars to surreptitious ‘machiavellian’ tactics, the new age PRC has too shifted its goalposts. The new tenet to become a global power is to become the ‘big brother’ and Chinese policies lucidly speak of this belief’s dispositions. The One Belt One Road (OBOR) project, China’s continuous pestering in the South China Sea as well as its initiative to irrupt into the East African market after Chinese military base stationing in Djibouti pellucidly exhibits how the overarching tentacles of the 21st century Mandarin thought.
Though we too have observed a cosmic transmutation in our 70 years but still the tendency to remain insular remains mores in the common Indian ideology. This fact is clearly expressed when the opposition parties repeatedly try to ensnarl the current Prime Minister in their stricture against his foreign visits. But, leaving out the political part, there is no skepticism that a radical change needs to be inducted into the system. Fortunately, we have already started. Although our some of the programs are inchoate, they are extremely propitious to become successful in the upcoming future. One such program is the newly announced Indian entry in the East African countries. Finally, New Delhi and Tokyo have prepared the blueprint for the development of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Africa. The first SEZ, of which Indian countries are going to be a part, is to come up near the Mombasa port in Kenya, which is currently being developed with the Japanese assistance. Mombasa, which is the gateway to the East African countries, can certainly lead to huge change in the Indo-African relationship and as the African Union has 54 member countries in the UN, our bid for permanent seat in the UN can also be strengthened to a much bigger extent provided the substantial power of the African nations.
Apart from this, the SEZ program, which has already garnered the support of 10 major Indian corporate houses, can do wonders for a poverty-stricken Africa. Development of economic zone in Africa nations can engender huge employment, a source of income, and a huge trade between India and African nations. Moreover, infrastructure development and the introduction of state of the art technology can lead to an unprecedented change in the lives of African people. The excessive poverty and harsh living conditions have till now left no stone unturned in alienating the African people from the mainstream world. Besides this, being devoid of modern technology has affected the lives of millions of African negatively. The development of these SEZs will surely allocate employment to poor African workers, lead to excessive development in fields of economics, infrastructure, trade, and engineering. The skills of Indian and Japanese company matched with the huge labor available in the African market can surely help the whole of the Africa to a much bigger extent.
This pioneering project is certainly a win-win situation. Through this project we are aiming at entering into the global arena and on the other hand the great wonders that the project can do in Africa can be indeed paragon. The parochial approach was obviously the only choice back in the 1900s but this 21st century India is destined for a much bigger role in the international market and political lobbies. If we are to become a developed country and a super power then we must embrace the challenge to mould ourselves to the growing international demands and must take special interest in the global affairs. As we are getting poised to be internationally accepted as a globally significant country, we must also not shy away from taking up the cards on the worldly tables.
JAI HIND, JAI BHARAT
JAI MA BHARTI
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