Nepal: Shud India stick to its "Democracy" Guns and give way for Maoism !!!

India has threatened Nepal by announcing its move to cut arms aid. India, Inspite of being the biggest arms supplier to Nepal wasn't able to help its previous democratically elected Govt in solving its problems with Maoists.

The reason for King Gyanendra to take over the kingdom was the inability of the Govt to bring peace in the state. If India stops its arms supply, it will have long standing repercussions. What if they turn to their northern neighbour, China? There are already frightening reports that China has a hand in this. Is it a diplomatically correct decision for India to skip SAARC meeting citing the coup in Nepal and stopping arms to it?

If the Indian PM can share the dais with the Military leaders of Pakistan and Burma, why not a King from Nepal ?

This is the time India should act like a Mother and not like a Big brother. We shud extend any help to Nepal in order to restore democracy and peace.

2000 years back, Kautilya wrote in Artha Shastra that no two neighbouring countries can live in peace for long. China proved it. Until A buffer state Tibet was there, China was a friend. When China gulped it, it became hostile. Until Pakistan was created Afganistan was hostile. When Pakistan was created Afgan became a friend and Pakistan turned hostile. Until Bangladesh was created East Pakistanis were friendly.

All our neighbours look at India as hostile. China, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma. None of them understand that India is a massive economic oppurtunity. They have got a lot to gain by being at peace with us. The Only exceptions till now are Nepal and Bhutan.

Should India lose them too ?

Now, We miss the legend, Late Mani Dixit. He understood the importance of our neighbours. If only he were with us today, India wouldn't make this blunder.

Conviction & Hardwork: 2 faces of the coin, Success

Dilip Tirkey and Sania Mirza have reached the top with these two virtues.

Dilip, an Adivasi from a tribal village, Saunamara in orissa has come to rule our national game. His 17 years of hardwork and concentration has finally paid and has made him the Captain of the Indian hockey team. He is not just a captain for his colleagues but a source of inspiration and a sense of confidence when he is around. Though his father Vincent Tirkey has represented Orissa in national tournaments, his success comes from hardwork and conviction. He has a long way to go. Hope he will get India the gold medal in the next Olympics and A World cup in his tenure.

Sania Mirza, the 18 year old sports woman became the first Indian woman to claim a WTA tour singles title by winning the Hyderabad Open singles final. It was a steady rise in each game she played. She has won many a hearts and has inspired many others. The fighting spirit and the aggresion in the game is what is going to take her even further. Hyderabad, her home town is just the beginning. The young icon has got a long way to go before she grabs all the four grand slams for the years to come. That will be the salvation for all the hardwork and the conviction she has put against all odds, including the social one.

May God bless them both to lead India in their respective games.

Feb 15th - J&K Constituent Assembly unanimously ratified the state's accession to India

Feburary 15th marks the J&K Constituent Assembly's unanimous ratification of the state's accession to India

Totally forgotten was that on this very day, 51 years earlier, the Jammu & Kashmir Constituent Assembly unanimously ratified the state's accession to India. Thus, February 15, 2001 marks the 51st anniversary of the day that witnessed J&K's accession to India being signed, sealed and delivered -- not by a Hindu maharaja ruling over a population of which 77 percent were Muslims, but by a democratically elected constitutional body all of whose 75 members were die-hard followers of a colossal Muslim leader called Sheikh Abdullah.

- Murali

India's First Sikh Army Chief

General Joginder Jaswant Singh, a hero of anti-terrorist operations, became the first ever Sikh officer to don the chief of the army staff.

Can't believe it, isn't it? But yes, it is true. Though Sikhs, as an ethnic group, are the single largest chunk in the army at about 10 per cent of the million-strong force JJ is the first sikh to become the Chief of Army Staff.

Ironically, many believe that India is getting a Sikh four-star general 37 years too late, after Lieutenant General Harbaksh Singh, GOC, Western Command, 1968, was overlooked by the then political leadership. Indira Gandhi, the then prime minister had picked Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) Sam H F J Manekshaw, who later led the Indian Army to its finest victory yet over Pakistan in 1971.

Hope JJ will take the forces to greater heights like his predecesor.

The outgoing Chief of Army Staff General Nirmal Chander Vij had achieved a lot in a short span of 2 years. His relentless efforts have proved successful. He pushed the army to complete fencing work along the 740 km LoC, a task that was achieved in 2004. With great efforts from Gen Vij, 6,000 Kashmiri men joined the Indian Army, the first ever Kashmiri regiment was introduced. He brought near normalcy to J&K. In honor of Vij, the army band played a new tune "Gen Nirmal" in 2004 "Beating the Retreat" after the Republic day celebrations.

Hope JJ will bring back total peace to Kashmir and make it a heaven on earth once again. I wish him all the best and Pray God to give him enough strength and resolve to achieve it.

- Murali