Indian hegemonic wishlist in South Asia

[idune]

New Delhi pushes Colombo for the full execution 1987 Accord, N&E re-merger looms

Sun, 2010-05-23 04:46 — editor
By Joseph Thavaraja

Colombo, 23 May, (Asiantribune.com): India has begun pushing Sri Lanka for the full implementation of the historic 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. Reports in Colombo said that New Delhi will formerly be making the request to this effect from Colombo in the due course.

The reason that New Delhi is insistent on Colombo for the Indo-Lanka Accord is to be in lieu of 'the total support extended by the Indians in Sri Lanka's war victory', it is learnt.

The New Delhi policy making circles now feel that the war in Sri Lanka is over, the non-implementation of the 1987 Accord in full or any further delays by Colombo in this regard could 'compromise India's political dignity' it is reported. Meanwhile political analysts in Colombo said that re-merger of controversial North and Eastern provinces that were de-merged in 2006 could become a reality in the 1987 Accord is fully implemented by Sri Lanka.

Though the 1987 accord is 'implemented' by Colombo, but at present, it is only partially functional. The 1987 Accord stipulated by New Delhi on the then President J R Jayawardene, introduced devolution of power to Sri Lanka and created the current provincial council systems as a way to address Tamil grievances.

The then Lankan President J R Jayawardene and the slain Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi signed the Accord on July 29, 1987 in Colombo as boycotts and protests raged amidst a curfew in the capital.

The then Prime Minister R Premadasa and some key Lankan cabinet ministers absented themselves from the Accord's signing ceremony.

Though the 1987 accord is 'implemented' in Sri Lanka at present, it is not fully functional and a main point of currently proposed constitutional reforms is the amount of devolution to the Provincial Councils in comparison to the original 1987 Accord. Currently, some crucial provincial powers required for effective devolution are still not delegated to the Provincial Councils and calls for fuller devolution has become a key point in the present devolution debate in the country.

Further, when Colombo drafted the 13 Amendment to the Constitution in which the Provincial Councils were created, instead of the expected two lists of powers for the centre and peripheries, Colombo introduced a third list called 'reserved list' to be shared between the centre and periphery, thus confusing the overall aim of the devolution itself, according to political analysts. Critics of the PC system also allege that under the new Provincial Council era, due to the practical nature of the 'operations' between the 'Councils and the centre', the centre itself has gained even more powers than it ever possessed.

A key issue to be faced by Colombo will be the re-merger of the North and Eastern provinces. According to political analysts, one fundamental point that all Tamils in Sri Lanka clearly agree on is the need for a single, unified Northeastern Province. Section 2.2 of the historic 1987 Accord specified for a merged north and eastern province creating a unified provincial council saying "...the northern and eastern provinces as now constituted, will form one administrative unit, having one elected provincial council.." Though the provinces were merged soon after the Accord, in 2006, they were de-merged back to two separate provinces by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. This crucial legal ruling was 'lost' to the news broadcast services as the then ongoing war suddenly began to escalate. The case against the merger was filed in the Supreme Court by three Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) MPs.

New Delhi pushes Colombo for the full execution 1987 Accord, N&E re-merger looms | Asian Tribune

 

[idune]

Indian hegemony continues to harm relations with neighbors

14:35, October 14, 2009

Nobody can deny that today's India is a power. In recent years, Indians have become more narrow-minded and intolerable of outside criticism as nationalism sentiment rises, with some of them even turning to hegemony. It can be proved by India's recent provocation on border issues with China.

Given the country's history, hegemony is a hundred-percent result of British colonialism. Dating back to the era of British India, the country covered a vast territory including present-day India, Pakistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh as well as Nepal. India took it for granted that it could continue to rule the large area when Britain ended its colonialism in South Asia. A previous victim of colonialism and hegemony started to dream about developing its own hegemony. Obsessed with such mentality, India turned a blind eye to the concessions China had repeatedly made over the disputed border issues, and refused to drop the pretentious airs when dealing with neighbors like Pakistan.

Many Indians didn't know that Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, had once said that India could not play an inferior role in the world, and it should either be a superpower or disappear.

Although the pursuit of being a superpower is justifiable, the dream of being a superpower held by Indians appears impetuous. The dream of superpower is mingled with the thought of hegemony, which places the South Asian giant in an awkward situation and results in repeated failure.

Throughout the history, India has constantly been under foreign rule. The essence for the rise of India lies in how to be an independent country, to learn to solve the complicated ethnic and religious issues, to protect the country from terrorist attacks, to boost economic development as well as to put more efforts on poverty alleviation.

Additionally, the hegemony can also be harmful in terms of geopolitical environment. The expansion of India is restricted by its geographic locations. It has Himalaya Mountain to its north, a natural barrier for northward expansion; it has Pakistan to the west, a neighbor it is always at odds over the disputed border issues.

To everyone's disappointment, India pursued a foreign policy of "befriend the far and attack the near". It engaged in the war separately with China and Pakistan and the resentment still simmers. If India really wants to be a superpower, such a policy is shortsighted and immature.

India, which vows to be a superpower, needs to have its eyes on relations with neighbors and abandon the recklessness and arrogance as the world is undergoing earthshaking changes. For India, the ease of tension with China and Pakistan is the only way to become a superpower. At present, China is proactively engaging in negotiations with India for the early settlement of border dispute and India should give a positive response.

Indian hegemony continues to harm relations with neighbors - People's Daily Online

 

[IBRIS]

Is it me, or the cry baby didn't met with his hate quota as yet. HATE ON MY BROTHER. You shall see some light on the other end. If not, try again.

 

[hal-fgfa]

well i dont want to bring china into this because this chines source otherwise flame war start again b/w india and china

now come to idune .... well what i can say about you
wrong language in not permitted in this forum


i m also not want to start any tread like this against BD because u r not belongs to BD ... do u fell shame to use ur original country flag ...

i thnk yes u feel it

 

[idune]

India's water hegemony
May 26, 2010

Indian hegemony in the region has found a new means to dominate its smaller neighbours, exploiting the limited commodity of water. Scarcity of this basic resource is a global phenomenon due to extreme climatic changes, and while countries in other regions have devised mechanisms to amicably share the meagre resource, in South Asia, owing to Indian intransigence and 'might is right' attitude, the situation is worsening very rapidly. India is not respecting any obligation of upper/lower riparian country, international law and bilateral treaties. Its total disregard of the need of other countries for this basic resource is causing unprecedented frustration in all its neighbours, especially Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.

India does not only want to fulfil its insatiable and lavish water needs at the cost of the survival of its neighbouring countries, but is also employing water as a weapon, terming it the "Aqua Bomb". The progenitor of Indian statecraft, Chanakya, in his notorious treatise Arthashastra, has recommended: "Waging war by using rivers through stopping water to impose drought or flooding to destroy life/property, and subjugate rival states". This has unabashedly been borrowed to become a part of Indian state policy. Immediate effect of this Indian design has already become visible in its three neighbouring countries in the shape of desertification of huge fertile lands, intrusion of salinity, scarcity of drinking water, ruining environment/biodiversity, excessive deposit of silt causing floods, elimination of water transport/navigational means, reduction in fisheries, inundation, lack of water for power generation, and so on. Bangladesh and Nepal need to ensure that due to their passivity and for personal gains of a handful of individuals, coming generations are not deprived of this basic resource. Detailed deliberation on water related issues of Bangladesh and Nepal can help its people identify the nature of the looming crises, expose Indian evil designs and take measures to conserve this resource. This is essential not only for the survival of the people of Bangladesh and Nepal but also their future generations.

Nepal is the second richest country in water resources in the world, which covers 45 percent of the total quantity of water of the river Ganges and 70 percent of the total quantity of static water of India. Nepal has the capacity of producing 85,000MW of electricity through hydro-power projects, as an alternative source to fossil energy, but due to Indian sabotage through agreements, treaties and MOUs when a weak government at Kathmandu in office, it has compelled Nepal to long for water and electricity both for its own inhabitants and the soil to remain arid. India has ventured into the scheme of its chicaneries fulfilled through the politicians of Nepal in whom the RAW has invested heavily. India does not want Nepal to utilize its water resources on its own or with the financial and technical support of other countries. India plays a major role in sabotaging some major hydro-projects initiated by Nepal. Thus, Nepal is reduced to a position where it can harness merely one percent of its total water quantity.
India cannot stand the progress and prosperity of its neighbours; it derives sadistic pleasure through disturbing and tormenting them via belligerent designs and conspiracies. Bangladesh, whose creation was facilitated and manipulated by India, is now the target of its machinations, because it has refused to become a client state, and has launched a devilish scheme to manipulate the natural water flow from India to Bangladesh. Rivers Ganges and Brahmaputra cross through India, meet in Bangladesh and then finally drain into the Bay of Bengal. The Ganges enters Bangladesh near Rajshahi District, where it is renamed as Padma River. There are 54 rivers flowing from India to Bangladesh fulfilling 85 percent of its water needs but mightiest among them are the Ganges and Brahmaputra, which are being manipulated to the detriment of Bangladesh through three projects. The first is the Farakka Barrage, labelled by Bangladeshis as "The Death Trap". The diabolic structure of this barrage has been designed to divert the natural water course of Ganges, to convert Bangladesh into a barren land and cause drought and famine. Over 800,000 acres of land have been rendered barren due to Farakka. It is the bitterest issue between India and Bangladesh.

Tipaimukh Dam, another Farakka, is located in southwestern hilly region of Manipur, bordering Mizoram. Its a 1500MW power project, which will be completed by 2015 on river Barak. It will make barren fertile lands and adversely affect Surma, Khushiara and other rivers of Bangladesh. Bangladesh will seriously be harmed by the Tipaimukh project and the assurance by the Indian Premier that it would not damage Bangladeshi interests is unrealistic to believe the head of an upper riparian country assuring a lower riparian country about water security. Tipaimukh Dam is going to seriously affect not only agriculture in a large portion of Bangladesh, particularly in winter, but is also going to bring about negative ecological, climatic and environmental changes in the country.

The third project is the "Rivers Interlinking Project", which is aimed at interconnecting 37 Indian rivers through links. It will involve the digging of 600 canals, which will flood 3000 square miles of land, displacing three million people and virtually draining Bangladesh of its waters, in about 10 years' time. Since 2002, India is implementing its "River Linking Project" which will link major rivers in India to their sources in Nepal, Bhutan where massive reservoirs would be built to hold water. It is a clear-cut violation of the international laws that protect the water rights of a lower riparian country. The project includes diversion of huge quantity of water from Brahmaputra, Ganges and Jamuna Rivers. According to experts, if the project is completed as planned, it will have ominous repercussions for the economy, communication and ecology of Bangladesh, which is already facing acute water shortages.

As far as Pakistan is concerned, volumes can be written on Indian hegemony to illegally divert Pakistan's share of water through its numerous projects in direct contravention of the Indus water Treaty and will be treated separately.

India's water hegemony | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online

 

[boxer_B]

US and Uk on Indian side
Russia, need i mention more ?
Japan, hmm.. figure yourself out
S.Korea and Singapore ... both nation having huge investment in India. Singapore PM is a Hindu
Israel ... Phalcon deal gives more accurate picture
Saudi Arabia.. Recent visit by MMS and accords signed put our western neighbor into tizzy.
Afghanistan .. Indian influence more than ever.
Iran.. India operates port and connects it to Af using highway.
Egypt ready to provide SEZ to India
Oman purchasing weapons from india
France supplying avoinics to India and blatantly refusing others
Germany, lets see here ... where are U boats ???
etc

Yeah right, blow your self-righteous and over-jealous bean in front of deaf gullible snakes. We are sitting pretty well here, sorry but you can stick your advice along with your offer in your backside.

 

[IBRIS]

Try a bit harder, idune. then you might get more replies.

 

[KS]

Get out ur Head Idune.....There is a beautiful world out there....

 

[idune]

only indian head is so small to go where sun does not sine. Its amusing to see indian desperation to pollute the thread.

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India - regional bully or friend?

By Brajesh Upadhyay
BBC Hindi service

India shows off its military pride on Republic Day
To many in the rest of the world India is an emerging economic success story and a working secular democracy.
But ask people in its neighbouring countries for their views and you may well get a much more hostile response.

Culturally, India and its neighbours are more similar than dissimilar. It's hard to tell an Indian from a Pakistani, a Nepali, a Bangladeshi, or a Sri Lankan.

The food is similar, the music comes from the same scales, in films they have the same tastes. They even share holy places.


Many in Pakistan thought that Indian help during the October 2005 earthquake was a gesture of friendship. Others saw it as a ploy to gather intelligence over Kashmir.

To some India was capable of providing the solution to last year's political crisis in Nepal. Others say India was the problem, interfering where it was not wanted.


India played an active role in the birth of Bangladesh. Today Bangladesh refuses to sell gas to India.


Back in the 1980s, the Indian army became involved in peace-keeping efforts in Sri Lanka which went badly wrong.

Should India's neighbours still view it as a threat? Is Indian industry a big shark waiting to chew up the smaller fishes?

As part of the BBC's India Rising week, the BBC Hindi Service is hosting a regional debate Indian television's NDTV channel in both English and Hindi.

"India - Brother or Bully?" is the theme.

An audience comprising diplomats, politicians, artists, industrialists and students in Islamabad, Dhaka, Kathmandu and Colombo will join a panel in Delhi through satellite video-link.

The Indian panel will feature former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha and vice-chairman of telecom giant Bharti Enterprises Rakesh Mittal.

The radio broadcast will be on 11 February. It will be televised on 17 and 18 February. You can participate by sending in your questions or views for the panellists by 8 of February.


Use the form at the top right-hand side of this page. Below are a selection of comments sent so far.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | India - regional bully or friend?

 

[Chappal Chor]

Damn we are superpower to dictate everyone and still no one is able to do anything about it.

 

[idune]

India-Bully of the Orient? In New Delhi, National Security Means Invading Your Neighbors

The Wash

LESS THAN two months after Indian paratroopers responded to a plea from its tiny neighbor, the Maldives, to thwart an attempted coup there by mercenaries, the smaller nations of South Asia are expressing concerns about the Indian intervention. Although the western media have portrayed India's action in the Maldives as a rescue, India's neighbors are worried about India's growing willingness to flex its military muscle in the region.

A series of interventions-military, political and economic-by India in recent years has affected such nations as Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, …

 

[shaktiman2010]

@ topic,

yes, India is a *****. So, learn to live with it.

 

[idune]

Nepal: Say NO to Indian hegemony!

Niraj Aryal

From the Indian BSF (Border Security Force) encroaching upon our lands, thrashing our country men to finally kill a Nepali national of Madhesi origin within our own territory to the India’s fake Television channel infringing upon our air to mislead the comparatively ignorant/innocent masses in Nepal, India of late has exceeded all possible diplomatic conducts between nations by challenging our national sovereignty and territorial integrity, if we have any.

Let us forget here in the name of friendly gestures the Indian missionaries in Nepal visiting our leaders suggesting them as to what should be their next political moves.

Not to blame India entirely though, in all these frequently occurring incidents- that often come to the fore as if it were a routine affairs, thanks duly goes to the Nepalese media, that is also getting tired of following to the Indian dictates.

In any case, the only question that may be raised: is India solely responsible for such acts or have we the Nepalese, more so our Loktantric leaders given them ample space to continue with their nauseating acts of intruding upon our sovereignty as and when they so desire?

Better late than never, the Nepali staff members at a TV channel planted by the Indian establishment to mislead Nepalese viewers have spearheaded a campaign to expose this Indian vested interest in Nepal.

The Nepalese staff members working at this India’s fake channel popularly known as the Nepal-1 had enough of obeying to the dictates of one notorious Indian lady called Nalini Singh who more often than not reprimanded as lady Viceroy the Nepalese nationals.

Nalini Singh, not many people know about her background though, as written by Keshav Poudel a prominent analyst, for the Spotlight Magazine is the daughter-in-law of former Indian ambassador to Nepal, Mr. C.P.N Singh and sister of prominent Indian journalist Arun Shouri.

Mr. Poudel in the same write-up says further quoting great poet Lekhnath Poudyal in his poem Rastrako Jagriti (national consciousness)- written a century ago indicating the revolution of 1950, it is still applicable to present-day Nepalese character as Nepalese wake up only after they are in the middle of difficulty. Perhaps Mr. Poudel is urging that all the Nepalese should follow their compatriots working at the Nepal-1 to wake up amidst difficulty and fight against this continued Indian hegemony.

Anyway, this standoff within the Nepal-1 premises could be taken as a lesson by such similar companies owned and governed by the erratic owners like Nalini. It should act like an eye opener to the Nepalese personnel working in those companies wherein one has to “mortgage” nationality and nationalism at the hands of the wild and fraudulent Indian managers- rather the victims of colonial mindset, who do not even know how to behave with sovereign citizens-never colonized before -that remains afresh in the pages of history.

When it had become enough, some time back, a staff at the fake Channel, Anjana Rawal-slapped at Nalini’s powdered plus wrinkled face which came to the open through the kind courtesy of Jan Aastha Weekly some months back. A tit for tat incident indeed!

To add more the Nepal-1 channel running under the banner of TV Live India is neither registered in Nepal nor in India, writes Sanghu Weekly in its latest edition dated April 30th.

In the similar fashion amidst difficulty and knowing lenience of our Loktantric Leaders who more often than not leave for Delhi pilgrimage, all the Nepalese no matter from which part of the country they come should first learn to say NO to this ever increasing Indian hegemony experienced every where from the Nepalese Air to the Nepalese Ground. Yo, Man Ta Mero Nepali Ho!

Telegraph Nepal : Nepal: Say NO to Indian hegemony!

 

[shaktiman2010]

@ topic,

yes, India is a *****. So, learn to live with it.

 

[idune]

Bangladeshis will resist Indian hegemony

Posted on 17 March 2010

A lot of water has gone down the Brahmaputra since December 16th 1971 and August 14th 1975. After becoming a country in 1971 Bangladesh reversed course on August 14th 1975 and told the world that it did not want to become a colony of West Bengal, and did not want to be secular (euphemism for Hinduism light). The Bengali patriots who killed the Indian agent Mujib Ur Rehman informed the world that the 100 year struggle that began on October 24th 1906 for the creation of Muslim Bengal was alive. Konkkor Mushtaque and General Zia tore up the ‘treaty of friendhip” with India and told Ne Delhi that it did not want to be a Sikkim. Today bangladesh is the major impediment to the hegemony designs of India

India wants hegemony over the region: says BD newspaper

A leading weekly newspaper of Bangladesh “The EkalerKatha” in its latest issue has strongly criticised India for its negative behaviour withneighbouring countries.The newspaper in its editorial said India extremely violates all norms of peaceful coexistence.In its June 17-23 issue, the weekly wrote, “Instead of coexistence withits neighbours with equal status and sovereignty India wants to forcibly realize submissive loyalty from its neigbours.”

India shows such attitude, as if, other sovereign countries of South Asian region will have to act on whatever India may dictate them to act and they will formulate their internal and external policies, even defence arrangements, according to India’s will and whims.”

The weekly says, India desires its neighbouring counties will obey and do whatever and whenever India asks them to do. “It means the expansionists of New Delhi will determine the extent of independence and sovereignty their neighbouring countries will enjoy,” it said.

Referring the recent comment of M K Narayanan, the weekly alleged, “India very recently bid to set such an example. India unjustifiably rebuked and scared Sri Lanka when she (Sri Lanka) expressed her desire to collect traditional, but effective, radars and other smaller equipments from Pakistan and China due to inability and failure of India-origin radars to detect air attacks of Tamil rebels.”

“Ignoring and reputing Sri Lanka’s sovereign and independent status, and violating all limits of shamelessness, M K Narayanan, India’s National Security Advisor, on May 13, 2007, thundered out like a so-called superpower declaring, “We are the big power in this region. Let us make it very clear. We strongly believe that whatever requirements the Sri Lankan government has, they should come to us. And we will give them what we think is necessary. We do not favour their going to China or Pakistan or any other country.

“M K Narayanan more nakedly said, we will not give such strong deterrents and arms to Sri Lanka that will ensure superiority of the Sri Lankan Armed forces over the Tamil guerrillas. It means, India wants to continue Sri Lanka’s war withthe Tamils so that India can sell arms bothto both the parties.”
The weekly asked, “In what power and sense India expresses its intention to impose such disgraceful and shameful precondition on Sri Lanka that she will not be able to collect arms from other sources according to her own requirements and policy.”

“India’s such audacious threatening is also an awful warning to other sovereign and independent nations of the region. If the adventurous and audacious precondition that India designs to impose on Sri Lankais not responded befittingly with equal tone, India will tomorrow dare to impose such preconditions on other counties of the region as well,” the weekly warned.

Referring to the urgency of defence factor among the neighbouring countries of India, the weekly suggested, “To deter India’s aggressive attitude, all other countries of the region immediately should form a strong forum with strong military might. It is imperative to develop such strong and effective defence arrangement, so that India does not dare to extend its paw on any country of the region.”
Moreover, to make international community aware of the situation, the issue must be raised in the international forums uncovering India’s hegemonic designs that may irk unrest and violence, even war in the region, the weekly warned.
“No nation having minimum sense of prestige will tolerate or consume such insulting deliberation. So it is the responsibility of the international community to take initiative to bridle the expansionist paw of India and compel India to shun her aggressive and hegemonic design so that no evil shadow can overcast the region. No country in the region will accept the roar of so-called big power, named India,” the weekly opined.

The daily said, the concerned countries of the region have already made it clear that they will not accept such bully in the region. “Sri Lankan government itself officially conveyed the message to India and all concerned that Sri Lanka reserves the freedom to acquire necessary and suitable equipments from wherever this was available, particularly in view of the fact India was unable to meet Sri Lanka’s perceived needs.”"The spokesman of Pakistan Foreign Ministry said, Pakistan would not accept the hegemonic tendencies from any country in the region and added, the matter primarily for Sri Lanka to decide,” the weekly quoted Pakistan’s reaction.
The weekly said, India’s statement virtually questions India’s attitude and policy to its neighbouring countries. “It is hoped good sense will develop in the mindset of Indian leadership. India for her own interest will shun its expansionist mentality and attitude and follow the policy of peaceful coexistence.”
“Otherwise India will have to compensate heavy price for its policy,” the weekly cautioned and added, “India should keep it in mind, the independent nations of this region will never accept Indian supremacy, i.e., slavery under any circumstances.”

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