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Sunday, February 11, 2024

Mehbooba Mufti on Haldwani incident

Under the ruse of an anti encroachment drive, BJP led governments are dispossessing muslims of their hard earned assets. The Haldwani incident is all the more abhorrent because the govt didnt even wait for the court hearing & went ahead to raze both a mosque & madrassa. Abusing government machinery to dismantle property & destroy lives of minorities is a crime they commit with impunity on a daily basis.

India-United states relations and War in Gaza, US is begging China to bail them out

Absolutely unreal. The US is begging China to bail them out of the mess they put themselves in with Yemen.

Beijing's response (as per the article): that "the Red Sea tension is a 'spillover' from the Gaza conflict, which should be ended as soon as possible". Damn right!

The Gaza conflict which the US could end tomorrow if it finally dared to use the considerable leverage it has with Israel. But no... crazily enough they'd rather go through the humiliation of begging their main geopolitical rival to bail them out rather than rein in Israel. Which frankly beggars belief.

Monday, February 5, 2024

'India should not behave like a big brother towards Maldives'

 'India should respect Maldivian nationalism and their desire to be not over-dependent on India.'


First, an anti-India tenor to Mohammed Muizzu's presidential election campaign in the Maldives. Then a boycott-Maldives social media campaign in India, followed by President Muizzu's visit to China.

During the visit, the Maldives signed not just agreements with China in tourism cooperation, disaster risk reduction, blue economy and investment in the digital economy, but also elevation of their bilateral ties to a Comprehensive Strategic Cooperative Partnership (CSCP).

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Who gets upper hand in this situation? China or India?

"By signing the CSCP agreement with China, President Muizzu has sent a clear signal to India that the Maldives' dealings with India will be on a different plane than before," Colonel Ramani Hariharan, a retired military intelligence specialist on South Asia who is associated with the Chennai Centre for China Studies, tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.

More info : https://www.rediff.com/news/interview/r-hariharan-india-should-not-behave-like-a-big-brother-towards-maldives/20240205.htm