Comments on: India Burning

By: mudassar

mudassar — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:27:46 +0000

well i truly think so that pakistan and india both have huge problems in own countries we should fight those and not with each other. we pakistani believe that we can defeat any threat with in or external threat on us. but if 165 million pakistani get good education, safe drinking water, equality for all. only this way nation our build

By: Gopal

Gopal — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:58:50 +0000

This act seems to have hand of Al Qaida with terrorists from Pakistan, Middle East and Bangladeshis with help from some unpatriotic Indians.

I have lot of Pakistani friends and they are peace loving people. I do not blame the state of Pakistan or its people for this attack. There are these extremists who are based in Pakistan and it is unfortunate the government of pakistan is not able to control them. Pakistan itself is a victim of terror and has bomb attacks almost every week in Karachi.

I wish the now Pakistani government will not play politics and take this opportunity to clear the extremists who are operating from there. This will be beneficial to pakistan more than any other country. Majority of people in Pakistan are themselves fed up with terrorist attacks.

I also hope the Indian govt. takes security issue as one of its top agenda and safe guard its boarders and important locations.

No war is needed just becoz of this attack, this is an opportnity to join hands and get rid of this extremism.

Peace

By: Rahul

Rahul — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:14:43 +0000

Its a matter of concern that the Pakistan government, after a meeting with the Army chief, has reconsidered its earlier decision to send the ISI chief to India. It is not a good thing for Pakistan’s difficult road to democracy that the Army apparently continues to call the shots. The elected representatives of the people should control the army and not the other way around.Another concern is that, according to a Reuters report reproduced on the Yahoo page, the Pakistan government is saying that if tensions with India increase, it will move troops away from its western border to the Indo-Pak border, thus threatening the USA that its ability to support the “war on terror” in the NWFP will be effectively nil. The message seems to be aimed at the US to put pressure on India not to push Pakistan too much on the origins of the terrorists who attacked Mumbai.
I appreciate of course that the Pakistan govt has to contend with numerous powerful constituencies whose agendas are very different from what its own agenda might be. There are no easy answers.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:53:51 +0000

I was born a Hindu. I am today, first, and last, an Indian. And that is a definition that fits many who are born Muslim and are as patriotic as any Hindu.
NeoPatriot is not a patriot. Arif is right in calling him a retard. People like NeoPatriot threaten the unity and integrity of India and weaken India by sowing the seeds of hate based on religion…..they are traitors aginst India.

By: Shahid

Shahid — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:32:22 +0000

Arif, i think you are absolutely correct. India conveniently points to Pakistan and seems unable to look in the mirror. It has strayed a long way from the principles of Gandhi which seems to provide its strident Hindu nationalists a perfect cover.

By: Arif Rafiq

Arif Rafiq — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:18:04 +0000

NeoPatriot, you have misnamed yourself.

You are no neo-Patriot. You are a retrogressive idiot.

I only accepted your comment to give an example of the madness of extreme nationalism and identity politics. Two hundred or so human beings were butchered this week. It seems to have brought out the beast in you — not the human.

You can proclaim your Indian pride, injured it appears to be, and call for the annihiliation of 165 million Pakistanis. In addition to ignoring proportionality and targeting those responsible, you match the mindset of those that murdered your own people.

In the end, you are nothing but a big talking coward. You write from Toronto, Canada — thousands of miles away from the center of activity.

By: NeoPatriot

NeoPatriot — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 06:00:02 +0000

Death is on its way to Pakistan.

Go under cover you pigs. Nukes are over your head.

Proud Indian Patriot.

By: Arif Rafiq

Arif Rafiq — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:25:48 +0000

Sanjib, thank you for that balanced and humane message.

By: Sanjib Datta Chowdhury

Sanjib Datta Chowdhury — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:39:05 +0000

Hi, I have no idea about the nationalities of people commenting here, but I think that I should say at the outset that I am an Indian, living outside the country. From where I am, I would draw a distinction between the government of Pakistan and militants who have lodged themselves in various pockets in the country. My Prime Minister said that he did not like the territory of ‘neighbours’ being used as a base for attacks against India. However, it is very difficult to see what the government of Pakistan can do about this, especially in the conditions prevailing along the Afghan – Pakistan border. To this extent, I would tend to see this as something of ‘playing to the gallery’ – he needs to sound tough, otherwise the BJP and other elements of the Indian Right will accuse him of going soft on Pakistan, which no Indian politican would like to be seen to do.

At the same time, I do take heart from other reports that the ISI chief may visit India to help with the current investigation, that President Zardari has offered help, etc. After all, he lost his own wife to a bomb attack!

So, at the end of the day, I think that some tough talk in the media is fine because relations between the two countires are so multi-layered and complex. However, it is important that it should not stop there, but that there should be some genuine cooperation between our governments, behind the scenes. At the end of the day, both our countries and peoples deserve better than to be held hostage by terrorists – of all kinds and of all persuasions.

By: Ali Azizi

Ali Azizi — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:37:08 +0000

If indeed the speculation is true: that the ISI managed to slip some terrorists into Mumbai via boats from Karachi, that is a terrible indictment of the actual readiness of India’s navy and intelligence apparatus (this occurring would be like Cuba dropping terrorists originating in Havana into New York City by sea). I remain very skeptical of such claims, and hope that in the coming days we will have a clearer picture of what transpired. But it is not lost on me that Indian intelligence has been generally unable to pinpoint the source of recent attacks, blaming a number of militant groups without ever coming to a concrete conclusion.