Is India a 'Super Power' ?

There is country called North Korea who like Abhimanyun (Take away the religious part of his character) of Mahabharta has all alone forced major super power of our times, America, Japan &  S Korea to dance on its tune. All sorts of unilateral and multilateral sanctions couldn't create any deterrence for N Korea , a Lilliputian country literally speaking who can't afford food for its citizen (most of the time N Korea negotiate with America for not conducing any nuclear test in exchange with food packages).

There is another country called Syria who is fighting with western powers to save its country from going into the hand of an American puppet.

Who can forget the name of Israel a country which didn't allow Palestine to become a country till the date (which is a very genuine demand of Palestinians). 

There are many other examples including Vietnam war which inflicted an unrepairable damage on  American stature as a super power.

Now consider super powers.

America fought Afghanistan war just after a single terrorist attack (9/11). I am not talking about the intensity of attack. America destroyed Iraq based on the fabricated accusation of Iraq possessing chemical weapons, which could never be recovered. NATO countries under leadership of America ended Muammar Gaddafi's  regime in Libya.

America entered the army cantonment area of Abbotabad in Pakistan and killed Osama Bin Laden and didn't let Pakistani army or ISI even smell about this. The same ISI which has patronised terrorists orgaisation like lashkar-e-Taiba, which has taken hundreds of lives in India in last 25 years.

China has created a high pitch drama in South China sea where it is claiming every bit of any island where ever existing in order to extend its exclusive economic zone. All the east Asian countries along with America couldn't create any sort deterrence for China.

Now consider 'Super Power' India

A couple of months back Pakistani army entered in Indian part and decapitated two of its soldiers, the head of one of them has still not be returned. 

On April 15th a platoon of 50 army of China intruded 19 km inside Indian territory and erected tent. Government of India instead of going for swift action termed it as a localised issue which can be sorted out by flag march and diplomatic talk. On 30th April it was found that five such tents have erected. In between Indian army allowed unhindered movement of Chinese trucks for supplying food and other logistics to Chinese army from their side. Today IBNLive an Indian News channel quoted intelligence report that China may never leave Ladakh (http://ibnlive.in.com/news/chinese-troops-may-never-leave-ladakh-intelligence-officials/388795-3.html ). The article says," According to assessments by senior government and intelligence officials China's People's Liberation Army soldiers camped in Raki Nullah in eastern Ladakh may never go back across the Line of Actual Control (LAC). Sources say China may have initiated the intrusion to see how India would react on the ground. Until now India's response has been only diplomatic even though it has been 15 days since the Chinese soldiers simply walked over to the Indian side and set up tents. There has been no military action by the Indian side."

A couple of months back a small island country Maldives with a population of just 2 lakh and GDP of $1 billion thrown out GMR, an Indian company building and managing Male airport on a contract for 25 yrs, which it won through proper bidding process. India couldn't do anything.

Italy dared to say that it would not return its marine for trial in India is again a classic example of India's misconceived aspiration of being a super power.

Recently Afazal Guru who was the part of a group of terrorists who hatched and executed the attack on Indian parliament was hanged after following due process of law and when all the legal avenues were exhausted. All sorts of hue and cry was made not only in Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir but also in remaining part of Indian territory. Intellectuals like Arundhati Roy in the editorial of a prestigious daily said Indians are blood thirsty. All limits were breached when one of our own citizen who possess an Indian passport, Yasin Malik, chairman of J&K Liberation front shared dais with one of the world's most dreaded terrorist who orchestrated the 26/11 attack on Mumbai, Hafeez Sayid. India behaved like a mute spectator.

Finally today one of the Indian citizen, Sarabjit Singh, who had been languishing in Pakistani jail for years and was awaiting the decision on his mercy plea became brain dead after he was attacked by stone and blade in the jail. This couldn't have been done without the consent of Pakistani authorities. But India again remain a mute spectator, it couldn't even convince Pakistan for a proper treatment of Sarabjit.

Unnecessarily I wrote such a long article to justify that India is not at all any sort of 'Power' forget about being a super power. Calling it a soft power is again a silly alibi, if not then why China with whom India has a trade deficit of $40 b could think of this misadventure.  Today India is losing grip on its neighbour one by one. China is extending its sphere of influence on Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh & Bhutan. There is no point in talking about Sino-Pak relations. Remind you of Hillary Clinton's statement, terming India a self proclaimed contender for UN security council permanent membership.

Today country is experiencing a multi-front war inside and outside. There is a serious crisis of governance. Citizens are feeling so helpless. Parliament is not functioning. Everyday a multi-billion scam is being unearthed. Police is hitting at people protesting for the safety of their daughters, sisters and mothers. What more bad are we waiting for !

Lets hope and pray for a better tomorrow.