India Vs Pakistan: The Eternally Fighting Neighbors!
The Pakistan government has been steadfastly honest about
its skewed international diplomacy in relation to its neighbor India-keeps
offering the bait of peace and talks, and reciprocates with military attacks
and terror strikes the moment the offers take shape. When a round of bilateral
talks starts or ends positively it gets invariably neutralized by some kind of ridiculous
and controversial statements or actions on the Pakistan front. When a Pakistan
President or Prime Minister or Minister visits India in a most amiable
atmosphere Pakistan sponsored terrorists deliver a strike or the Pakistan army
does something nasty on the Line of Control (LoC). Cricket has always been an
integral part of Pakistan diplomacy too. Banking on the cricket crazy millions
in both countries this politics works faster and more effectively. After a long
gap since 2008 the Pakistan cricket team came to India in December-Jan, 2012-13
for a short one-day international Series and fans on both fronts were
delighted. But on January 6, the day of the last match, Pakistan army
masterminded a brutal attack on the Indian side of the LoC killing and mutilating
two Indian soldiers.
On March 9, 2013 Prime Minister of Pakistan paid a personal
visit to a Muslim shrine in Jaipur in western India and had lunch with the
Indian Foreign Minister. Just four days later Pakistan militants launched a
major terror attack on a CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) camp in Srinagar,
the capital city of Jammu and Kashmir-a state ravaged by politics of terror
over the decades. The tortured state where democracy is never allowed to bloom
continued to reel under violence with regular murders of political leaders and
in recent times murders of village headmen who dared to talk about democratic
norms. But for three years the state was spared of major terror attacks. After
the hanging of Afzal Guru, convicted for the daring terror attack on the India
Parliament in 2001, another round of terror politics began thanks to the wave
of tension created due only to the rule of the militants there. Pakistan link
to the attack was proved again with the arrest of two more terrorists later.
The very next day, that is 14th March, Pakistan did the
unthinkable taking full advantage of the terror politics. The Pakistan
Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the hanging of Guru and asking for
the body of the hanged terrorist for proper burial there. The political storm
that ensued in India was only to be expected as opposition political parties
demanded to know when the Government of India would assert itself and how long
it was going to be tolerant and silent. The immediate casualty was the cancellation
of the forthcoming bilateral Hockey Test Series between the two neighbors as
the harassed Government of India had to take some action. Yes, sports relations
always suffer first due to politics.
The vested interests in Pakistan never want normal relations
between the two neighbors and whenever some positive signs emerge they promptly
crush it off. These vested interests are obviously represented by the militants
of various hues and colors including the Taliban. Problem is they have taken a
vicious hold on Pakistan with its 'democratic' government too weak to get out
of it and the army becoming indistinguishable from the militants. Some very
solid hopes surfaced in 2011 when Pakistan decided to give Most Favored Nation
(MFN) status to India, but as usual, the implementation part is yet to happen.
A false sense of hope prevails over the people who want peace and good
neighborly relations.
India Vs Pakistan-a malignant match that never ends. Does
the future hold the key? Maybe... maybe not.
Chinmay Chakravarty is a professional specialized in the
creative field with over two decades of experience in journalistic writing,
media co-ordination, film script writing, film dubbing, film & video
making, management of international film festivals and editing of books &
journals. Proficient in providing professional services in these related
fields.
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