05-09-2005, 05:31 PM
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SirâLike a crusading knight in armour, External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh has thrown the gauntlet, vowing to win the battle for the membership of the UN Security Council. Bravo and best of luck! But the real world is not the same as the mock world of college parliaments. The country has disadvantaged itself by aligning with Brazil, Germany and Japan, thus antagonising their opponents. Besides, it has foreclosed its alternative options. In the world where the US and the G-7 call the shots, the UNSC membership is a not big deal. India has miles to go before it can attain the status of a mature economic and military power that commands respect in its neighbourhood and whose advice and assistance is sought by others. A coherent strategy is required in order to eliminate poverty, crime, corruption and ignorance in India. Only then will the country get its due.
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SirâLike a crusading knight in armour, External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh has thrown the gauntlet, vowing to win the battle for the membership of the UN Security Council. Bravo and best of luck! But the real world is not the same as the mock world of college parliaments. The country has disadvantaged itself by aligning with Brazil, Germany and Japan, thus antagonising their opponents. Besides, it has foreclosed its alternative options. In the world where the US and the G-7 call the shots, the UNSC membership is a not big deal. India has miles to go before it can attain the status of a mature economic and military power that commands respect in its neighbourhood and whose advice and assistance is sought by others. A coherent strategy is required in order to eliminate poverty, crime, corruption and ignorance in India. Only then will the country get its due.
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