Indian Opinion

Mukesh Devrari In my opinion, it is futile to seek confrontation for few kilometres of land in this day and age on the grounds that hundreds of years ago or thousands of years ago it belonged to us, now it belongs to our neighbours, but we don’t accept it. China’s military may succeed in intruding at certain places, but it would not be possible for China to substantially alter the 3488-kilometre long boundary. If CPC thinks it can change the LAC as per its imaginary borders with India military force, then it must be looking at the full-fledged attack on India which might result in the killing of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians on both sides. If the human lives are important than it is immaterial whether the widow lives in Shanghai or Mumbai. After much bloodshed, even if China succeeds in capturing Tawang region of Arunachal Pradesh and parts of Union Territory of Ladakh. Will it be worth it? Although CPC can go to any extent to achieve its objectives. ...

Mukesh Devrari It is just amazing how China and Pakistan are openly working against India. It is a time for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to completely do away with the Nehruvian era foreign policy of maintaining an independent stance on world affairs and come openly against China on all major issues including banning Chinese companies on security grounds. The policy of maintaining equal distance from all existing superpowers costed India heavily in the past, it is still doing the same.   China decided to attack India in 1962 because of the non-aligned policy. Imagine if Nehru would have openly joined the US or Soviet camp and signed a security pact as Indira Gandhi did before the 1971 war, then China would not have imagined attacking India without risking a war with existing superpowers. Although it appears amazing that communist dictators of China are calling for a meeting to discuss the Kashmir issue at United Nations security council. Communist regime in China...

Sino-India relationship is considered as one of the most important relationships of the 21 st century in Asia. It has the potential to bring mutual prosperity and progress to one-third of humanity on the planet. Over the last seven decades, India and China have clashed over many issues, yet both the nations have succeeded in maintaining peace and tranquillity on the line of actual control (LAC), which is a de facto international borders. Mukesh Devrari, Assistant Professor, School of Media and Communication interviewed Professor Ravindra Sharma, Department of Chinese Languages, who has authored two books on China. He is currently working on his fourth book mapping Sino India relations in Xi-Modi Era. What are the implications of BRI? Was it a a correct decision on the part of India to oppose ‘BRI' and in particular CPEC. How do you see these emerging dynamics? It was a very unwise decision on the part of India to outrightly reject the participation of Belt and Road In...

Mukesh Devrari USA The India-USA relationship is the most important relationship of the century. It was the claim of the Obama administration. No doubt, India can accrue trade, technology and many other benefits from cooperating and collaborating with the world’s largest economy. Both the nations also share some common values like open society, liberalism and democracy. So, better relations with the USA are highly desirable. There is convergence on plenty of issues, but there are also lot divergences on certain issues. USA still in a very subtle manner tries to contain India by cooperating with Pakistan and not extending support to India on some major issues like Kashmir conflict. Devyani Khobragade incident in New York is reminder of the fact how USA diplomats still look at India with contempt. US claims that India has stake in containing China, but India must not support the containment of China whole heartedly. We must not indulge in pursuing a policy o...