the events and the indian reactions, both make it sound as if this comes from some alien, unknown, very-far continent.
seeing the indian reaction to the events in Burma is very dsappointing. Even those who want India to play a larger role, say it is because it should be a custodian of democracy in its neighbourhood ..blah blah... and so on...
Everyone has simply forgotten that Burma was very much an INTEGRAL PART OF INDIA only 70 years back, up until 1937!! Rangoon was very much our cultural hub, within this very last century itself, and a part of the Indian Psyche. Anybody remembers the famous hit song long time back - 'Morey piya gaye rangoon, wahan se kiya hai telephone'? Rangoon was home to a large Hindi speaking population. Netaji's INA had captured Rangoon (after Andamans), and operated their offense from there. Burmese soldiers used to be an integral part of the Indian Army. Barma was as much the backyard of Dharmic civilization, and an integral part of of what then was Greater India. But it is unfortunate we have forgotten the past, and left Burma to its own and to Communist China and to Missionaries. Just Like Nepal.
Why go that far! we have even forgotten our North East!! CNN-IBN and NDTV are carrying a head-line - "Indo-Naga Talks Begin". Indo-Naga??? Naga is already separated from India, by these psecs anti-national news channes?
seeing the indian reaction to the events in Burma is very dsappointing. Even those who want India to play a larger role, say it is because it should be a custodian of democracy in its neighbourhood ..blah blah... and so on...
Everyone has simply forgotten that Burma was very much an INTEGRAL PART OF INDIA only 70 years back, up until 1937!! Rangoon was very much our cultural hub, within this very last century itself, and a part of the Indian Psyche. Anybody remembers the famous hit song long time back - 'Morey piya gaye rangoon, wahan se kiya hai telephone'? Rangoon was home to a large Hindi speaking population. Netaji's INA had captured Rangoon (after Andamans), and operated their offense from there. Burmese soldiers used to be an integral part of the Indian Army. Barma was as much the backyard of Dharmic civilization, and an integral part of of what then was Greater India. But it is unfortunate we have forgotten the past, and left Burma to its own and to Communist China and to Missionaries. Just Like Nepal.
Why go that far! we have even forgotten our North East!! CNN-IBN and NDTV are carrying a head-line - "Indo-Naga Talks Begin". Indo-Naga??? Naga is already separated from India, by these psecs anti-national news channes?