Thank you for providing that link as it provides another perspective as to why India-Pakistan are not going to war. In the very first paragraph the journalist noted that the two sides at border radio each other before they fire (or at least advise other of the presence of civilians and such). It is because there is a lot of rhetoric in India-Pakistan relationship. The 2002 attack from Pak terrorist was real but the Indian response was clearly a pressure tactic to make Pakistan act on it and assuage the Indian populace's anger. It is not that the Indian Govt led by BJP was belligerent and wanted to have war as you had portrayed in your article.
Dear Mr Cole, I'm an Indian-American who is a naturalized US citizen who spent a significant amount of time in India and for a decade in US. This information is relevant because it gives me credentials to talk about both countries in a reasonably competent manner.
I do not know what your background, experience and credentials are as just I happened to find this article among my newsfeeds. So my apologies if I do come armed with no presumption about you.
While you've written a literally coherent article - it is factually incorrect. You seem to have drawn conclusions on scant to no evidence and have made sweepingly general comments. Just for starters - I would like to know just one pogrom which BJP has conducted as your article seem to be implying. You have cleverly tried to establish causality between Hindu Nationalism, BJP and pogroms against muslims - assuming for a moment if we can call them pogroms. While Hindu's and Muslims have clashed on multiple occasions, there are many Hindu Nationalist parties with BJP being one of them and sitting on the other end of the globe without putting much effort into research - it is very difficult to see the wheat from the chaff. The problem is if you can not separate the wheat from the chaff then you should not be in a business of writing articles like these.
Coming to your 5 reasons, here is what you should add -
#1: I think simply this article takes care of that reason.
#2: The amount of scientific investments made during previous BJP rule during 1999-2004 were probably more than all other govts put together in last 25 years. It's a motherhood statement but if you prefer I can go into details on and on - I guess a simple research on growth of India's Bio-tech industry, investments in infrastructure (such as power, roads, ports) and anciliary units and education will be enough. By the way - ancient Hindu texts talk about Ayurvedas (and not Homeopathy which is a German invention I think).
#3: Really? So if US had been a much better place if it had become socialist like USSR and India should've continued with that to be successful in say 1000 years?
#4: This is probably the most irresponsible comment on your behalf. You can claim that India almost went to war with Pakistan without providing any context and get away with it but it simply shows how misguided your article is.
#5: I'd request you to again go back and do some more research on the 5 years of previous BJP Government and the amount of business friendly policies adopted by them. If you think Indian corporates are naive in their massive support for BJP then you must be a visionary business leader whom I have never heard of.
Thank you for providing that link as it provides another perspective as to why India-Pakistan are not going to war. In the very first paragraph the journalist noted that the two sides at border radio each other before they fire (or at least advise other of the presence of civilians and such). It is because there is a lot of rhetoric in India-Pakistan relationship. The 2002 attack from Pak terrorist was real but the Indian response was clearly a pressure tactic to make Pakistan act on it and assuage the Indian populace's anger. It is not that the Indian Govt led by BJP was belligerent and wanted to have war as you had portrayed in your article.
Dear Mr Cole, I'm an Indian-American who is a naturalized US citizen who spent a significant amount of time in India and for a decade in US. This information is relevant because it gives me credentials to talk about both countries in a reasonably competent manner.
I do not know what your background, experience and credentials are as just I happened to find this article among my newsfeeds. So my apologies if I do come armed with no presumption about you.
While you've written a literally coherent article - it is factually incorrect. You seem to have drawn conclusions on scant to no evidence and have made sweepingly general comments. Just for starters - I would like to know just one pogrom which BJP has conducted as your article seem to be implying. You have cleverly tried to establish causality between Hindu Nationalism, BJP and pogroms against muslims - assuming for a moment if we can call them pogroms. While Hindu's and Muslims have clashed on multiple occasions, there are many Hindu Nationalist parties with BJP being one of them and sitting on the other end of the globe without putting much effort into research - it is very difficult to see the wheat from the chaff. The problem is if you can not separate the wheat from the chaff then you should not be in a business of writing articles like these.
Coming to your 5 reasons, here is what you should add -
#1: I think simply this article takes care of that reason.
#2: The amount of scientific investments made during previous BJP rule during 1999-2004 were probably more than all other govts put together in last 25 years. It's a motherhood statement but if you prefer I can go into details on and on - I guess a simple research on growth of India's Bio-tech industry, investments in infrastructure (such as power, roads, ports) and anciliary units and education will be enough. By the way - ancient Hindu texts talk about Ayurvedas (and not Homeopathy which is a German invention I think).
#3: Really? So if US had been a much better place if it had become socialist like USSR and India should've continued with that to be successful in say 1000 years?
#4: This is probably the most irresponsible comment on your behalf. You can claim that India almost went to war with Pakistan without providing any context and get away with it but it simply shows how misguided your article is.
#5: I'd request you to again go back and do some more research on the 5 years of previous BJP Government and the amount of business friendly policies adopted by them. If you think Indian corporates are naive in their massive support for BJP then you must be a visionary business leader whom I have never heard of.