'Prosperity comes not from weakness but
from being strong'
E-mail from readers the world over
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 13:14:08 -0700
From:
"Rao, Govinda" <Govinda_Rao@affymetrix.com>
Subject: Pokhran II
Beautifully written article. Rajeev has clearly articulated the need for India to maintain nuclear deterrence. As he has alluded, prosperity comes not from weakness but from being strong. Keep up the good work.
Govinda Rao
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 19:13:17 EDT
From:
RPothu@aol.com
Subject:
Pokhran II, still the right decision
Hi,
This is a very good article. I think we need to be assertive and think in terms of the future. Appreciate deep analysis. Hope you will encourage such thought-provoking articles.
Rajashekar
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 17:02:39 -0500
From:
sathish gururajan <sathishg@informix.com>
Subject:
Pokhran II, still the right decision
I have a few questions to Rajeev about Yugoslavia & the NATO's air (both bombs & propaganda) campaign against this nation. Not one of the columnists who cry foul on this issue have identified a motive behind NATO's attacks. I pride myself as a very rational person & have trouble believing that the NATO has ulterior motives in this operation. I do agree their methods are highly questionable & do believe that there has to be another side to the coin. I'm
more than willing to buy your side of the argument, provided you furnish us a possible motive, with your trademark logical arguments to back it up. Sorry to pick on a minor segment of your column -- the rest of which I thoroughly enjoyed & couldn't agree with more -- but this is one question that has been troubling me for quite some time now. Your response would be greatly appreciated.
Thanx,
Sathish
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 16:38:47 -0400
From:
Subramanian Varadarajan <subramanian.varadarajan@smb.com>
Subject:
Nice article
Expenditure on military R&D can also have civilian spinoff -- like today's Internet.
A condition for that is the free society that India has.
Rajan
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 13:52:23 CDT
From:
"Armoghan Shah" <armoshah@hotmail.com>
Subject:
Excellent writing
I think the US is India's hidden enemy as pointed out by the author. The pattern of looting continues from India now in the name of corporations.
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 18:51:33 -0700
From:
bob yantarno <ryantorn@nimbus.ocis.temple.edu>
Subject:
Mr Rajeev Srinivasan's column on Pokhran
Dear sir,
I have read all the articles published in this website that comment on India's moral status after the nuclear test. I'm pretty convinced that none of those have presented the gravity of the eventuality of a nuclear war. I strongly request you not to encourage any excuse whatsoever to justify the nuclear developments in India. I believe this calls for serious regret. There is nothing to feel proud of.
Thank you,
Guha Lakshmanan
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 17:54:12 -0700
From:
"sanjay dubey" <sdubey@fmi.fujitsu.com>
Subject:
Pokhran II, still the right decision
Dear Mr Rajeev,
I totally agree that it was right thing to do. I also agree that the BJP did not match Pokhran with good public relations. But I would like to also point out that our media failed in their duty to carry the message to the masses and those opposing the event. This was a great step taken by the government, and if the government failed in the aftermath of Pokhran, it was the duty of all the enlightened and not-that-enlightened citizens to take this as their mission and work on it.
Sanjay
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 13:42:59 -0400
From:
"Mamlatdar, Chandresh D." <Chandresh.Mamlatdarna@jhuapl.edu>
Subject:
The Rajeev Srinivasan article
None of the English newspapers I read show anything that resembles the courage and fortitude your article has shown. Indian mentality is one of self-doubt, peace at any cost (cowards), and self-pity. It seems that India has lost its moral authority due to centuries of subjugation. We have developed a slave mentality syndrome. I think India will, in my lifetime, never be able to feel comfortable with its power not because of outside forces but the enemy from within. I suspect that India will never be able to attain its rightful place in the world community. Indian politics will be always dominated by religious violence, and that is due to fractured Hindu society.
Hindus have the power to establish themselves as the dominant force in India but they are giving wrong messages to other more aggressive religions like Christianity and Islam that Hindus will preserve secularism at any cost. Since Hindus are not exercising their right, these religions have become bold and are now freely exercising their right to grab the poor and lower caste Hindus with coercion, money and force.
I thank you for your analysis, but I suspect that the convent graduates who are more interested in preserving anything that is British will not see light; cowards generally always find a way to justify their action. I think, among all people, Indians are the stupidest. They have not bothered to learn from history.
Jai Hind!!!
Date:
Mon, 10 May 1999 21:13:55 -0500
From:
Dilip De <kumar@exchange.uta.edu>
Subject:
Pokhran
Mr Rajeev Srinivasan's article on the nuclear policy of India is highly appropriate. It clearly reflects what India's future defence policy should encompass and accomplish. There is no reason why 1 billion people of such a resourceful country should be looked upon by foreigners as beggars or poor -- still the same sentiment continues. Oh! people are starving there in India -- often is the comment I hear from Americans.
India has the potential to come on par with advanced countries both economically and militarily. No one can brush aside a scenario like that in Kosovo taking place in the Kashmir region. But if India has Agni III, IV with ranges of 3-4000 miles, with 1 MT warhead capabilities, even the mightiest superpower will think twice before launching any attack on
India. This would be possible only, under the present political situation, if the people of India strengthen the hands of the BJP and make the government stable. India has never attacked any foreign country but we have been enslaved by foreigners for centuries. Let us be united not to let the history repeat itself.
Earlier Mail
|
