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'Teach them a lesson'

Thu Apr 19 12:09:52 2001
Name:savio
Email:sanctissavio@rediffmail.com
Views:it is all politics it is well planned by india n the bangladesh government i bet

Thu Apr 19 12:10:05 2001
Name:d kuthari
Email:devindia@rediffmail.com
Views:its time we behave like israelis, our neighbours would then think twice before meddling with us.

Thu Apr 19 12:10:31 2001
Name:Amol
Email:amol_chiplunkar@rediffmail.com
Views:Its a shameful act from our political leaders. How dare a small country can do that! We should be strict enough with them so that in near future no one other will dare to do such an activity.

Thu Apr 19 12:10:55 2001
Name:Rajan Munankar
Email:rajan_munankar@hotmail.com
Views:It is hightime that India should teach a lesson to these intruders (Both Bangladeshis and Pakistanis) by directly attacking them. Otherwise some other nation might also start intruding in India.

Thu Apr 19 12:11:34 2001
Name:prakash
Email:consultprakash@rediffmail.com
Views:Its 3 days and the NDA government cant throw out a bunch of crooks from Bangladesh!! what gutless diplomacy is this when they just walk in, take over a village and happily butcher 16 of our men and capture 2 injured ( they even shift them to dacca) and the (s)tinktank of Brajesh Misra and his cronies at PMO keep silent!! Pak did a kargil and now bangla does at assam and soon srilanka or maldives can hold our country to ransom too!! or worse the chinese will come to conquer and take away the disputed north east India in a stroke!!

Thu Apr 19 12:12:08 2001
Name:Nadarajan Iyer
Email:nadarajan_iyer@rediffmail.com
Views:It proves our week security intelligence system. We are loosing our fellow countrymen. Nobody is bothered. Now they are setting up their own village there. Still we are talking of diplomatic dialogue. Tit for tat should be used rather than going for diplomatic dialogue. If Banglades Prime Minister has any problem at her home front she cannot intude into others property. Government should give have given immediate reply rather than having a closed door discussion.

Thu Apr 19 12:12:16 2001
Name:sriram
Email:sriramg@hotmail.com
Views:I think we have been patient long enough. It's time to first of all make a political statement directly addressed to the bangladeshi top brass to stop this stupidity and if nothing comes up, retalitate the proper way

Thu Apr 19 12:12:20 2001
Name:Dan Lange
Email:X34@sify.com
Views:The reaction from India should be swift and decisive, similar to what Isreal does whenever the Palestenians try to act funny. Whatever the conditions in the country at the moment, no foreign country should be allowed to encroach on Indian soil. The encroachers should be dealt with very strictly.

Thu Apr 19 12:13:00 2001
Name:hari
Email:kp_hari@hotmail.com
Views:These Pakistanis are encouraging bangladeshis for this firing,I would say Bring both this country down

Thu Apr 19 12:13:16 2001
Name:sreeramulu
Email:sreeram78@hotmail.com
Views:Hai, It should be taken very seriously and a lesson to Bangladesh must be taught in our own way by our soldiers, so that it will not be repeated for another time.

Thu Apr 19 12:13:17 2001
Name:vidhyashankar
Email:vishakti@rediffmail.com
Views:Well,this is definitely done by hasina's govt. for her own political mileage, because there is no logic to this whole offensive operation. And, i think India should put bandgla in its place where it belongs, a punishment for breaking trust.However, the long pending issue of finalising the demarcation along the meghalaya should also be sorted out! Jai Hind!

Thu Apr 19 12:13:28 2001
Name:Debojit Chowdhury
Email:debojit123@rediffmail.com
Views:All the Bangladeshi's should be shot to death by our Jawans and our political leaders should give them this permission.

Thu Apr 19 12:13:37 2001
Name:Sumita
Email:sumita_menon@rediffmail.com
Views:Neighbours are taking advantage of the tolerant image India has put up.. It is high time they are traught a fitting lesson that they don't ever dare to cross the border again.. And Bangladesh can be handled with much lesser efforts.

Thu Apr 19 12:13:41 2001
Name:vinayak bhardwaj
Email:vinayak2@hotmail.com
Views:BANGLADESH is nothing but another tiny speck on the world map.They should be attacked and tamed at once by our army.Unfortunately our government is acting true to gandhi's name,believing in non-violence and just condemning.This is a shame for us.'Hamaari ragon mein khoon katm ho chuka hai'.

Thu Apr 19 12:13:57 2001
Name:shaashank
Email:shashankpower@yahoo.com
Views:After feeding on our leftovers the bangladeshis have become like leeches trying 2 suck our blood they should be wiped out imediately from our body,and the leftovers should be given to the dogs and not the bangladeshi leeches,and i mean it.

Thu Apr 19 12:14:16 2001
Name:prats
Email:spratyush@usa.net
Views:this is an outrage. why are we keeping quite about it. I think we should just ...... the bangladeshees.

Thu Apr 19 12:14:25 2001
Name:shaashank
Email:shashankpower@yahoo.com
Views:After feeding on our leftovers the bangladeshis have become like leeches trying 2 suck our blood they should be wiped out immediately from our body,and the leftovers should be given to the dogs and not the bangladeshi leeches,and i mean it.

Thu Apr 19 12:14:32 2001
Name:ali shervani
Email:alishervani@rdiffmail.com
Views:i think these so called neighbours of our country should be taught a lesson once and for all.i think the govt should take a strong note of this and speak to the higher authorities in bangladesh.i think they need to be reminded that it was INDIA only which gave them there present status of so called a separate nation. we as a nation should develop a strong feeling of dont mess with me inorder to keep this petty type of neighbours in control. if these activities are not checked by the bangladesh govt then i think they should be inveded and given a warning. i appeal my fellow countymen to voice similar veiws and put pressure on the INDIAN govt to take some strong action. GREAT INDIA JAI HIND.

Thu Apr 19 12:15:10 2001
Name:Ramesh
Email:crames@blr.cognizant.com
Views:Take a Look at China. One Fighter Pilot Dies and no less than the President of USA had to be Sorry for the Pilots family and to the Nation China. Thats the way to respect One's Citizens. We on the other hand have never stood for Individuals dignity any time... we are better off inserting more theory into our constitution viz "we are Secular..Sovereign.." etc. Is it not simple enough to say we Stand for the Dignity of our Citizens. May be we are not yet out of Colonial Hangover. And when we are not we donot rise to restore dignity of the 16 soldiers who died rubbing it off as a SKIRMISH. We should have acted in a more aggressive manner. Look at Israel... Learn a few lessons. When Souvereignity is at stake you dont bother what the World thinks. Bangladesh should be taught such a lesson that none should even Dream of Playing traunt with us. Such a thought should send shivers up the spine of the men who dare to think. Crsuh the intrusion brutally. 16 should get atleast 1600 on other side. Is someone listeneing!..

Thu Apr 19 12:15:15 2001
Name:Bibhakar Pandey
Email:bibhakar@usa.net
Views:Kill those idiots...!!They should be taught a lesson..!!

Thu Apr 19 12:15:16 2001
Name:Amod Gorey
Email:amod16@hotmail.com
Views:its a complete shame!! how can a Country like Bangladesh do this to us?, for whom we fought a war with Pakistan to get them the independence. Today they have murdered 16 of our men. We should give them a very strong reply and make them realsie their mistake also with diplomatic talks.

Thu Apr 19 12:15:21 2001
Name:Ramegowda
Email:bhakthaR@rediffmail.com
Views:A kargil by pakistan, a manipur by bangla and the NDA government and its advisors waste 3 days to even react!! we should have thrown out the intruders the same day and thereby saved 16 precious soldiers and villagers then. what would have Hasina or her party then done? If she cant control her army, she has no right to be in power as well. Its a shame on vajpayee that he still holds on to power, even after such humiliation.

Thu Apr 19 12:15:29 2001
Name:Prasenjit
Email:prasenjit_saha@hotmail.com
Views:India should stop proving itself a SOFT nation and prove otherwise for once. It should take drastic steps to show that we are not to be messed around with. It is not a diplomatic movement from Bangladesh. So there is no need of diplomatic activity from India as well. Better retaliate in a fashion (may be using airforce as well) that will be in there memory for sometime. Bangladesh should be made to pay a very very heavy price for this. This is of course if there had been no under the table understanding Indian and Bangla govt.

Thu Apr 19 12:15:31 2001
Name:Prashant Tayal
Email:prashant_tayal@hotmail.com
Views:The fantastic adventure of Bangladesh shows that India is perceived as a weak nation with a very weak leadership. If a country like Bangladesh can do this to us just imagining what Pakistan & China have in store for us makes one shiver. Kargil & this episode have clearly demonstrated that our intelligence agencies, defence setup and political leadership is inept and dangerous for all of us. This government has lost authority to rule. We were certainly better of with a governments of the past which never claimed to be tigers (national pride, nuclear policy et al) but were able to avoid such nasty incidents. Jai Hind

Thu Apr 19 12:15:36 2001
Name:Surya
Email:ssuryas@hotmail.com
Views:I am not happy about the action taken by the Indian government they should take severe action against the Bangladesh Troops.

Thu Apr 19 12:15:38 2001
Name:M Balasubramaniam
Email:balasubramaniam_m@hotmail.com
Views:I am very sad to know the demise of our soldiers. If Bangladesh has a genuine reason to occupy there should have been no casualty on any time. Their act of killing 16 of our soldiers is unpardonable. They must be paid in the same coin.

Thu Apr 19 12:15:42 2001
Name:Ajay
Email:ajaxr77@rediffmail.com
Views:shoot all the intruders

Thu Apr 19 12:15:47 2001
Name:vjkulkarni
Email:vjkulkarni@lloydsgroup.com
Views:our reaction has been totally dissatisfactory,no condemnation has occured from bangala authorities too.A country who got independance because of india is taking advantage--we should cut this bud in the initial stage only before it becomes big.we do not want any problems now.As it is BD intruders ahv created many problems in north east and even in bby--show them that we are big and cannot tolerate

Thu Apr 19 12:16:09 2001
Name:sathish
Email:vasireddy_satheesh@yahoo.com
Views:My tributes to 16 soldiers. Governament has to either decision emidietly.

Thu Apr 19 12:16:10 2001
Name:N Padmanabhan
Email:npaddy@hotmail.com
Views:The Indian govt inaction so far is surprising and saddening. The intrusion should be handled in the strongest possible manner and so far all news report seem to suggest that the govt thinks this is a nonissue inspite of having 16 soldiers dead.

Thu Apr 19 12:16:22 2001
Name:Kalyan Ghatak
Email:kbhgatak@hotmail.com
Views:It is unfortunate that things have come to a pass wherein anyone can occupy Indian territory. It is high time that India reassert its territorial soverignity. What is even more shameful is that the incursions have occured when a BJP-led govt. is at the centre, especially considering the noises that the BJP made about India's national security.

Thu Apr 19 12:16:23 2001
Name:hits
Email:hits88@rediffmail.com
Views:i think its time that bangladesh should learn a lesson, india should retaliate in same manner, coz we already hav enemies like pak n china around over borders and dont need n e more at least not a country like bangladesh

Thu Apr 19 12:16:35 2001
Name:Prasad Karve
Email:pkarve@rediffmail.com
Views:India's reaction has been like that of a sissy who is afraid to retaliate when he is bullied by a younger kid. If a country like Israel was faced with such a situation, they would have not only thrown out the Bangladeshi troops but would have themselves occupied half of Bangladesh. I feel that we should do something that will send out a strong signal to all our puny neighbours that India is a big brother who is not to be trifled with.

Thu Apr 19 12:16:40 2001
Name:K Rajakumar
Email:kurugantirk1@rediff.com
Views:Tension between the two neighboring nations is due to political systems in the respective countries. India should take up a serious view in the international fora. Further, we should be alert in respect of all the international borders even though there are friendly relations.This act to be considered as an enimy act and a lesson should be tought for detering such acts in future.

Thu Apr 19 12:17:08 2001
Name:Rahul
Email:rahul@tcybercafe.com
Views:Hi all! this is very bad on our part.! anyone now! like this any country can also intrude in our country ! our army should clear these guys from our country and more over they should intrude in there territory to teach them a lesson. we should not be so soft atleast on National Security.. this is very bad! ... India should throw these giys back to there country teach them an lesson so that they can't think of another thing..

Thu Apr 19 12:17:23 2001
Name:K Srinivas
Email:kota_srinivas@rediffmail.com
Views:These Guys (Vajpayee,Advani,Jaswant) hasn't learned from Kargil and I won't be surprised if China also does similar thing.It is a slap on our face,prestige

Thu Apr 19 12:17:35 2001
Name:amit
Email:sainiamit@rediffmail.com
Views:the problems faced by india through pakistan were not enough that we another country disputing land issues.i think this situation should be dealt with strongly as we cannot afford any country claiming indian territories.

Thu Apr 19 12:17:45 2001
Name:Mario Gomes
Email:gmario@rediffmail.com
Views:Its a shame on us Indians where we show no concern for our soldiers killed by a country considered to be our friend and yet the govenment is giving priority to keeping relations with Bangladesh. Its time we learn from countries like Israel and take nothing for granted from such countries like BanglaDesh that can be wiped out by us. I feel we should take a quick initiative, get the army in and do the needfull to get the message loud and clear across the border.

Thu Apr 19 12:17:47 2001
Name:SANDEEP S. MODAK
Email:SANDEEP_MODAK@REDIFFMAIL.COM
Views:HELLO, WHETHER IT IS FRIEND OR A ENEMY,WE MUST NOT FORGET THAT OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IS UNDER PRESSURE.WE SHOULD RETALIATE WITH MORE OF OUR FORCE & SHOULD PAY THERE LOAN WITH INTERESTS.IT'S MY REQUEST TO YOU,THAT SEE TO IT THE PRESSURE IS BUILD UP ON THE GOVERNMENT TO TAKE THE HARD STEPS.NEVER MIND ABOUT OUR FRIENDSHIP.WHEN THEY DON'T THINK ABOUT OUR FEELINGS,WHY SHOULD WE THINK OF THEM.WHEN WE LOSE ONE FRIEND,WE WILL THE ANOTHER.THANK YOU, SANDEEP.

Thu Apr 19 12:17:50 2001
Name:Patriot
Email:simpleguy@chequemail.com
Views:India should react in such a manner that would make Bangladesh kneel down and pleading to stop our action.

Thu Apr 19 12:17:53 2001
Name:Anilkumar Narayan
Email:anil_K_n@rediffmail.com
Views:Action like Kargil should be taken and teach them a lesson that they should not dare to repeat the same.

Thu Apr 19 12:18:01 2001
Name:K.K.KOHLI
Email:kaykube@nde.vsnl.net.in
Views:I WONDER IF OUR POLITICIANS ( THE REAL ENEMY NO. 1 OF OUR NATION ) HAVE SOME MORE ARMS DEALS UP THEIR SLEEVES AND ALL WHAT HAPPENED AT BANGLADESH BORDER HAS BEEN STAGED AS AN EXCUSE.

Thu Apr 19 12:18:43 2001
Name:Rais Shamsuddin
Email:tsrais@hotmail.com
Views:We people of India are pround of our country.Freinds becoming enemy and enemy becoming friends have become part of our life.But the statement you made in these coloumn "But for India, the crisis could not have occurred at a worse time. Political rumblings, economic downturn... the nation could have been spared this latest misadventure" is somewhat like giving an excuse for what all happened.Plz don`t send wrong messages to the people.We have to protect our boundries what ever the coindition of our economy or whatever happens in our parliament.So let us be with our Army at these moment of time.But, that does`t mean we can`t ask what the hell were the intelligence people doing.Inquiry must be done. So hope we don`t find Nepal and Butan having nice time with us in future.

Thu Apr 19 12:19:04 2001
Name:raj
Email:raj_kabade@rediffmail.com
Views:its shame that the small country like bangladesh also can take a toll on us--- do we really have the right to call us a mighty superpower? when china just kept 16 US cituzen in hostile whole world was worrying abt it and the whole of Popular USA Sentiment were against china and support for their country. let a single Isrialy national die! they kill 4 of enemy? and what we did is just protested to bangldeshi highcommmisoner. we should just take a revenge and kill those guys double the soldier for each of our killed. i appeal to all who loves this country to support this and make the enemy pay for their misdeed. thks jai hind jai bharat raj

Thu Apr 19 12:19:14 2001
Name:biju anthony
Email:banthonymorris@hotmail.com
Views:i cant digest the fact that how a nation like bagladesh can show signs of aggression to a emerging super power like india; and india bearing it with absolute fortitude. its high time that india demonstrate to its aggressors and its organisers and men behind the plan that these incursions will be dealt seriously by on the ground actions.

Thu Apr 19 12:19:15 2001
Name:sudeep
Email:sud98165318@rediffmail.com
Views:Bangladesh ki aisi ki taisi saale hamare tukde per palte hai hamain hi aankh dikhate hai

Thu Apr 19 12:19:17 2001
Name:parag
Email:paragrn@rediffmail.com
Views:we cannot tolerate this,pakistan and china are occuping our territory now its bangladesh what is happening?? i dont care about what games there prime minister u should respond and respond strongly no matter what happenns

Thu Apr 19 12:19:19 2001
Name:Santosh
Email:santoshchachadi@mailmetoday.com
Views:India has always been caught napping in situations like these, the most recent being Kargil and now this. I think the army should learn to be more foresighted and take intelligence reports more seriously. The reaction to this has also been a little too soft. We should retaliate with equal if not greater force.

Thu Apr 19 12:19:49 2001
Name:Prakash
Email:prakash_kb@yahoo.com
Views: Just kick them out. But do not make the mistake of capturing any of their enclaves.

Thu Apr 19 12:19:57 2001
Name:Amit
Email:amitzmail@yahoo.com
Views: India should give it back to the Bangladeshis in the jaw. A limited mini-Kargil kind of response is called for. It is important to demonstrate an resolve to protect its borders. The area is of strategic importance too, since it connects the entire north-east to India.

Thu Apr 19 12:19:58 2001
Name:Bharat Jethwani
Email:bharatjeth@rediffmail.com
Views:Indian forces should give a fitting reply to them, no matter whatever may be the consequences and international pressure, so that small nations like Bangladesh and Pakistan stop this interference.

Thu Apr 19 12:20:04 2001
Name:Mrinal
Email:tabby@hotmail.com
Views:We are wimpish, we must reply, after all the BSF men are Indians and their deaths should be avenged.

Thu Apr 19 12:20:05 2001
Name:ashritha
Email:ashrithaguptha@rediffmail.com
Views:for politicians its only thier blood that matters. so what if 16 soldiers are killed and villagers are hunted down by a band of crooks from bangladesh, no politician is harmed and no government is in danger. we dont learn from kargil and the gujral government went on its knees to please Hasina's government with one sided concessions and today we are being betrayed and butchered. Not one party wants to talk about this unlawful act and the Vajpayee has proved to be the weakest prime minister of india and also the greediest prime minister who is holding to power, inspite of such act.

Thu Apr 19 12:20:13 2001
Name:Deshbakht
Email:deshbakht@rediff.com
Views:It is very sad that the country for whose freedom our jawan fought sometime ago are now killing those jawans. I think we should not take the sitaution lightly and for every jawan we lose we kill 10 of their soldiers. For every meter of land the occupy we occupy 100 meters of their land . For every person we lose we kill 10 of theirs It time to teach them a lesson, so that nothing like this is ever repeated.

Thu Apr 19 12:20:18 2001
Name:victor
Email:victorr@atozasia.com
Views:kill em all!!

Thu Apr 19 12:20:19 2001
Name:Rajib Guha
Email:rajib_guha@rediffmail.com
Views:I feel India should give a strong reply back.

Thu Apr 19 12:20:42 2001
Name:Nab
Email:nabeel78@usa.net
Views:Would the US or the Israelis keep quiet if they even lost 1 soldier ???? And here we have a huge INDIA thinking of what to do with a friendly neighbor who does not even have water to drink and is absolutely an useless country with no serious contribution to the world ! AIR RAID THEM AND TEACH THEM A LESSON.

Thu Apr 19 12:21:16 2001
Name:Rakesh
Email:rakeshj@hotmail.com
Views:The action by Bangladesh Rifles seems to be a very well planned and orchestrated move and it needs to be taken very seriously. 16 of our Jawans were killed without any provocation. If this had happened to US or China they would have had Bangladesh torn to pieces by now. Our government has become so immune to loss of Indian soldiers that all they could do was to call the Bangladeshi ambassdor. Best solution is to give the matter to Indian Army and allow them to Run down some the villages in Bangladesh and make sure that they learn the lesson and never do such misadventures again.

Thu Apr 19 12:21:26 2001
Name:Anindya Saha
Email:anindya_saha@rediffmail.com
Views:I feel that we must be mature in handling the situation. At the same time I feel that we are sometimes too timid. Our PM should have immedietly made it clear that whoever harms anyone of our citizens will face dire consquences. Then the bangladeshis would have had second thoughts. Why we don't do this is really a misfortune. It could have saved the lives of our soldiers.

Thu Apr 19 12:21:30 2001
Name:Nisith
Email:enbee@hotmail.com
Views:why do these guys wanna get crushed

Thu Apr 19 12:21:30 2001
Name:Madhusudan
Email:madhuhk@rediffmail.com
Views:The Army should be called in immediately and throw out the bangladeshis illegaly occupying our land. India has had a tag of being a soft state for too long, that even a country like BanglaDesh which owes its existance to India should even think of occupying Indian territory let alone occupy it. It is a good opportunity for us to shake off the tag of being a State that can be held to ransom. No quarters should be given nor any to be asked.

Thu Apr 19 12:21:40 2001
Name:Sunny Dutta
Email:yashsanman@yahoo.com
Views:We should not be scapegoats or diversion points for the internal politicks of small countries like B>D. and should be taught a strong lesson so that nobody nearby would dare to do it again to solve their internal problems

Thu Apr 19 12:21:48 2001
Name:shankardutta
Email:shankardutta@rediffmail.com
Views:The BSF should be better equipped, trained to tackle such situations.

Thu Apr 19 12:22:14 2001
Name:indian
Email:krackjack_99@yahoo.com
Views:it is high time indian politicians forget about tehelka and other things for the time being and show these people what india can do if it wants and show them once and for all there place while teaching them the lesson of how to be a friendly neighbour.

Thu Apr 19 12:22:21 2001
Name:radhakrishna
Email:rkgangothri@hotmail.com
Views:We should have responded very tit for tat policy on the very first day when our soldiers were captured by BDR which might have saved 18 soldiers lives on this day

Thu Apr 19 12:22:41 2001
Name:a
Email:a@a.a
Views:very bad

Thu Apr 19 12:22:54 2001
Name:Srinivas Chivukula
Email:srinivas.chivukula@rediffmail.com
Views:It has become a practise for islamic nations like Pakistan and Bangladesh to do some thing against India either by criticizing or through raising tensions in the border to divert the attention of their public. It is a shame at a small country like bangladesh has resorted to this kind of adventure. This must be surely because of the confidence about the Indian soft mindedness if not timidness. We should take this oppurtunity to teach such countries a lesson by beating the arrogance out of these countries.

Thu Apr 19 12:22:56 2001
Name:Ranjit Kumar Sinha
Email:ranjet@hotmail.com
Views:Indians should ask for a statement from the leading political leaders from bangladesh ,those who are in Government and those who are in opposition.

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