Yamaraj
The Lord of Death
Source: - *www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=85283
Without an influence over 40% of her own lands, what kind of a superpower India is going to be?
New Delhi, April 22: Bogged down by internal and external security threats, India could revert to its pre-independence territories if divisive trends are not firmly arrested and reversed, a defence analyst has said.
Naxalism and insurgency affected "more than 40 per cent" of India's territory, while psychological fragmentation over language, religion, caste or region had spread due to vote- bank politics, "resulting in overwhelming regional pressures in determining our foreign policy", Capt (retired) Bharat Verma said in an editorial in Indian Defence Review.
Painting a grim picture of the security situation in and around the country, he said the writ of state governments were being "rolled back towards their respective state capitals by Naxalites" while the entire land border was facing different threats.
"Despite India's pretensions of an emerging great power, its influence is shrinking -- both internally as well as on its external periphery," he said.
Without an influence over 40% of her own lands, what kind of a superpower India is going to be?