I wish to categorically state that lack of response from Indian govt has shown our country in a very poor light, to put it very mildly. In my view it shows what kind of people we are. While we expect the world to listen to us on issues ranging from terrorism to climate change to what have you we are incapable of doing our bit for the poorest people on this planet and are therefore unqualified for any kind of recognition. In light of this lackadaisical and disturbing behavior of the Indian govt quite rightfully the world in general does not support our demands for a permanent seat in the UN. Permanent seat in the UN? My left bloody foot!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted on January 20th, 2010 under India calling. Tags: aid, death, earthquake, Haiti, quake, Red Cross, relief, UN. Comments: 6

Make no mistake, India is the one who could have shown the way to the developed and developing world but we failed, miserably. On the face of it some of you may say that I’m exaggerating but take a closer look and you’ll see that I’m not. Had India not joined hands with China this deal would’ve been a legally binding one for the all countries of this world. Had we done so, South Africa and Brazil, the other two countries because of whom this deal became non binding, would’ve reconsidered their decision leaving China absolutely alone in this world. Had it reached that stage who knows China would have agreed, albeit reluctantly. But we did not do so. What’s worse is that our own media is gloating over the fact that we made good friends with Chinese on this issue. While there is nothing wrong in having good relations with China, if our aim was to do just that we should have gone to Beijing not Copenhagen. In Copenhagen our first priority was to save this planet which we did not fulfill when we joined hands with China to make this deal non binding. Good friends with China on this issue? My left foot. Its more like partners in crime.

Posted on December 20th, 2009 under India calling, Track the world. Tags: BASIC, climate change, coastlines, cop15, deal, framing, UN. Comments: 10

There are two facets of this issue. The first is that you cannot really expect Karzai to sack the very man who nearly gave the president’s chair to him as a gift. The second issue is that once the US and UN had acknowledged the massive fraud which took place earlier they should have endorsed this demand of Dr Abdullah.

Posted on November 2nd, 2009 under Track the world. Tags: Abdullah, Clinton, elections, Karzai, UN, US. Comments: 6