[QUICK THREAD: INTERNAL MATTERS]
1/16
"A break-up of the UK? God forbid. I don't think any such possibility exists at the moment." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ndtv.com/india-news/god-forbid-sushma-swarajs-reply-on-scotland-referendum-causes-ripples-662501%3famp=1&akamai-rum=off
1/16
"A break-up of the UK? God forbid. I don't think any such possibility exists at the moment." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ndtv.com/india-news/god-forbid-sushma-swarajs-reply-on-scotland-referendum-causes-ripples-662501%3famp=1&akamai-rum=off
2/16
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a series of tweets has condemned the recent Dhaka terror attack." https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/prime-minister-narendra-modi-condemns-dhaka-attack-326980-2016-07-02
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a series of tweets has condemned the recent Dhaka terror attack." https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/prime-minister-narendra-modi-condemns-dhaka-attack-326980-2016-07-02
3/16
"...had said it was time for Pakistan to explain to the world why it has been committing atrocities on people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Balochistan." https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-modi-raises-balochistan-blasts-pakistan-in-his-independence-day-speech/articleshow/53714625.cms
"...had said it was time for Pakistan to explain to the world why it has been committing atrocities on people in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Balochistan." https://m.economictimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-modi-raises-balochistan-blasts-pakistan-in-his-independence-day-speech/articleshow/53714625.cms
4/16
"Modi reassured his country’s support for the Palestinian cause while Abbas said that Palestinians relied on India’s role as an international force to bring peace in this region." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-hopes-palestine-becomes-a-free-country-soon-says-pm-modi/story-uK8WPMiEgGupKnBAKUKEPN_amp.html
"Modi reassured his country’s support for the Palestinian cause while Abbas said that Palestinians relied on India’s role as an international force to bring peace in this region." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-hopes-palestine-becomes-a-free-country-soon-says-pm-modi/story-uK8WPMiEgGupKnBAKUKEPN_amp.html
5/16
"The government had shared grave concerns on these deplorable incidents of abduction and forced conversion with the Pakistan side and the latter was asked to take urgent suitable remedial action..." https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-govt-informs-rajya-sabha-of-forced-conversion-of-hindu-girls-in-pakistan-issue-raised-with-islamabad-1562387-2019-07-05
"The government had shared grave concerns on these deplorable incidents of abduction and forced conversion with the Pakistan side and the latter was asked to take urgent suitable remedial action..." https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/modi-govt-informs-rajya-sabha-of-forced-conversion-of-hindu-girls-in-pakistan-issue-raised-with-islamabad-1562387-2019-07-05
6/16
"He has a strong resolve. To America great again. And, he has already made the American economy strong again...the words of candidate Trump, abki baar Trump sarkar."
~ Less than 2 months to the Presidential run.
"He has a strong resolve. To America great again. And, he has already made the American economy strong again...the words of candidate Trump, abki baar Trump sarkar."
~ Less than 2 months to the Presidential run.
7/16
"In a recent decision, India has decided to facilitate the return of Afghan Hindu and Sikh community members facing security threats in Afghanistan to India." https://m.timesofindia.com/india/mea-cites-afghanistan-sikhs-case-to-switch-gears-on-caa/amp_articleshow/77057257.cms
"In a recent decision, India has decided to facilitate the return of Afghan Hindu and Sikh community members facing security threats in Afghanistan to India." https://m.timesofindia.com/india/mea-cites-afghanistan-sikhs-case-to-switch-gears-on-caa/amp_articleshow/77057257.cms
8/16
"Personal attacks on him is in violation of the most basic standards of international discourse." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/india-condemns-french-teachers-killing-calls-attacks-on-macron-violation-of-international-discourse/674176
"Personal attacks on him is in violation of the most basic standards of international discourse." https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.timesnownews.com/amp/india/article/india-condemns-french-teachers-killing-calls-attacks-on-macron-violation-of-international-discourse/674176
9/16
"The matter was taken up officially with the Pakistani side and a strong protest was lodged." https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-lodges-protest-with-pakistan-over-hindu-temple-s-demolition/story-YIGZuPUadxcbQdGpAs26kL.html
"The matter was taken up officially with the Pakistani side and a strong protest was lodged." https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-lodges-protest-with-pakistan-over-hindu-temple-s-demolition/story-YIGZuPUadxcbQdGpAs26kL.html
10/16
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi Jan 7 condemned the violent chaos that unfolded a day ago at the U.S. Capitol..." https://www.indiawest.com/news/india/distressed-to-see-news-on-rioting-and-violence-indian-pm-modi-on-u-s-capitol/article_cdac729e-510e-11eb-b1e1-4f12e94d83f3.html
"Prime Minister Narendra Modi Jan 7 condemned the violent chaos that unfolded a day ago at the U.S. Capitol..." https://www.indiawest.com/news/india/distressed-to-see-news-on-rioting-and-violence-indian-pm-modi-on-u-s-capitol/article_cdac729e-510e-11eb-b1e1-4f12e94d83f3.html
11/16
There's many more but these should suffice to drive the point home. Point that in every single one of these, things were truly "internal." All parties affected and involved were non-Indians.
And yet we intervened.
Was it wrong?
There's many more but these should suffice to drive the point home. Point that in every single one of these, things were truly "internal." All parties affected and involved were non-Indians.
And yet we intervened.
Was it wrong?
12/16
Two answers.
First, the way geopolitics works and has worked for a long while now, nothing is internal. Every country is a stakeholder in every other. More so today than ever before.
Calculated intervention is not political voyeurism, it's a strategic imperative.
Two answers.
First, the way geopolitics works and has worked for a long while now, nothing is internal. Every country is a stakeholder in every other. More so today than ever before.
Calculated intervention is not political voyeurism, it's a strategic imperative.
13/16
Second, and more importantly, ethics. Violence can NEVER be internal. Every single one of these cases (except, of course, #6) cried for outside intervention.
Nobody is exempt from moral scrutiny.
Not even us.
Especially not us.
Why especially?
Second, and more importantly, ethics. Violence can NEVER be internal. Every single one of these cases (except, of course, #6) cried for outside intervention.
Nobody is exempt from moral scrutiny.
Not even us.
Especially not us.
Why especially?
14/16
Because violence here affects more lives then violence in, say, France. Being the largest democracy in the solar system comes with that baggage, deal with it.
That addressed, notice something common to these examples?
They're all official, government interventions.
Because violence here affects more lives then violence in, say, France. Being the largest democracy in the solar system comes with that baggage, deal with it.
That addressed, notice something common to these examples?
They're all official, government interventions.
15/16
These are not words of popstars and sportsmen, these are official Government of India positions of events deemed "internal" by other sovereigns.
Think an Amitabh Bachchan condemning violence in, say, St. Petersburg would draw Kremlin's attention?
These are not words of popstars and sportsmen, these are official Government of India positions of events deemed "internal" by other sovereigns.
Think an Amitabh Bachchan condemning violence in, say, St. Petersburg would draw Kremlin's attention?
16/16
Someone's being desperately needy and consequently fragile, and that someone isn't a foreign entity.
If spending an entire day (or two?) making rebuttals to non-State individuals reflects extremely poorly on India's collective sense of self-worth.
Someone's being desperately needy and consequently fragile, and that someone isn't a foreign entity.
If spending an entire day (or two?) making rebuttals to non-State individuals reflects extremely poorly on India's collective sense of self-worth.