As Bangladesh Cosies Up To China, New Delhi Looks For Path Correction

[Imran Khan]

correct path as per maps

 

[Michael Corleone]

Good Lord, what on God's Earth is a 'path correction' ?

Who are these dimwits ?

The ones who pen these mediocre articles whilst mercilessly butchering the English language and making a mockery of even the most basic and easily understandable rules of grammar.


I suppose they meant to say 'Course Correction'.


I can tell it's a poorly worded opinion piece, can't be arsed to read it.

Sorry.

Edit : It seems the author isn't a total numpty, he is right to point out, that it is India itself which is responsible for this deterioration of relations.


And No, there is no need for a 'course correction', this deterioration in relations has been a long time coming.


Delhi's Foreign policy blunders, openly anti Bangladeshi rhetoric and overall hegemonic attitude has come back to bite it's posterior.

This is what India means by course correction

 

[BDpatriot]

It's so easy to maintain good relations with Bangladesh. All you need to do is abolish the travel restrictions similar to Nepal. Give Bangladeshis the freedom to live and work in India similar to Nepalis (and vice versa). I don't see any problems from this entire group, so it can be achieved. Their Bengali cousins on the West are also keen on a co-autonomous region.

No more need for a Siliguri corridor: you can connect via road and railways directly to North-East via Bangladesh. The entire Eastern region can connect India to South-East Asia and China trade markets, helping the entire region prosper properly.

It can be done so beautifully. But the "Mandarins" sitting in Delhi Home office view Bangladeshis in very negative light - mostly they are from BIMARU states and they hate the Bengali peoples and languages. That is why they have a tunnel vision. These dimwits have this same "neocolonial" approach in Kashmir which only breeds alienation, hostilities, and anger from the locals. Whereas accommodating the aspirations of those people would have helped India build peace on the borders with Pakistan.

On the ground, the Delhi Mandarins can't dictate terms to Bangladesh anymore. This leads to growing frustrations. They are alienating a huge country which now has similar HDI as India (probably better), and increased currency parity (INR 1 ~ Bangladesh Taka 1).

What is the reason for their hatred and apathy? Only two: many Bangladeshis are Muslims, and proudly speak their local language.

I suggest a solution might be to relocate India's capital from New Delhi to Calcutta like in East India Company's times. Maybe Fort William should become the seat of Parliament. Many countries have experimented with 2-3 capitals. I believe India should have 4 capitals: New Delhi to handle cow belt issues, Mumbai to handle the Western region and financial capital. Calcutta for the eastern zone, and either Chennai/Bangalore for the South.

@Joe Shearer Am I speaking your language yet???

You are living with misinformation . More than 1 million Indian National works in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is India's 7th largest remmitence earning source . India earns 7-8 billion usd as remmitence from BD every year . When BD can provide 1 million plus job to unemployed Indians why our people need to go to India for job ??
West Bengal and assams gdp is lower than BD . And you think BD people will go to poor Indian states for searching job .
Yes we import food , spices and industry raw materials from India , people go for traveling. That doesn't mean BD people go to India for searching job .
In this covid situation ask any hotel and shopping mall shop owner in Kolkata . They are becoming poor because BD people can't travelling .

 

[Michael Corleone]

Didi needs to see me dance.


Will change her whole outlook on Bangladesh.

Don’t turn didi on you rafique

 

[Shantanu_Left]

You are living with misinformation . More than 1 million Indian National works in Bangladesh. Bangladesh is India's 7th largest remmitence earning source . India earns 7-8 billion usd as remmitence from BD every year . When BD can provide 1 million plus job to unemployed Indians why our people need to go to India for job ??
West Bengal and assams gdp is lower than BD . And you think BD people will go to poor Indian states for searching job .
Yes we import food , spices and industry raw materials from India , people go for traveling. That doesn't mean BD people go to India for searching job .
In this covid situation ask any hotel and shopping mall shop owner in Kolkata . They are becoming poor because BD people can't travelling .

@Joe Shearer
Those are some interesting facts, if true. How much of it is true?

I am not doubting the poster but it's probably the first time I am hearing this line of thought.

 

[BDpatriot]

@Joe Shearer
Those are some interesting facts, if true. How much of it is true?

I am not doubting the poster but it's probably the first time I am hearing this line of thought.

This is 2015 data . Officially in 2019 7 +billion unofficially more ...
https://futurestartup.com/2015/10/20/bangladesh-is-the-5th-largest-remittance-source-for-india/

https://futurestartup.com/2015/10/20/bangladesh-is-the-5th-largest-remittance-source-for-india/

 

[bluesky]

As Bangladesh Cosies Up To China, New Delhi Looks For Path Correction

Thanks to Indian NRC and CAA, the BD-India relationship has already reached a point of no return. A simple visit by the India's foreign secretary is no cure of the situation.

 

[fallstuff]

It's so easy to maintain good relations with Bangladesh. All you need to do is abolish the travel restrictions similar to Nepal. Give Bangladeshis the freedom to live and work in India similar to Nepalis (and vice versa). I don't see any problems from this entire group, so it can be achieved. Their Bengali cousins on the West are also keen on a co-autonomous region.

No more need for a Siliguri corridor: you can connect via road and railways directly to North-East via Bangladesh. The entire Eastern region can connect India to South-East Asia and China trade markets, helping the entire region prosper properly.

It can be done so beautifully. But the "Mandarins" sitting in Delhi Home office view Bangladeshis in very negative light - mostly they are from BIMARU states and they hate the Bengali peoples and languages. That is why they have a tunnel vision. These dimwits have this same "neocolonial" approach in Kashmir which only breeds alienation, hostilities, and anger from the locals. Whereas accommodating the aspirations of those people would have helped India build peace on the borders with Pakistan.

On the ground, the Delhi Mandarins can't dictate terms to Bangladesh anymore. This leads to growing frustrations. They are alienating a huge country which now has similar HDI as India (probably better), and increased currency parity (INR 1 ~ Bangladesh Taka 1).

What is the reason for their hatred and apathy? Only two: many Bangladeshis are Muslims, and proudly speak their local language.

I suggest a solution might be to relocate India's capital from New Delhi to Calcutta like in East India Company's times. Maybe Fort William should become the seat of Parliament. Many countries have experimented with 2-3 capitals. I believe India should have 4 capitals: New Delhi to handle cow belt issues, Mumbai to handle the Western region and financial capital. Calcutta for the eastern zone, and either Chennai/Bangalore for the South.

@Joe Shearer Am I speaking your language yet???

Its all good except for the no-visa for work related purposes, also I like the idea of sealing off the entire border.

 

[fallstuff]

Thanks to Indian NRC and CAA, the BD-India relationship has already reached a point of no return. A simple visit by the India's foreign secretary is no cure of the situation.

I am sure that this idiot will tell her India has Intel about her personal security , kinda play her a little !

 

[Pakistan Space Agency]

The Hindu Extremist controlled Indian media had to mention Pakistan in the article even though this is nothing to do with Pakistan.

Although, it's only a propaganda one-liner, it was still very important for Indians to include it.

 

[Jobless Jack]

Can’t say that about awami league

what do you mean ?

 

[Bilal9]

@Joe Shearer
Those are some interesting facts, if true. How much of it is true?

I am not doubting the poster but it's probably the first time I am hearing this line of thought.

Hindutva propaganda in India depends on local information blackout (and misinformation) on Bangladesh (painting it like some backward BIMARU state) and We in Bangladesh aren't keen on refuting those, we should be more proactive.

Hindutva fanatics say that 20 crore Bangladeshi ghuspetias are in India, they're ruining India from within, they get Aadhar cards bla bla bla, this is so far from the truth. BJP lies like this to get votes and that is why they started the whole CAA/NRC thing. You can see these shameless Sanghi trolls all over PDF spouting the same lies every day.

Sometimes poor folks from NE India, BIMARU states and Odisha go to work in richer Indian states and they look like Bangladeshis, hence the propaganda.

The Hindutva idea is that if Bangladeshis (meaning Indian Muslims) were driven out of India, India would become the next USA. Hilarious but this is a viable vote-getter strategy in India. Pin all blame on the Bangladeshi scapegoat. Bangladesh leadership is sick and tired of this and now it has backfired on Modi.

Bangladesh economy in some ways is doing way better than India, there is absolutely no logical reason Bangladeshis should go to India to work. Some cross borders to smuggle cows maybe and get killed. A few also go see relatives without papers and meet the same fate. Thanks to trigger-happy BSF. But Bangladeshis aren't economic migrants in India. People who say this are lying through their teeth.

 

[Joe Shearer]

Didi needs to see me dance.


Will change her whole outlook on Bangladesh.

Can your otherwise admiring public think about that a bit?

আজিজ রেজার মতো নাচ না হলেই যথেষ্ট!

 

[Michael Corleone]

what do you mean ?

I can’t say awami league won’t bent over backwards for India

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

I can’t say awami league won’t bent over backwards for India

Things are different now.


Let's wait and watch.