Featured Several killed as Modi's Bangladesh visit sparks violent protests

[jamahir]

That window has passed.
The best shot was the Simla Agreement when a borderless Canada USA Federation was possible. Kashmir wouldn't have mattered because it would have been borderless too. Pakistan and India would still be sovereign independent autonomous countries with no territorial claims.

Bangladesh on account of its extreme linguistic identity and because West Bengal was reluctant for a merger with India would be an outlier. Pakistan after 1971 was, and is, far more important to India from the security and strategic point of view.
India can't annex Pakistan or even Pakistan administered Kashmir, After Indira Gandhi's death Indian hostility towards Pakistan has only resulted in an extreme nuclear threat compounded by the threat already posed by China .
Once again, India is realistic that optics and rhetoric aside there is nothing even the friendliest and most pro-Indian government in Bangladesh can do to help India fight Pakistan, Militarily Bangladesh makes a poor ally. With religious affinity fast transcending nationalism, any government in Bangladesh colluding with India against Pakistan is unlikely to survive. India realizes this fully well. Post-1971 Pakistan's pivot to China has brought it dividends far beyond anything imagined in the last week of December 1971.

You mention three prominent items : India-Pakistan antagonism, Kashmir issue and Bangladesh's equation with India and Pakistan.

About the first two, Musharraf with his four-point-formula would have begun to resolve, leaving the third ( BD ) to be eventually resolved.

In this thread ( maybe you have read it ) I present a solution for the India-Pakistan antagonism which will also solve Kashmir. Any issue with Bangladesh will be solved subsequently.

 

[Sharma Ji]

You mention three prominent items : India-Pakistan antagonism, Kashmir issue and Bangladesh's equation with India and Pakistan.

About the first two, Musharraf with his four-point-formula would have begun to resolve, leaving the third ( BD ) to be eventually resolved.

In this thread ( maybe you have read it ) I present a solution for the India-Pakistan antagonism which will also solve Kashmir. Any issue with Bangladesh will be solved subsequently.

whatever happens with Kashmir..

no free house and biriyani for you, that much is for sure

 

[Baibars_1260]

Latest online English world news photo video live bd

Latest English Breaking News Online - Sports, Crime, Entertainment, Business, Politics, Education, Opinion, Lifestyle, Photo Galleries, Science & Technology

en.prothomalo.com

US Human rights report: Bangladesh freedom of expression curbed

Published: 01 Apr 2021, 12:33

The US Department of State in a report said Bangladesh constitution provides for freedom of speech, including for the press, but the government sometimes failed to respect this right.
"There are significant limitations on freedom of speech. Many journalists self-censored their criticism of the government due to harassment and fear of reprisal," said the report titled 'Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2020'.
The report released recently is an annual documentation of the state of human rights across the world. The report touched on various aspects including denial of fair public trial, arbitrary arrest or detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.
The report said the law limits hate speech but does not define clearly what constitutes hate speech, which permits the government broad latitude to interpret it. The government may restrict speech deemed to be against the security of the state; against friendly relations with foreign states; and against public order, decency, or morality; or which constitutes contempt of court, defamation, or incitement to an offence. The law criminalices any criticism of constitutional bodies.
The 2018 Digital Security Act (DSA), passed ostensibly to reduce cybercrime, provides for sentences of up to 10 years’ imprisonment for spreading “propaganda” against the Bangladesh Liberation War, the national anthem, or the national flag, according to the State Department.
( Read More )