What Mr. Jaitley is saying is nothing new.  All Defense Ministers in the past have been making similar statements when it comes to skirmishes on the LOC.  The point to ponder is what it is Mr. Jaitley is insinuating.  Is he going to declare a war with Pakistan which might lead to a nuclear war with its own catastrophic consequences? We all know that Pakistan cann't win a conventional war with India-previous conflicts are live proof of the end results.  Hence, out of frustration someone in Pakistan might push a nuclear button.  India ought not to forget that Pakistani military authorities have not forgotten a military defeat and moral setback of 1971.  They would like to set the score with India in the same coin.  Whether they will be able to accomplish this objective or not, only time will tell.  For that reason, Pakistani military was not, is not and will not be supporting any idea of improving relations with India - it is given.  What is happening at the LOC is an intentional military decisions to divert the attention of Pakistanis from the domestic economic and religious issues, not to underestimate what may come out of 'long march' and 'dharna' headed by Mr. Imran Khan and Dr. Tariq in that country. This writer is of the opinion that these border scuffles and skirmishes are not going to stop unless Pakistan is taught a lesson which will bring the Pakistani Generals on their knees - a replica of what happened in 1971.  One more suggestion, if that happens, make sure Pakistani Generals/government signed an undertaking to the effect that they will never claim Kashmir as their territory.  IT IS ABOUT TIME INDIA TAKES A STERN ACTION IN THIS REGARD.

Prime Minster of Pakistan is shifting the responsibility and blame on the so-called religious scholars for all the Islamic problems.  Yes, it is true that the true message of Islam is not imparted properly to the Muslims in most of the mosques worldwide, but the government cann't ignore its own responsibility of making sure that the Mullahs in the mosques are well qualified from the known and reputed Islamic institutions before they are authorized to head any of the Mosques.  Right now the problem lies with the Mullahs who are not well qualified to understand the true meaning of Islam.  They are just sent to the Mosques or Madrassas funded by the petro-dollars to brain wash the attendees.  Their understanding of Islam is not questioned at all with the result a subjective and contorted version and understanding of Islam is taught to the attendees.  As they say, your thought process depends upon what you are taught.  Therefore, all suicide bombers we witness today are the crops of misguided version of Islam.  Islamization with the concept of Wahhabism has failed miserably.  That concept may be right to practice Islam in the 7th century, but in today's global economy, development of technology and modern day age, the old concept of Islmization needs lot of scrutiny and changes.  The government of Pakistan ought to spend on quality education so that the future generation of Pakistan can contribute something worthwhile for the society instead of bringing society to the ruins by being brainwashed at the madrassas.  An appointment of Mullahs needs to be scrutinized and only qualified Mullhas from the known and reputed institutions ought to be appointed to the mosques.  This is the only way to change an ideology of terrorism failing which Pakistan has no future and is doomed to be destroyed by the internal forces.

It is ironical that Prince of Saudi Arabia is blaming others for tarnishing the image of Islam by the forces of darkness when this ideology of darkness has been ingrained in the minds of yesterday's children by the petro dollars funneled by Saudi Arabia through Wahabism philosophy of Islam.  The teaching of 7th century ideology of Islam via. many madrasas worldwide - especially in Pakistan - is creating a havoc in the world.  Yesterday's students of those madrasas are today's leaders of many terrorist groups.  Whether it is ISIS, Al-Queda or Boko Haram, they all follow a common policy of killing all non-Sunis with the result the whole world is witnessing an on-going slaughter of many innocent people.   Thanks to Saudi Kingdom's generous contribution to the spread of this evil philosophy.  However, one wonders why all of a sudden this hue and cry about terrorism emanating from the Kigndom when they are the ones who abetted, financed and propagated this evil ideology of Islam.  They have been supporting this philosophy for decades and never questioned the evil side of this ideology.  I think the reason Kingdom is raising this alarm now is because of the threat they perceive with the swift move of ISIS in Syria and Iraq.  They feel their kingdom is in danger if no action is taken to stop ISIS.  I do not think Kingdom hates the policy being pursued by the ISIS.  Actually, they are afraid of losing their kingdom.  This may be a good opportunity for the Kingdom to desist from spreading the Wahabism ideology of Islam and admit their own mistakes in supporting this evil.  Instead of spending petro-dollars to establish madrasas all over the world for the sake of 7th century philosophy of Islam, the Kingdom should earmark those dollars to spread a message of peace, love and living in harmony with people of other religions.

One cann't deny the factual information which exists between India and China.  This information leads one to emphasize that China's economy is  much larger than India's, their military muscles are stronger than India's and more over their ambition for territorial expansion is insatiable versus India's non-existent desire to occupy territory of any other nation.  While Chinese President was visiting India and discussing with Mr. Modi some actions to be initiated to bring peace and tranquility in the region, Chinese forces were following the marching orders of their generals to move into the Indian territory in the Ladakh region. China cann't be trusted.  It is true that India has come a long way from its decrepit military situation since 1962, but it is still an uphill battle to match with what China has accomplished during the last about 20 years because of surge in their economy.  Therefore, to protect India's interest and security, it is an opportune time for Mr. Modi to streamline some programs with Washington.  Also, since President Obama's polls are down, it is a good opportunity for him too to show a sincere overtures towards India which will be a feather in his foreign policy cap.  Developing a long term sincere agreements with India in the fields of economy,technology and defense will provide the USA a sincere partner in the Asian continent to offset the balance against China.  India has been more or less successful in signing some important agreements with Japan, Vietnam and other nations in that part of the world, but an open and sincere backing from the United States will be conducive to maintaining peace and tranquility in Asia.   Right now, I think USA and India ought to ignore that hard feeling which caused due to some unavoidable circumstances in the past, and should start with a clean slate to move forward.  It will be a win-win situation, and Mr. Obama and Mr. Modi should not let this opportunity get lost due to past petty matters.

I could not agree more with what Mr. Jagannathan has stated in this article.  What he said is all facts known to the Indian leaders and to the whole world.  We know what India and China want in that part of the world.  However, it is also a fact that it is not going to be easy to derail China from its long range objective and that is to establish its hegemony in Asia.  This is the reason China has been encircling India by using its proxies and contacts with the neighboring countries - Pakistan in particular.  China wants to be an Asian superpower to start with and eventually to replace the USA in the eyes of the whole world as the superpower.  Mr. Jagannathan's recommendations as to how to go around this issue are worthy to be followed, even though they are long range objectives.  Since India is not going to give in easily and accede to Chinese guidelines and marching orders, India needs a long term security treaty to baffle Chinese short term military aggression, if any.  There are two ways to achieve that objective; one being to use India's Russian contacts to put pressure on the Chinese to vacate the Indian occupied territory, which may or may not be feasible in the short run, and secondly; to sign a long term security treaty with the United States or Russia which will make China think twice before invading India.

These incursions are nothing new.  China has been occupying Indian territory slowly and slowly since 1962.  It is happening in the North as well as on the North-East ( Arunachal Pradesh) side too.  China has a long term planned strategy to encircle India to establish its own hegemony in that part of the world.  As this report indicates, every year there are hundreds of such incursion. But the question is what is Indian government intend to do to reverse this practice.  Since Chinese President is visiting India, it is an opportune time for Mr. Modi to keep an occupation of Indian territory encroached upon by the Chinese government on the top of his agenda.  The reaction and response of Chinese President on this issue will evince as to how serious China is to improve relationship with India.  One ought not to under estimate China when it comes to negotiation.  One has to have a clear vision and understanding to read in-between lines.  China may be willing to invest billions of dollars in India with the pretext to ameliorate its relationship with India, but India should not just be complacent with this investment.  The current visit of Chinese President to India reminds me a similar visit of Chou-en-Lai in 1962 with a then very famous slogan of 'hindi chini bhai bhai' which was followed by the Chinese military invasion. What happened in that war is a part of historical record.  So the lesson learnt from our previous experience in dealing with China is not to show China an olive branch that easily unless India recovers the lost territory first.

It is always an honor to meet with the Heads of other nations, exchanging dialogues about current issues along with the issues which are thorny and trouble making between the two nations.  India has a few issues with China which are lingering on for many decades and seem to be stumbling blocks in ameliorating economic, diplomatic and cultural relationship with each other.  It is nice that Mr. Modi is going to Ahmedabad to receive Chinese President before he visits Delhi.  Also, it is very interesting to note that Buddhism has been incorporated in this article as a common link between India and China.  Yes, India like China has a big community of Buddhists who are very peaceful and believe in living a harmonious life.   However, I am not sure if the Chinese leaders in Beijing have the same understanding of a true meaning of Buddhism.  Chinese action in Tibet as well as in India is a live example of these leaders' aggressive attitude toward others.  They believe in annexing others' territory to fulfill their territorial ambition and ignore what Buddhism preaches.  This also reminds me a very popular slogan of 'HINDI CHINI BHAI BHAI' of 1962 which was followed by a prompt military aggression from China, and then what happened is a historical record.  Keeping in view the past experience, I just want to make Delhi little bit cautious about the Chinese' chess moves before India extends an olive branch to Beijing.