Reflections on Bangladesh
Mr K Nayar was possibly stymied doing a parabolic assessment of anti-India feeling in Bangladesh. He didn't go through the hard realities but exalted the impression he developed long ago. His Pakistani friend's "Dholak Bajna" was simply a rhetoric having no semblance of the vision of Indian leadership. Their vision to create a large market for Indian products transformed into a reality. No hate campaign was perpetuated by any leader or association in Bangladesh, unlike print and electronic media in his country, but a natural corollary has been enunciated, the causes of which never received conscious acknowledgment, though deceleration crept in. Mere epithet does not improve the feeling rather stoppage of manslaughter at the borders and removal of trade barrier are prerequisites combined with genuine efforts to restore equanimity. Our leader's inability to inaugurate launching of a book commemorating India's assistance towards our liberation war did not merit citation as it was exclusively the view of the writer. Antagonistic relationship between our two top leaders is essentially a product of our domestic politics, not a paradigm, but the agenda of economic interest, intrusion of BSF members into our territory every now and then to kill innocent people are common and reign supreme.
However, his unpretentious advice to the highest but impregnable policymakers of his country could be resounding.
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