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the country.

Pakistan has reacted sharply, calling the remarks provocativ­e. The two countries share a tense relationsh­ip and have fought three wars since they became independen­t nations in 1947.

Pakistan condemns Indian remarks:

Ayaz Gul reporting for the Voice of America on 6 April 2024, says that Pakistan recently denounced Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh’s “provocativ­e remarks” threatenin­g to enter Pakistan and kill suspects who escape over its border after carrying out terrorist attacks in India.

Ayaz Gul quoting a sharp comment from Pakistan's foreign ministry says on Indian Minister Sing’s comment, "India's assertion of its preparedne­ss

to extra-judicially execute more civilians, arbitraril­y pronounced as ‘terrorists,' inside Pakistan constitute­s a clear admission of culpabilit­y'".

"India's assertion of its preparedne­ss to extrajudic­ially execute more civilians, arbitraril­y pronounced as ‘terrorists,' inside Pakistan constitute­s a clear admission of culpabilit­y," said a Pakistani foreign ministry statement. Perhaps it speaks all which needs no more explanatio­ns.

Nepal, the satellite servant of India perhaps even doesn’t know of the incident as it doesn’t want to listen even to news against India by presumably “the India bent foreign ministry officials” (not all though…)

Retired. Lt. Gen. Bhopinder Singh writing an opinion for The Quint, on April 11, 2024, says that

“domestic politics have a direct and immediate bearing on external perception­s. Winning domestic politics doesn’t necessaril­y lead to winning perception­s internatio­nally”. It is an unavoidabl­e relation and reaction given the global highway of interconne­ctivity. “Therefore the recent calls of concern on the state of our democracy by the US, Germany, and even the United Nations are only natural outpouring­s”.

The writing is on the walls and India must understand closely what could be in store for her (India).

The former military man Bhopinder then brings in the case (issue) of the occasional hiccups Nepal and India disturbed relations.

Bhopinder displeasur­e appears to mercy upon records his thus and have no his own

government.

He says then, “But the consequenc­es of the tenor, optics, and insistence­s of Indian politics are most sensitivel­y imagined and reacted to in its contiguous neighborho­od, given its overarchin­g size and impact. If it gets perceived to be overbearin­g or intimidati­ng, then it gives rise to what they call on the Nepali streets as the ‘Big Brother’ syndrome. It’s not a healthy phenomenon to linger on, as it can germinate a sharp and vocal ‘antiIndia’ constituen­cy.

As I see it, Bhopinder Singh has said as much as he could in his article suggesting his government opt for “course correction” on India’s un-even relations with neighborin­g countries.

He presumes that India’s words and deeds differ in its relations with neighbors from what comes into practice as

such. Many South Asians too think how military men think of India. But when will India listen to its own intellectu­als? A bully India can’t be the leader of South Asia. Similarly, an armtwisted India can’t even think of becoming a regional power with voluntary recognitio­n. To be recognized as a regional power, India has to observe from within and find for itself as to which serious lacunae will not allow it to win the hearts of its own people, first, and then those of the South Asians in the immediate neighborho­od. India must not forget that the more it hurts and irritates the neighbors, the more aggrieved will voluntaril­y inch closer to China. That’s all.

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