Indo US Relations

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Will Russia ban Sikhs For Justice and other pro-Khalistani organisations?

Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) chief Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Saturday said that Indian envoy to the US Vinay Kwatra is on the radar of pro-Khalistan Sikhs in America. He claimed that Kwatra is working with Russian diplomats and Russian agencies to target pro-Khalistani Sikhs and that the Russian...

www.firstpost.com

 

[Varoon4]

View: https://x.com/SanatanPrabhat/status/1869353403505131772

He has a real punchable face that Pannun. Idiot

 

[Varoon4]

Hey did anyone see the episode of SWAT( a pretty popular American TV series) that aired on Dec 6th? It was all about the Hindu-Sikh-Khalistan issue. It involved a Hindu extremist plot to attack a Sikh gurudwara, which is a bit of an anachronism, since no such plan has ever existed. But.. it mentioned the motive for the attack, which was to avenge the terrorist bombing of Air India flight 182 in 1985. The leader of the plot lost his mother in the bombing. It also mentioned the fact that the Air India bombing in 1985 was the single largest terror attack against an airliner, before the 9-11 attacks. I mean, wow! For this to be brought up on a popular, mainstream, prime time TV drama is remarkable. I was bowled over. The secondary plot was about a Hindu couple who opposed their daughter's engagement to a Sikh, feeling that the Sikh was an extremist, which he was not. The show ended with the parents approving their daughter's choice. Awwww, it was nice. And to think, no Canadian show( barring one low key documentary) has dealt with this issue with such sympathy for the Air India victims vis-a-vis Sikh terrorists, even though the majority of the victims of that incident were Canadians of Indian origin. It took an American show.

 

[assassin162]

GoI doesn't do public diplomacy, it doesn't over exert itself beyond it's capacities.

if GoI was such a soft state, folks like harsh mandar won't be jumping up and down on the streets a few years back.
and why was there only one blast outside israeli embassy by iranians, if GoI was a soft state there would have been more such attacks.

read nixon files on what they thought about India in events leading upto 71, India was a much poorer country then.

at best what we can say is that Indian state is a paradox, and it has a strategic communication problem. for a 2500$ per capita country, it is doing just fine.

India was a much poorer country back in 1971!? No it wasnt. India was 10th largest gdp in 1971. Since then US did everything to crush us and they did so.

 

[GaudaNaresh]

India was a much poorer country back in 1971!? No it wasnt. India was 10th largest gdp in 1971. Since then US did everything to crush us and they did so.

much poorer in absolute terms.
Rankings dont mean much when it comes to defence spendings or propaganda spendings, since those are spent on real dollars. In 1971 India had less than 25% the money it does now to spend on these things.

 

[Blademaster]

Perfect agreement with you but in the process cannot jeopardize rest of the economy. Something has give to prevent Trump imposing disaster on nascent Indian economy.

Yes!, there are no American fighter planes under consideration. Even if grudgingly they offer F35, it is likely to come with a Kill Switch which gives Americans a stranglehold on fighters, if India goes for the American fighters. That will not acceptable and will not happen.

It is other imports from US where some tariffs have to go. As an example Harley Davidson motor cycle import duty of 100% will have to be reduced.

Indian tariffs are too high as it is. Except for tariffs against China (GoI needs to increase those tariffs by 2 or 3 x), GoI needs to reduce tariffs against other countries. Use the leverage of lowering tariffs to negotiate free trade agreements.