Either this way or my way
India is a big country geographically. It has a long maritime and land boundary, which offers it a great potential for trade and making connections with the neighbourhood. However, these long borders are also a cause for concern, as they pose a significant threat to the nation’s security.
India is surrounded by many countries. Most of them at one point in time were part of India, but over time, fractures developed and formed into a separate country. At the time of formation, these countries had some hostilities toward India. Over a period of time, some developed as friendly neighbours while some remain hostile.
India, as a growing nation with its own set of principles, is a cause of concern for many world powers. India follows its own principle of development strategy. It prefers self-autonomy over alliance, it focuses on self-reliance over dependence, it prioritises its own culture over liberal society, and all these do not fit into the narrative of Western blocs. They want an alliance partner, not an independent negotiator.
The people who were not happy seeing India as a power in geopolitics want to mend it on their own terms. After many failed attempts, they changed their strategy. Either mend in our way, or we will mend you by our ways. The second strategy is very much visible. They tried to create internal security issues by manufacturing strikes, violent protests and anger over the government. Manipur is the prime example. Manipur is a state ravaged by the adversary, in which they manufactured dissent through drug distribution, arms availability, and the spread of dissenting thoughts through evangelical forces. These churches and people associated with conversion are their biggest assets for the propagation of hatred and dissent of the population towards the ruling establishments. The recent attempt to promote a violent protest on the shoulders of Gen Z is also an attempt in the same direction. Their main aim is to create a mass-scale violent protest and eliminate the prominent leaders of the country. It is their old way of working. If they are not successful in mending the leader, eliminate them.
On the external fence, Security is the big challenge to handle. These security problems are not natural occurrences but are created to destabilise India. Barring China, all the neighbouring countries have seen a regime change. The regime change was not smooth. It deteriorated the economic conditions of these countries. It makes them kneel in front of their master. The new de facto rulers were under their control. The main aim was to keep India surrounded by hostile neighbours and use their territory to plan against India.
The target is also on other fronts. Economically, making Indian products dearer by imposing unilateral high tariffs and trying to bully big companies to stop them from investing in India, and imposing exorbitant fees on visas to prevent employment of Indians. Socially, the target is to dismantle society by creating faultlines between castes and sub castes. Posing one as the enemy of the other and attacking the very fabric of brotherhood in the country.
