{"id":292,"date":"2005-04-16T09:16:21","date_gmt":"2005-04-16T04:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=292"},"modified":"2005-04-16T09:16:21","modified_gmt":"2005-04-16T04:16:21","slug":"realpolitik-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2005\/04\/16\/realpolitik-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Realpolitik Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travelling around the Indian blogosphere over the last week or so, found a number of posts that were saying “No to Musharraf”. The banner goes – “you are not welcome evil dictator.” and ends with “you may find yourself in India, but it is not in my name”<\/p>\n

Funnily this is the same set of bloggers who declared a semi constitutional crisis when Narendra Modi – the butcher of Gujarat – was denied a visa to the United States.<\/p>\n

Peace with Pakistan, means dealing with whoever they have at the top. And President Musharraf is in control for now. And he seems a better bet than half the wahabized leaders that are sprinkled across the country. Atleast, Musharaf is predictable, and plays more or less by the rules.<\/p>\n

I think that the Governments of India and Pakistan are playing out their own version of Realpolitik<\/a><\/strong>. Which seems to be a more sensible and development orientated strategy than all the mindless, patriotic posturing that both sides have indulged in over the last 50 odd years.<\/p>\n

When President Musharraf comes to watch Pakistan lose to India on Sunday, he will find himself in India, in my name. And hopefully, the names of a lot of Indians who want peace and progress.
\nBut, i still hope that India beats Pakistan on Sunday:)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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