Bunch of Thoughts

A lot of people including fans of Narendra Modi seem puzzled on Narendra Modi's strategy to take on Pakistan ... To understand NaMo's Pak strategy one need to understand the raison d'être of Pak's existence as a state 1) Network of friends - Pakistan is a failed state that acts as a mercenary for other other foreign powers for its own survival. 2) Non- State actors to protect sovereignty - Pakistan relies on bunch of non state actors to maintain it own territorial integrity. From Pak occupied Kashmir to borders with Afghanistan, its the non-state actors that maintain the territorial integrity of Pakistan 3) Hatred for India and the quest to annex Kashmir - Hatred for India which his often expressed as a quest to annex Kashmir binds the Pakistanis. A a state Pak is not bound bound by any ideology but a few artificial hinges that keep the state together. NaMo's Pak strategy is to is strike hard at roots of Pakistan 1) Isolate Pakistan - With only one fr...

In 2012 a movement was born with a promise to fight corruption and de-centralize governance. Swaraj and Lokpal were the words that defined the movement. The movement did well to awake the conscience of the country and its political class. Every social movement ends up with a political avatar to monetise its gains and thus AAP was born. Many expected that Swaraj and Lokpal would define the ideology of the party. The first Kejriwal government was defined not by Swaraj or Lokpal but by Opportunism & Anarchy. Kejriwal joined forces with the Congress for the sake of power; instead of governance we got anarchy and in-experience. Chaos and confusion were the hallmarks of the first Kejriwal government. Opportunism got the better of AAP and they ditched Delhi to pursue their own ambitions. The country punished AAP and they lost deposits in most of the seats that they contested elections in 2014. Kejriwal apologised and begged for another chance. Having invested so much in the movement ...