Mohammed Ghauri at the Doors

History has uncanny habit of repeating itself. Mohammed Ghauri attacked India in 1175 and later in1191 without much success; however, in 1192 Mohammed Ghauri attacked India again with better preparation and defeated and killed Emperor of Delhi, Prithiviraj; written in any standard history books, worse; the full story was googled by the author of this article. Pakistan is going to repeat the story again in its fifth attempt; Kargil being the fourth one. Pakistani Army is going to turn all the conventional theories on its head to take revenge on India by waging a mix of conventional, unconventional, tactical war and with a very potent weapon of treachery and confusion.

Irony. At the time of 26/11 Mumbai attack Pakistani foreign minister was in India and expressed surprise and regret about the Mumbai attack and outright offered support and assistance to unravel the forces behind the attack and even moved one step further, and assured India to send ISI chief to India to help in the investigation which actually never happened. Subsequently, Pakistani authorities went into a denial mode and disowned the lone terrorist captured in the Mumbai attack Mohammed Kasab. Later, various Pakistani leaders went into offensive and demanded evidence of Mumbai onslaught. Moribund Govt. in India led by UPA started its coercive diplomacy across the world and was very satisfied when Govt. of Pakistan agreed to the charges and evidence provided by Indian Govt. that Pakistani soil was used to plan and execute the Mumbai attack although Pakistani ISI was actually behind the dastardly attack wherein 179 innocent lives were lost. Soon after, Pakistani Govt had a deal with Taliban in SWAT valley to enforce SAHARIAT law in the area; subsequently Srilankan cricket players had a providential escape from a terrorist attack in Lahore. Most recently there was broad day light attack on Police training college in Pakistan not very far from Indian borders. And now there is news story of about 30 to 40 Taliban terrorist having entered into India in Kashmir region. In all these, Army chief of Pakistan has maintained his studied silence, very unlike of Pakistani General. No Indian worth his salt can forget or forgive General Musaraf, the principal architect of Kargil war which was being hatched while Indian Prime Minister Sri Atal Bihari Bajpai was leading a peace initiative traveling to Lahore by Bus. And now of all people Mr. Holbrook, landed in India to lecture India to talk to Pakistan knowing India going through its crucial general election. Any dumb analyzer of events would smell the well choreographed Pakistani strategy of hood winking India and the whole world through clever nuclear blackmail in one hand and of growing Taliban threat to world security in the other hand; while over the years Pakistani Govt. its Army and ISI have nurtured Taliban to their present strength. Curiously, Indians are inviting the likes of General Musaraf to speak and allow him to threat India in Indian soil and David Miliband encouraging Pakistan for its all misdemeanors and yet being invited to sleep over party in greens of Indian countryside at Amethi .These are the height of decency and decorum Indians would always display contrary to learning from history. This could be the undoing of very India and otherwise known as Hindustan; a way of life comprise of many synthesis of religion, language and culture. However, India must now recognize the threat, evaluate the strength and map the strategy of all evil forces who have confirmed intention of harming India; Pakistan and its imperial backers. Complacency of our Govt and disunity among our leaders has the unfortunate potential of bringing defeat and destruction to Indian doors sooner or later. If Prithiviraj Chauhan would have finished the retreating army of Ghauri in 1191 A.D, country could have been spared of 750 years of foreign rule but for his belief in Indian human values.

The silence of Pakistani Army chief General Asaf Kayani and ISI chief Lt. General Moosa Raja in one side and confusion created by beating of hot and cold at the same time by its spineless Govt. of President Asif Zardari and Prime Minister Abdul Raja Gilani is actually a well thought out joint strategy of preparing well enough to attack India with the help of Taliban forces and capture Jammu & Kasmir or seizable amount of Indian territory to drive a hard bargain during negotiation after the war to get Srinagar on a platter. Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a rouge country based on theocracy and religion which can only be neutralized by depriving it from its fire power, the Army. India has to draw all its power in its command to turn the concept of Army having a country into Country having no army on its head.

Aamir Khan emoted the role of a person suffering from Amnesia due to head injury very nicely in the movie Gazani. Same is very true of our Indian ethos. We easily forget and forgive and move on with life. This is how life should be enjoyed in ideal circumstances. But, for a Govt. of the country like India can ill afford to suffer from amnesia to symptom of great dangers to its existence like 26/11 Mumbai terrorist strike and most recent revelation of Talibans sneaking into the country. This asks for unity of purpose in Govt., Political Parties, defense forces and people in general irrespective of cast, creed and religious faith.Indians should make no mistake because Mohammed Ghauri- General Kayani is knocking at our doors.

Mohammed Ghauri at the Doors

Author: Bikash Choudhury, Chief Executive of Strategy Consulting Firm based at Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. Contact: Mobile: 00 9853426657 Tel: 91-674-2720271

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