Mr. Prime Minister--It is Now or Never

Bikash Choudhury

Late Saurav Kalia would remain the martyr of India who sacrificed his present and the life for the future of not only India; but, for a United India that would include, ‘insa-alah’ Pakistan and Bangladesh; if not Physically; may be, Politically, Economically and Culturally. What is most important for India now is to calculate accurately, if the predominant mindset and attitude of Pakistan vis-à-vis our relationship, economy and the broad strategy for the future of our region has “changed” or not. If yes, then let us not wait for any thing else and move ahead; not in ‘feet’s and starts’ and not incrementally also; but, very substantially. Millions of Indian youngsters today would like to fill the vacuums in the life of Kalia’s parents including this author; but, can we held this against a progress in the relationship between two Nations; which has gone through many tragic iteration? The cumulative signals that we receive today from across the border are a sign of slow change of mindset of people & its democratic Govt. in Pakistan. And, its Army & Judiciary have also behaved with maturity and they also see the writing on the wall. And, the wall reads “the progress and welfare of Pakistani people can only be seen in company with India; the natural ally”. Therefore, Indian Prime Minister must visit Pakistan and may be celebrate the ‘New Year Eve’ in the company of his counterpart in Pakistan. But, ideally, he should not go alone; rather, he should take the Chief Ministers of North, South, East and West of Indian states. No doubt, in the company of Omar Abdullah, Selvi Jayalalita, Naveen Patnaik and the last but not the least Narendra Bhai Modi, India and its PM would make a very bold and audacious statement without moving a finger(Just like, Anwar Sadat did with Israel taking huge risk to his position and life). This author obviously believe in Nation is much bigger than the Ideology and the Party; one would normally wish our premier also subscribe to such values. The other thing that Singh Sahab has promised the Nation about ‘unleashing the animal spirit of the economy’ and seen increasingly gaining confidence to administer the ‘bitter pill’ where ever needed should ideally be the ‘cocktail’ that all Indians raise a toast in the evening; irrespective of Ideological predilection and Party affiliations because the alternative we can ill afford. And, the alternative would have been to hold on to the ‘status quo’ pending the perception of victory or defeat in the general election 18 months from now. That would have been in my opinion to hold the Nation and its billion plus people to ransom for political polemics. Mr. PM it is “here and now”, or never. Go ahead and don’t look back before hanging up your boots. A grateful Nation would raise a toast and recite a Ghalib’s ‘sere’ on your honour. 

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