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Friday, August 5, 2016

Assessing Vicissitudes in India-Bangladesh Relation: Environment Perspective

Prashant Kumar Sharma
India-Bangladesh relation in the past has witnessed many vicissitudes sometimes leading to very bad patches of relations. On the other hand, these two countries have also shown extraordinary cooperation and understanding on many issues of bilateral concern.

The construction of Farrakka Barage in 1975 and allocation of sharing of Ganges water have been one of the most contentious issues in India –Bangladesh relation. Sloka Nath in her paper on “Environmental Diplamacy: Saving the Sunderbans and Restoring Indo-Bangladesh Friendship”, stated that this construction caused diversion of Ganges water upstream adversely affecting the Sunderbans. Most parts of the Sunderbans have now surpassed their water-salinity thresholds and degraded much of the fragile ecosystem, which in turn also enhanced the human migratory trend. The continuous exodus of the Bangladeshi people into the Indian territory have gone undocumented that is alleged to have created havoc and conflict on the Indian states adjoining the border. The migration of the people of Bangladesh into India is not a new phenomenon, as it is transpiring since pre-partition epoch. Though the border is porous, the large influx of migration of Bangladeshi people after its independence is taking place through these porous border that is labeled as ‘Illegal migration’ in India. The illegal migration across the border has become a regular proclivity, as it constitutes the very vital issues of public discourse in India. These illegal migrations or say, unauthorized migration has already culminated into the formation of a quagmire in which the bilateral relation between India and Bangladesh was stuck grappling to come out of it. The straining relation became more strained. Not only this, there are issues revolving around that determine the extent of relationship.

There has been well-established fear in Bangladesh of Indian Hegemony. Tahmima Anam in her piece, “How Bangladeshis see India”, elucidates that Bangladesh has embarked to go-ahead crossing ‘the great bear hug of India’ from its three sides of the border. The well-founded disagreement over the way the whole thing related to the Farraka barrage and Ganga water sharing went has reportedly made the Bangladesh disgruntled. The maritime boundary dispute over the New moore islands was evident that had been the bone of contention for many years. In this backdrop, the issues generated in wake of the climate change have also added a new dimension in the relationship, particularly over the issues of wetland management. The magnitude of the impact could be located in the submergence of New Moore Island due to the rising sea. With the permanent submergence of this island, the long-standing dispute between India and Bangladesh put to an end. People are increasingly becoming displaced within their own territory on both sides of the border. However, the matter gets worse when it comes to the large scale of influx of population into other country undocumented. Moreover, this thing is set to affect the relation of India and Bangladesh for longer period.

Ashok Swain, in his paper on “Displacing the Conflict: Environmental Destruction in Bangladesh and Ethnic Conflict in India”, has rightly pointed out, “Wherever migrants settle, they flood the labour market, and add to local demand for food and other necessities of life, thus putting new burdens on the receiving society. The assimilation of migrants into a new society is not easy at the best of times, but when it takes place in a developing and multi-ethnic society like India, the situation is likely to get even worse. The resulting scarcities generate strong feelings of ‘nativism’ among the original inhabitants of the area.” The influx of the large-scale environmentally displaced Bangladeshi population into India has triggered many conflicts in various part of the country. For Instance, Indian state of Assam became the first place to witness conflict in 1979 when a parliamentary by-election to the ‘Mangaldoi Constituency’ was called in owing to the demise of the incumbent, but now it has diffused to other parts of India.

Friedman (2009), in ‘How will Climate Refugee Impact National Security?’ has quoted Cleo Paskal, an associate fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. Paskal says that the prospects of large-scale migration from Bangladesh to India denote a real threat to India. Therefore, she further clarifies that a stable India is needed and climate migration has the potential to destabilize India. In addition, trying to put pressure on India to take in refugees will cause undermining of Bangladesh’s credibility in India’s eyes. Myers (2002), in “Environmental Refugees: Growing Phenomenon of the 21st Century”, has surmised that climate refugees from Bangladesh might alone outnumber the all-current refugees worldwide. In the last 40 years, the Bangladeshi migrants have flooded the Indian population by 12 to 17 million brought about by environmental scarcity, as stated by Homer-Dixon.

Maxim van Bommel, in “Good fences don’t make good neighbors: Outlining the complexities of protecting climate displaces, with special reference to India and Bangladesh”, has stated that the Bangladeshi migration to India is a ‘silent demographic invasion.’ Bangladesh is the seventh most populated country in the world in spite of its very small size.  Chirantan Kumar, in his article, “Migration and Refugee issue between India and Bangladesh”, quoted D.N. Bezboruah who said that Bangladesh would be facing a crisis of ‘lebensraum’ (living space) by the end of the first decade of 21st century. Moreover, Sanjoy Hazarika opined that Bangladesh depicts the ‘Malthusian nightmare, with too many people on too little land.’

The population of any country happens to be an asset for that country, but the situation worsens, when the same asset turns fatal for the long-term viability of a country. The rapidly growing population of Bangladesh is a matter of big concern not only for the Bangladesh, it would also engender tumultuous situation across the Indian Border States.  Bangladesh is surrounded by the so-called ‘great bear hug of India’ from three sides. If any calamity takes place in Bangladesh, None but India would be optimal destination for the displaced population of Bangladesh. India would be under compulsion to give them access to its resources on the humanitarian ground. Even if this happens, it would not be the first time when India by virtue of its benevolent nature would be lending its friendly hand to Bangladesh.  Increasing population, precisely in the context of Bangladesh, is a disaster in itself. If anybody says that it is not a disaster for Bangladesh then surely it is going to be an impending disaster for India. That is why the growing Bangladeshi population would be of paramount concern for India as far as its national interest and security is concerned.

However, the sense of cooperation should come out from the both sides, especially as far as the issue of migration is concerned. There is a well-known proverb ‘one hand does not make a clap.’ To make a clap the touch of two hands are required. One hand of India may be eager to give jolt to one of the hands of Bangladesh to be clapped. Nevertheless, Bangladesh seems recalcitrant on issue of migration that is bound to create instability on the Indian side. The lackluster attitude of Bangladesh to accept the factual of the rampant illegal migration has already agitated India.

Smita Gupta, in her piece, “Parliament puts seal of approval on LBA”, describes the recently concluded Land Boundary Agreement and its ratification by Indian Parliament in its ‘The constitution (119th Amendment Bill).’ This became the 100th Constitutional amendment for swapping territories between India and Bangladesh that proved to be the landmark agreement, 41 years after the Indira Gandhi and Seikh Mujibur Rahman pact in 1974. This agreement conveyed the positive waves of messages across Bangladesh, and adoption of the bill, to which Bangladesh terms as ‘huge diplomatic success’, and its Foreign Minister AH Mahmood termed it ‘an opening of a new chapter in ties.’ Indian Prime Minister Mr. Modi has compared this agreement to the collapse of the Berlin Wall and stated that this marks ‘a watershed moment in our bilateral ties with Bangladesh (NDTV, 06 June 2015).’

With operationalization of Land Boundary Agreement, the long lasting dispute between India and Bangladesh seems cease to exist. This landmark effort has shown a new light to India and Bangladesh in ushering their relation to a new height. Bangladesh should come forward on the dais to settle down all outstanding issues pertaining to the question of illegal migration and forthcoming misery of large-scale influx of climate change affected population.

The urgency to come forward in the positive manner on the part of Bangladesh emanates from the fact that barbed wire fencing of the border by India will obviously worsen the already aggravated situation in Bangladesh in the backdrop of climate change. The climate change impacts are triggering newer dimensions of vulnerability, threats and tension between India and Bangladesh. It is expected that owing to the rise of sea level many millions of Bangladeshis in future will take refuge in India, exacerbating further the ongoing dispute between India and Bangladesh. What is required for India and Bangladesh is not to indulge in any blame game; and rather they should proceed to find out the solution of rampant illegal migration; and to improve the environmental integrity through devising a monitoring mechanism for a sustainable future.

Prashant Kumar Sharma is a Ph.D Research Scholar  Centre for South Asian Studies School of International Studies  Jawaharlal Nehru University  New Delhi, India

Cortesy: http://www.wisdomblow.com/?p=6789

Sunday, July 31, 2016

India-China Relation beyond the NSG:Perpetual diplomacy is the order of the day

Prashant Kumar Sharma
In a bid to seek Chinese support for membership of NSG, the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a fervent appeal to the Chinese President to make a “fair and objective” assessment of India’s application, before the plenary of the 48 Nations grouping that recently came to an end in Seoul, could not materialize. In response, China did a fair and objective assessment on India’s application through objecting India’s entry to the group contending that India’s entry would violate the principles of International NPT legal regime as India has not still signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Huge boisterous voices triggered over the India’s attempt to get the membership of the elite club known as ‘Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG)’ provided the possibilities of China blocking India’s way vehemently, and that apprehensions soon became reality as the NSG plenary held at Seoul recently concluded with no concrete outcome over India’s entry into this group despite its special session that stretched past midnight to discuss India’s application. China was observed to be taking the lead on raising objections to India’s entry. It is reported that China blocked India’s entry to the NSG not because of the political reasons, but on technical grounds. Countries like, China, Brazil and Turkey, wanted NSG to formulate a criteria through which all non-NPT member’s cases could be considered for their admission to the group.

India did not get an open support from China despite India showing its in-depth confidence in China for supporting its cause. It was expected that bilateral relation between two countries would be hampered given any NSG fallout. This sort of ambience became prevalent not only in India, but also in China. It was apparent in the fact when China’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying stated, “We do not believe that it is an issue concerning the bilateral relationship between China and India”, and sought to insulate bilateral ties with India from the headwinds emanating out of the debate over the question of India’s entry into the NSG. India seemed to be wary in its reactions over the outcome and still fully confident owing to its credentials and goodwill to get the membership in the near future.

It is well known that India and China have witnessed many vicissitudes in their relation since 1962. There are a lot of bilateral concerns that both countries need to address. The issue of resolving the border dispute is one among many. Recently, Prime Minister of India, Mr. Modi stated, “India had a number of problems with China and efforts are on to resolve them one by one through talks.” There is a widespread feeling among Indians and global communities that it is China who does not want to see a prosperous India and does not want to contribute to India’s aspiration to global power status. It often seems that China uses Pakistan as an excuse for India to create hindrances in the name of maintaining strategic balance in South Asia.

Shyam Saran, a former Foreign Secretary of India, in one of his pieces, The writing on the Great wall, has highlighted the confident and assertive Chinese strategy that China plays against India. He says, “There is a clear enhancement of China’s commitment to Pakistan, not only as its traditional proxy against India but also because it has been assigned a key role in Xi Jinping’s ambitious One Belt, One Road project. Moreover, it is to relegate India to the minor league by clubbing it together with Pakistan, thereby dismissing the de-hyphenation which the U.S. has projected at least rhetorically. This also seeks to reject the India-China hyphenation which U.S. strategy appears to promote. China considers itself as being in the same league as the U.S.”  In addition, Atul Aneja, in his article, China no barrier to India’s NSG entry, says academic, has quoted Chinese academics as saying that, “NSG is not all of China-India relations. It is not the most important issue between two countries. Entry into NSG is not a strategic and urgent need for India’s development. So be patient.”

In ancient times, the great Indian strategist, Chanakya, and Chinese strategist, Sun Tzu, in their masterpieces, Arthashastra and The Art of War respectively, have extensively discussed about how diplomacy should be carried out in various situations. Most possibly, there advices befit in the present day Indian context. Suhasini Haider, in her article, Picking up the pieces from Seoul, has quoted Chanakya, “The welfare of a state depends on an active foreign policy, and if the end can be achieved by not fighting, I would not advocate conflict.”  Moreover, Sun Tzu mentioned, “To fight and win all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”

Hence, it would be in the mutual interests of the both countries to perpetually proceed ahead adhering to their diplomacy going beyond the NSG issues because any pause in the relations would halt the solution of all outstanding bilateral concerns that remain to be addressed. Perpetual diplomacy and optimal solution of their pressing issues will not only help the present generation but it will save the future generation from any possible catastrophe induced owing to the unresolved concern that will be a hilly burden over the people of the both countries. This hilly unresolved burden might turn into a situation like, an Alps mountain impossible to lift. Thereby, India, indeed, needs to break its neighbor’ resistance without fighting; resorting to diplomacy is the only way out and an order of the day.


Prashant Kumar Sharma is a Ph.D Research Scholar  Centre for South Asian Studies School of International Studies  Jawaharlal Nehru University  New Delhi
Courtesy: http://www.wisdomblow.com/?p=6781

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Mohammed Shahid:

Mohammed Shahid: Mohammed Shahid, one of the greatest names in Indian hockey, died on 20 July 2016 due to severe liver condition and kidney failure. 

Shahid was the part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was Born in  Varanasi, Mohammed Shahid is considered one of India's best to have played hockey. He made his first appearance for India in the junior team in 1979 at the Junior World Cup in France. He made his first appearance in the senior team in 1979 in a four-nation tournament in Kuala Lumpur. He was known for his running ability, dribbling of the ball and push. 

He was awarded the Best Forward Player at the 1980 Champions Trophy in Karachi. Shahid was a member of the team that won the silver at the 1982 Asian Games and bronze at the 1986 Asian Games. Shahid captained the Indian team during 1985–1986. He was awarded Arjuna Award in 1980–1981. He was honoured with Padma Shri in 1986.

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Mubarak Begum

Legendary singer Mubarak Begum died at her residence in Mumbai on 18 July 2016 after a prolonged illness. She was 80. She is remembered for singing scores of songs, duets and ghazals for Bollywood, mainly during the 1950s-1970s. Born at Sujangarh in Churu district of Rajasthan, Begum started her career with light music recitals in All India Radio. Her career as a playback singer began in 1949 with the Indian, Hindi-language film Aaiye. Her first recorded song for the film was Mohe Aane Lagi Angrayi, Aja Aja Balam. Mubarak Begum is known for the evergreen song "Kabhi tanhaiyon mein hamari yaad ayegi" from the 1961 movie "Hamari Yaad Aayegi". Through the 1950s and 1960s, Begum worked with the best music directors in the film industry, collaborating with S D Burman, Shankar Jaikishan and Khayyam for movies that starred screen legends like Sunil Dutt, Nargis and Rajendra Kumar. Mubarak Begum has sung a total of 178 songs for Hindi films during her career, and the total number of films where her songs have appeared is 115. 

Saturday, January 23, 2016

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