Everywhere I look in India, I am dispaired at the sight of failure of state machinery. 60 years have passed since we decided to manage ourselves and we still have many people poor, hungry, ill, mistreated, and in many ways having reason to complain.
The only solace I take from the situation is that it could have been worse. And here our amazing neighbour lifts my spirits. A nation so let down by it's rulers, it is too depressing to think about the life of a citizen. I can see Somalia, but they have an excuse that there is no govt, just gun toting gangs that change frequently. But, Pak has a govt that trains gun toting gangs to wreck havoc in other nations. So, it is just fair that one day the gangs feel obliged to give Pak a taste of their own medicine.
With the militants doing their damage, the politicians taking their cut, and the army diverting development funds to further their lifestyles, the country really having to beg for donations from others, it is amazing that the diplomats find time to indulge in irrelevant talk.
What one should learn from this behaviour is that a nation's machinery should be robust enough and hydra headed to continue it's functions even when many organs have been overwhelmed. Pak could have saved precious foreign exchange by maintaining a skeleton presence in organisations that do not matter much, like the UN, and diverted those funds for more beneficial uses. But, the arms of govt that maintain a facade are not effected by the dire straits of other govt agencies. There is need for IAS officials to learn from the Pak way of govt.
I doubt if things are what they seem, as is the case with Pak all the time. The actions and speech of Pak are deliberate and usually the strings are so long that even the keenest eye cannot fathom the connection between the cause and effect. In this case, it would seem that Pak is indulging in the usual tirade, but given that there will be little practical impact, the wastage of resources has to be justified by some other effect. One can only shudder at the egregiousness of the real reason for this extravagance at a time of extreme penury.
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