Another month of the COVID era is completing today. It has been a really difficult time for the inhabitants of planet earth. Just unimaginable is the word. The month of June ringed the war alarms between India and China. There was a skirmish between our soldiers and the Chinese army which led to the death of our 22 young officers. At the time of writing this diary, India has started reaching out to its UNSC counterparts to brief them about the border issue. Not to mention, the full force of Army, Navy, and Airforce have already been deployed around the border areas. The time is not far when a limited scale war could trigger between the two nations. China might be eagerly looking for this for a variety of reasons.
1. Any war or war-like situation will make India unattractive as an alternative investment destination.
2. It could be a good diversion from simmering domestic issues boiling in China due to closure of many exports oriented industries.
3. The area where china is occupying the Indian territory (a no man's land type zone), is of high strategic significance. It has an economic value in connecting west and south china. It is part of Chinese economic corridor and belt and road initiative.
4. India is at its weakest position in COVID times. The economy has already slipped in recessionary mode. If things continued in this manner, soon depression will seep in. Hence there can not be a better time to hit India.
The war has already started in a subtle sense. Currently, both nations are fighting it in the Cyber and Media space. Planting news items, swaying local and global emotions by Psy-ops, and war positioning has already begun.
For India, these times have brought a double whammy. Smaller countries like Nepal have also raised border issues with India and revised their maps through their parliamentary procedures.
On the economic front, the Government has launched a long due one nation one card policy. This will help millions of migrant workers to exercise their right to food anywhere in India. This will also help in a clear geolocational mapping of migrants.
On the political front, The "George Floyd protest in the US" rocked the country with #blacklivesmatters movement. The pictures and videos of looting private stores in the USA showed the grim reality of USA's law and order. Even India witnessed a George Floyd of India in Chennai City where a father-son duo was killed by Police torture. But the Conscience of people is difficult to invoke. Hence things remained as usual.
Clearly, these are difficult times for the world on all the fronts. Let us hope that sanity prevail, corona goes away and things return to normalcy.
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