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'India should not wait, but teach a lesson'

Thu Apr 19 13:57:19 2001
Name:jegannath Sundara Pandian
Email:sjegannath@hotmail.com
Views:Hey Bangaladesh! I think you will feel sorry soon for what you have done. Wait and see.

Thu Apr 19 13:57:20 2001
Name:krishna.s
Email:baragi@yahoo.com
Views:It is very unfortunate to see that the intelligence system keeps failing regularly. The handling of this case has been below ordinary and lacks any will to be decisive. It would be appreciative if a very strict and hard line of action is taken, After the beautiful chinese show.

Thu Apr 19 13:57:27 2001
Name:MANISH MISRA
Email:manish_misra@hotmail.com
Views:Blood of our Politicians has become so cold that they can't even decide after killing of our soldiers and intrusion into our border what to do???Are we INDIANS so coward that any one whenever or whereever wants be it Pakistan now Bangladesh(for whom our soldiers have given there blood in1971 wars) can do anything.SHAME ON GOVERNMENT AND ITS POLICIES

Thu Apr 19 13:57:27 2001
Name:PRASHANT THAKUR
Email:pranir99@hotmail.com
Views:AN INDIAN CITIZEN LIKE ME SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE SITUATION THAT WE ARE FACING FROM A TINY NEIGHBOUR ( THE COUNTRY THAT INDIA LIBERATED) ,,, BANGLADESH,,, KILLING OUR 16 BSF PERSONNEL. SHAME ON THE PART OF RULING GOVT. ALLOW OUR STRONG ARMED FORCES TO CRUSH SUCH AN INTRUSION AND TEACH THEM A LESSION ONCE FOR ALL SO THAT A COUNTRY WITH NO FOOD AND CLOTHES TO ITS CITIZENS ,,, WOULD NEVER DARE DO SUCH ACTIVITIES IN FUTURE. MY HOMAGE TO THE BSF JAWANS WHO LAID THEIR LIVES,,

Thu Apr 19 13:57:33 2001
Name:vijay
Email:vijay_2000_kumar@yahoo.com
Views:Can't understand if we have to think of options. The enemy has captured our soil, go kick him out of our soil ! No second thoughts.

Thu Apr 19 13:57:33 2001
Name:Y.Kishore Kumar
Email:kishore_yarramsetty@yahoo.com
Views:This is definitely outrageous. Till today our jawans have not tried to take any retalliatory action. Enough is enough, killing our jawans should no more be spared, and they(Bangladeshi's) must suffer the same if not more. Attack and capture as many as possible as POWs'

Thu Apr 19 13:57:36 2001
Name:Arian
Email:arian_the_great@rediffmail.com
Views:If Bangladesh had acted just becoz Sheikh Hasina had been tagged as "Indian Stooge", then this is the height of "scapegoatism". India has to certainly act tough and certainly our Indian soldiers lives are not that cheap. Bangladesh has to certainly pay for this gross misdeed. If India decides to go soft on this, it would create a bad precedent and would give Pakistan enough courage for another kargil like adventure.... It shud be better pinned in the bud...

Thu Apr 19 13:57:49 2001
Name:Somsubhra
Email:somsubhra_talapatra@hotmail.com
Views:May be we can give them some more land or bodies or both, thus helping out the friendly govt' of an unfriendly neighbor. Well, i think, what is needed is to build a image, image of strong nation.The current Govt' has made us so weak that even Bangladesh can think of attacking us. Well, they can do that because we are obsessed with showing restraints.

Thu Apr 19 13:57:57 2001
Name:Harjit Singh
Email:sugar_harjit@yahoo.com
Views:The Indians should stop behaving like totally useless and terrified chickens and should at least kill 1000 of the civil and military of Bangladesh to avenge the lives of the Indian Soldiers who were martyred in the border skirmish. If PM cannot even do this bit, he should then be better off with daily prayers and resign and leave the post to someone who can take care of the Indian borders.

Thu Apr 19 13:58:45 2001
Name:R. Harikrishna
Email:hari_krishna12@rediffmail.com
Views:India should not wait, but teach a lesson to Bangladesh.

Thu Apr 19 13:58:46 2001
Name:janakiram rao
Email:aishu2001@rediffmail.com
Views:i feel that while gaurding indian borders, there should be no complacency. instead of treating a country as an enemy or as a friend, we should be alert and steadyfast in the duty of guarding our frontiers. if we are taken by surprise, we should surprise the enemy.

Thu Apr 19 13:59:09 2001
Name:Abhishek Dalvi
Email:a_dalvi@yahoo.com
Views:Our reaction if one can call it a reaction has been pathetic. As far as protecting borders goes, we should take a lesson from the Israeli's. Send our BSF commanders to Israel and let them learn a thing or two of protecting our own country.

Thu Apr 19 13:59:37 2001
Name:kp
Email:krishna0007@rediff.com
Views:its very sad to know that 16 men killed by bangladesh army. it is shame to loose 16 men . we r people of 100 crores and strong(on papers)army,yet they killed our men. in india loosing men in hands of enemy so far considering it as honur(unlike in usa).in usa they consider it as big defet.we msut teach them lesson by killing 100 of their men ,lest to dare to it agin.otherwise the gov must responsible for this and should getdown.

Thu Apr 19 13:59:42 2001
Name:RAHUL SINGH GILL
Email:rsingh123@rediffmail.com
Views:Its appaling that we can tolerate such a blatant incursion on our side of the border.Having help create Bangladesh,supporting their cause in international forums, we get once again bitten by our neighbours.First it was the Pakistan misadventure that led to Saichen and now we have 16 of our beloved soldiers on national duty killed by Bangla forces.Its good to talk about restraint and diplomacy, but then in such times, we need more than sweet talk.We need to give a befiting reply to any nation or neighbour that transcends our goodwill and stabs us in the back.This cannot be tolerated by the Indian government and the Indian people.Where has our patriotism gone? Look at what strings and initiative the US took to get back their troops from the Chinese. Here we are taking a beating, getting humiliated and loosing our loved soldiers for no fault of ours as a law abiding nation. We need to seriously revamp our foreign policy and get a little aggressive if we need to become an Asian Tiger, or even a force to be reckoned with. Come on country menbers rise up and support the government o take the toughest possible stand against the Bangaldeshi govt.

Thu Apr 19 14:00:19 2001
Name:Vikram Bansal
Email:bansalvikram@yahoo.com
Views:Its shameful for us Indians that even a country like Bangladesh feels bold enough to take over our territory. First is was Pakistan (in 1947) , then China (in 1962), then again Pakistan (Kargil) and now its Bangladesh. I guess, we are perceived as a 'soft' state. I am not surprised that Bangladesh has taken some of our territory. After all millions of Bangladeshis are already staying in India and would be occupying more land here than what Bangladesh Army has occupied just now !

Thu Apr 19 14:00:37 2001
Name:N.S.Raj
Email:nsraj2001@yahoo.com
Views:The overall Indian policy under BJP is a failure. The attack by Bangla Desh on India clearly indicates that the world sees the Indian government as very weak and inefficient. India must give a spontaneous and effective military response to Bangla Desh. Friendship with Bangla Desh is another issue and should not be mixed with war. Or else, tomorrow even countries like Bhutan, Burma and Sri Lanka will attack India. Indians are witness to the weak policy of Vajpayee government even in Kashmir. Scores of Indian soldiers and civilians are killed in Kashmir, but strangely Vajpayee is still sticking on to the cease fire.

Thu Apr 19 14:01:18 2001
Name:Vivek Iyer
Email:viveki_45@yahoo.com
Views:Time and again such incidents keep happening but somehow it is hard to understand the reaction from the Indian side.This incident should be tackled with an iron hand to inflict heavier casualities on the enemy.Imagine if something like this had happened to the US forces.They would have made the Bangladeshis pay a very heavy price for what happened.Its high time the Indian Govt too learnt from its American couterparts.

Thu Apr 19 14:01:26 2001
Name:Indiantger
Email:indiantiger@xoommail.com
Views:its a national disgrace, a common man is hurt, what govt is doing ? just saving their neck from tehalka.. it exposes our defence plans and readiness of polciy makers..its aniother kargil.. i am distressed.. its same old story of intelligence failure, compensation to war widows and some shouting in lokasabha then all is settled country is ready to face another kargil like thuis

Thu Apr 19 14:01:33 2001
Name:Harjeet
Email:harjeetsingh77@usa.net
Views:Kill 'em All

Thu Apr 19 14:01:49 2001
Name:rajnish kumar
Email:rajnish_engineer@rediffmail.com
Views: my message is the bangaladeshi should be given a fitting reply and then regrett the incident in press. these bangalis should never be spared. they should remember the fact that it was but for intervention by us that they were born.

Thu Apr 19 14:02:13 2001
Name:Ghiri
Email:ngratna@hotmail.com
Views: We have been too tolerant towards very insincere and ungrateful two neighbours, Pakistan and Bangaladesh. The only way to put a stop to these pranks is to adopt Israel's method of reaction.

Thu Apr 19 14:02:18 2001
Name:s.k.v.k.jagannadh
Email:jagannadh_skvk@rediffmail.com
Views:I PREGER STRICT ACTION AGANIST BANGLADESH SO THAT THEY WONT MAKE THIS KIND OF MISADVENTURES IN FUTURE. ALSO THIS GIVES COFIDENCE TO OUR SOLDIERS THAT GOVT VALUES FOR THEIR LIFES MORE THAN ANY THING.

Thu Apr 19 14:02:39 2001
Name:Col DK Sharme
Email:centurydk@rediffmail.com
Views:Certainly v r a sleeping incorrigible nation. Scandals,scams,slumber,irresponsibilties and passing the buck has become our character.V dont feel ashamed of ourselves. It is the grace of GOD v r shameless living corps

Thu Apr 19 14:02:39 2001
Name:Bhaskar
Email:rai_pd@usa.net
Views:Just order IAF Planes to drop few crude bombs in that area. Bangladesh is not worth a nation to fight a war with.

Thu Apr 19 14:03:03 2001
Name:Baby John
Email:john123baby@hotmail.com
Views:How dare bangladeshis kill 16 of our soldiers and capture one village and go skot free. Is our standing in the international arena so weak? An unpardonable intelligence failure and why our troops are so vulnerable. We should set right things as otherwise it would make a laughing stock of ourselves.

Thu Apr 19 14:03:24 2001
Name:manish
Email:kulkarni_manish@rediffmail.com
Views:everybody takes advantage of our softness...time india killed all those upstarts who think they can play around with us...nothing less

Thu Apr 19 14:03:25 2001
Name:Ramesh
Email:rrameshp@rediffmail.com
Views:We must go ahead and drop an hydrogen bomb on them . It conclusively will prove that the bomb exploded in Rajasthan was a hydrogen bomb. It will solve the population problem that Bangladesh is facing also the illegal immigrants problem. We can use the Agni nuclear tipped missile.

Thu Apr 19 14:03:31 2001
Name:santosh reddy vancha
Email:santoshvancha123@rediffmail.com
Views:At the present, we should deal throughly as we are doing with pakistan ( who are ready to take chance of a situation). I see now difference Bangladesh and Pakistan. Bangladesh cannot be considered as a friend as being a neighbour(i doesn't mean that all neighbours are harmful, but you need to keep watch of neighbours all the time, though, they are friends). I can suggest that at the present situation should have been sent and teach a lesson to them. Unfortunately, the government at centre is feeling sleepy at the present situation. I sincerely advise to take appropriate action immediately.

Thu Apr 19 14:03:49 2001
Name:L.Janardhan
Email:janardhan@bigfoot.com
Views: One more time, we are proved that we as a nation have failed to learn the lessons. Barely have we recovered from the Kargil syndrome, there is intrusion in the east and once again it is clearly the failure of the intelligence. There will be more such intrusions as long as we don't have our intelligence in order.

Thu Apr 19 14:04:00 2001
Name:Sandeep Pathak
Email:sandypathak@rediffmail.com
Views:We desperately need a spy satellite. Todays headlines we have a line teeling failure of Border Intelligence. A SPY Satellite is the only solution.

Thu Apr 19 14:04:05 2001
Name:Vivek
Email:kharevivek02@rediffmail.com
Views:The Government must fence the border once and for all. Just before that it must teach these Bangladeshi's a lesson to keep the prestige of our Military Machine on a high

Thu Apr 19 14:04:23 2001
Name:Mahesh
Email:mash1830@rediffmail.com
Views:Hell! Even Bangladesh, the country that was created with the help of us Indians, is now threatening us and have killed our 16 soldiers... What does our dear PM and Home Ministry do ? Just admit failure and are trying to set-up a committee to review the situation... By George! Advani... Wake-up! *knock* *knock*... Get out of the beds... Show these Bongs that if we can help by giving them a country, if threatened and attacked, we can even make it vanish from this planet..! Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was right, We have to throw these Bongs out of our country... We have cared enough... Its pay-back time !! Its really frustrating when u see this happenning to us..., tehelka was not wrong at all after all ! Mahesh.

Thu Apr 19 14:04:32 2001
Name:SSS
Email:asd@qwe.com
Views:What our intelligence team doing?. No time to talk about "Ahimsa" anymore. Let us invade the neighbouring enemies...

Thu Apr 19 14:05:04 2001
Name:chandrakanth
Email:nimhan@mcdecom.net
Views:Its total failure of intelligence like in Kargil. More than that is the failure of diplomacy of appeasement adopted by Gujral and now vajpayee governments. No country would have taken 3 days to throw out intruders and here the spineless government cant even get back the dead bodies of our soldiers. The prime minister must resign if he has any sense of humanity and self respect in him

Thu Apr 19 14:05:06 2001
Name:S. Kumar
Email:sudkum1@yahoo.com
Views:This Government is already beset with serious corruption charges and would love to have an opportunity for diverting the voter's attention in the five states going for elections. It is in this context the skirmish is being allowed to snowball into a conflict.

Thu Apr 19 14:05:11 2001
Name:Sants
Email:usa19@hotmail.com
Views:India's reaction should be stronger that what it has been. Now even minnows like Bangaldesh can walk into our country!

Thu Apr 19 14:05:20 2001
Name:pamit sharma
Email:pamitsharma@rediffmail.com
Views:these bangladeshis should be thrown out of our country.what we did in kargil should be done again to show these intruders their right place.we should make them remember that we got them independence so better not mess with us.jai hind!!!!!!

Thu Apr 19 14:05:26 2001
Name:deepak sharma
Email:d.sharma@pciltd.com.sg
Views:This proves that India has been emasculated to such an extent that even Bangladesh does not hesitate taking such chances.Our Govt is weak,wimpish and worthy of contempt for tolerating this.

Thu Apr 19 14:06:16 2001
Name:Anuj Upadhyay
Email:aupadh@rediffmail.com
Views:I feel it's an insult. I think we should learn from these incidents how open we are to intrusion. We boast of being a big nuclear power but have been under serious threat from all our neighbors, leave aside loosing our land to them. Something needs to be done and we need to take firm steps. Enough is enough, either we are not capable or we are not really bothered.

Thu Apr 19 14:06:31 2001
Name:ukp
Email:puk@yahoo.com
Views: It is shocking and depressing to see the BDR men behaving in this manner.I suppose there is an ulterior motive to destabilise the nation in this times of crisis and the useless and unpatriotic opposition parties are making things worse by their behaviour in parliament.It should be an eyeopener to us that we should not take anybody as our friend as long as we have an enemy like pakistan.

Thu Apr 19 14:06:56 2001
Name:dampu
Email:dampu@123india.com
Views:This act is foolish attempt of aggression by banglas. They should be kicked out of the place immediately with force.

Thu Apr 19 14:06:58 2001
Name:shiraz durrani(pakistan)
Email:durranishiraz@hotmail.com
Views:just a child fighting with mother on yogurt.

Thu Apr 19 14:07:04 2001
Name:Sanjeev Kumar
Email:moneydesk@bigfoot.com
Views:God I can't believe this !. Anyways what is done. Bangladesh needs to pay a very good price for this..the Govt. India will have to make sure Bangladesh pays for it. We never invaded Bangladesh ..What these Bangladeshi think of themselves they can live in our country illegally and then play fools with us...its time to show them their place once and for all...it should stop and stop now. Mr. Prime Minister Should take charge from here ...and ask Bangladesh for an explanation !!!!...

Thu Apr 19 14:07:20 2001
Name:Sriram laxman
Email:sriramlaxman@rediffmail.com
Views:I'm not able to understand why is the Indian government taking a soft stand under such crises. Why does it want to show that it is an ambassador for peace? Havent we had enough with china when we used to say "Hindi chinee bhai bhai" & finally china attacking us? Its a sad thing that even after losing 16 of our brave BSF soldiers & our land to the bangladeshies the government is still talking of restrain & peace. Why dont we take drastic steps like the isrealis took when the hizbulla gurillas attacked their post & killed just 1 soldier? Here we have lost 16 of them.I think its high time for us to show our military might against a small & insignifiacnt country like bangladesh. I think with our might it will just take one day for our able army to drive these intruders away. This will also be a signal to the world that we are not going to keep quite when such a cheap activity is carried out by any of our neighbours. i think the army & the Air Force should make a joint assault & take back our land.

Thu Apr 19 14:07:42 2001
Name:debashish maitra
Email:debm42@hotmail.com
Views:What i think is Whatever may be the case India should not project a soft image,otherwise tomorrow somebody or even Bangladesh can do the same in some other location.Give them a blust so that never ever in future anybody can dare to repeat the same.

Thu Apr 19 14:07:43 2001
Name:Stephen
Email:stepheng@rediffmail.com
Views:If we have wrongfully occupied their territory we should return it. Else we should force them to get of out of our border. They must appreciate that it was India who helped them in achieving their freedom and we are still paying for the rehabilitation of Bangladesh by paying surcharge.

Thu Apr 19 14:08:08 2001
Name:sharan shetty
Email:contact_sharan@rediffmail.com
Views:DO YOU VALUE HUMAN LIFES !!! This another case of precious lifes being lost the sme old post mortem ,same old martyr dom stories etc etc nothing ever changes .What has the goverment done to stop bangladeshis from freely walking into India .NOthing so far and this is the height 16 people lost (that to bangladeshi's ) .i hope our messages reach the concerned authorities

Thu Apr 19 14:08:12 2001
Name:Kapil
Email:zkapil@yahoo.com
Views:These Bangladeshi seem to have lost their sences. But what is more important and serious is that we Indians never take any serious note of such happenings and today not only Pakistan is out to create problems for us but even countries like bangladesh can gather their courage to touch us. Will anyone dare touch USA????? We ourselves are resoponsible for our pitiable condition.

Thu Apr 19 14:08:28 2001
Name:Rajan Singh
Email:rajan_kr@lycos.com
Views:The way we have been reacting to all sort of assaults may it be terrorist massacering civilians or hijacking of plane, it has proved that we are moving from a peace loving country to cowards. They come in our home, kill us, go back and claim it in international media, despite being highly outnumbered they plan to destroy entire india and put thier flag on red fort and despite of all this we keep on preaching stupid gandhian ideology. Its our projection of such coward image that even a country like bangaladesh which is 100% dependent on india, dares to invade us and kill the soldiers unprovoked. Its time to show bold gestures. No one respects a coward, our pride will come only through show of might. Instead of kowtowing each time against aggression and asking for diplomatic help from west, we should take proactive measures and launch a big assault to take back our land. The intensity of this assault should be enough to teach them a lesson and deter them from any such further misadventure. If we dont do it, next time it will be china then myanmar, nepal and even bhutan.

Thu Apr 19 14:08:31 2001
Name:vijay amritraj
Email:vijayamritraj@yahoo.com
Views:WHAT IS THE POINT IN LAUNCHING SATELLITES INTO ORBIT AND TESTING NUCLEAR DEVICES, IF WE CANT KICK MERE BANGLADESHS' BUTT????? THIS GOVERNMENT HAS NO PRIDE AND SHOULD LEARN KICKING BUTT FROM THE CHINESE WHO ARE TAKING THE PANTS OFF THE AMERICANS. MR. VAJPAYEE, PLS GO BEFORE NEPAL STARTS INTIMIDATING OUR GREAT COUNTRY!

Thu Apr 19 14:08:36 2001
Name:SHYAM PRATIM DEVCHOUDHURY
Email:spdc@rediffmail.com
Views:It's been seen as a ploy by Hasina govt. to please anti-ndia factions in Bangladesh before the elections. But from the point of view as an Indian citizen i think it's the result of the softhandling ,on part of the Indian govt., at guarding the border with Bangladesh.Years after years a large Nos. of illigal migrants from Bangladesh are comming to India.The whole of NE and in particular Assam has been afected by this.Due to this the billion $ population control schemes end up nowhere in these NE states.There has also been news of rampant corruption on the part of BSF itself on the border,allowing Bangla citizens to enter India by taking petty sums of money.I think the center is not paying enough attention to this serious problem.The fencing work along the border is far from over even after a dacade.Indo-Bangla and Indo-Myanmar border are the main transit for ISI backed terorist organisations,now flourishing in Assam.These anti-social groups stand in dozens at this time alone in NE region.Unless govt. takes a strong position and treats it as an offence, Bangla govts. would continue with such ambitious venture just to please its anti-India ISI backed elements .The Indian govt. should stengthen the border security with bangla if the NE states are dear to her.Lest assam and the rest of NE states get added to bangladesh map.Hope its a well learnt lesson for India and few corrupt BSF personal on the border.

Thu Apr 19 14:08:47 2001
Name:Surender Sharma
Email:surender_sharma_in@rediffmail.com
Views:aab yeh bhukhe log those who are exits just because of us now are threatning us. Our country is full of cowrds. Otherwise no one country can kills our 16 innocent soilders. We should hit back without showing any mercy then only will they be able understand that they should not mess with us anymore. We should fire our Advani and other home ministry official who were saying that this is a matter of a grave concerns. We should strike back immediately.

Thu Apr 19 14:09:11 2001
Name:vish
Email:vishkr@yahoo.com
Views:After a LIMIT forbearance CEASES to be a VIRTUE!!! Losing a soldier has to be taken much more seriously. India shoukd retaliate HARD the way Russia does to chechenya or Israel reacts. These TINY nations should never think again even in dreams to go against India. Esp, after all the help INDIA has provided if they behave its time we educate them. Who know tomorrow smaller countries like bhutan may try to point their rifles against india. I think we NEED A OFFENCE Minister instead of a DEFENCE Minister. Yep OFFENCE is the BEST form of DEFENCE Cheers vish (from UK)

Thu Apr 19 14:09:13 2001
Name:Amit
Email:amittulsyan@hotmail.com
Views:I think that the country should forcefully evict if required offensively at the Border using both the army & the air force. If this is not not done & due to prevailing conditions the intruders might be emboldened to again repeat their reprehensible act .Moreover being overlty defensive will give a wrong message to India's other neighbours & adversaries.

Thu Apr 19 14:09:34 2001
Name:Roby Jose
Email:jroby@myiris.com
Views:It is the duty on the Indian side to see to that there is no intrution from any side irrespective of the fact whether the neighbouring country is a friendly one or not. it is a pity that is is only today the ministers in Delhi are having talks to see what cn be done.

Thu Apr 19 14:09:37 2001
Name:Amol Deshmukh
Email:amdes@email.com
Views:I think India should take a strong action in these early stages itself to avoid another 'Kashmir'. A strong reply now would prevent similar acts in the future. A weak and submissive response could have the contrary effect.

Thu Apr 19 14:09:48 2001
Name:Ganesh
Email:ganeshjram@rediffmail.com
Views:Nip it right in the bud. For heaven sake dont allow it to grow to an unmanageable gargantuan proportion like the Kashmir issue. The intelligence machinery has not performed its duty yet again. Our soldiers are paying the price for this.

Thu Apr 19 14:09:49 2001
Name:Thuyaa
Email:thuyaa@yahoo.com
Views:We should just go ahead and kill those Bangaldeshis along the border. Kick the Bangladeshis in INDIA out of our country. It was a big mistake that we granted them independence.

Thu Apr 19 14:09:59 2001
Name:Alok kumar Pramanik
Email:alok132@hotmail.com
Views:it has been proved again,how vulnerable and callous.our politicians are happily stalled the parliament days after days and at border our BSF jawans in slumber and earning good amount of money by cross border activities.

Thu Apr 19 14:10:01 2001
Name:vishal deshpande
Email:vsd_in@yahoo.com
Views:India should strike back and teach them a lesson How dare a small country like bangladesh intrude in our territory and kill our people We should avenge the death of our soldiers If we dont then we will surely be counted among the cowards.

Thu Apr 19 14:10:16 2001
Name:Alok Upadhyay
Email:alok_mohan@india.com
Views:Dear Sir, Personally I feel very much agitated and ashamed of what has happened on international border with Bangaladesh.This is the country which got independence due to us.How dare it has done such an anti-indian activity? Has he no fear of the mighty indian army? Actually if the leaders are good evertything will be good.But here in India poor leadership is the main problem.Government wants to get false praise from west that even after loosing 16 BSF Jawans, we have done nothing to our "Friend" Bangaladesh.Opposition has nothing to do with all this because it wants power at any cost, and also since a muslim majority nation is involved so "Secular" opposition can say anything against Bangaladesh. I can say just one thing....cry my beloved nation cry...... Alok Upadhyay

Thu Apr 19 14:10:34 2001
Name:J P Singh
Email:jpsingh@hub.nic.in
Views:Really it is very strange that a small country which came into existance because of us only has behaved such a way. I feel India should protest strongly such action so that it should not be repeated again.

Thu Apr 19 14:11:09 2001
Name:Druvdip
Email:druvdip@yahoo.com
Views:We must cut off all our relationship with them. If the 16 soldiers' blood has any value then we must have their army personal convicted in India. And if they are not ready to accept that....there is no pint in keeping up that relationship. No bussiness, no food nothing with them.

Thu Apr 19 14:11:11 2001
Name:P. B. Rana
Email:writemerana@yahoo.com
Views:The govt. is hopeless and they have no right to run the government like this. They are doin anything and always talk about Temple, Bribe etc.

Thu Apr 19 14:37:26 2001
Name:Reshma
Email:resht@rediffmail.com
Views:A puny nation, wallowing in abysmal poverty, dare attack us! This when that dot's very existence is thanks to us. But then haven't our filthy politicians always turned a blind eye to the hordes that keep coming in to fill up our cities with their presence and attendant garbage? So is it any surprise that they have put us down as a soft touch and have tried such a blatantly shaming (for us) stunt?

Thu Apr 19 14:37:26 2001
Name:Sanjay Sahay
Email:sahay_sanjay@rediffmail.com
Views:Once again, we have shown the world that India is a Soft State. We are shamelessly talking about resolving an "act of war" by Bangladesh, in terms of diplomatic channels, etc. India will have to take bold steps. What prevents us from a massive artillery onslaught on the encroachers, and decimating them ? Our politicians need to awaken to the fact that apart from some hue & cry in the World, nobody will bother. At the same time, it will give a clear message to Bangladesh and the world at large, that India is no longer to be trifled with. A coward dies a thousand deaths. India need not be ashamed or frightened of oppobrium by others, and in fact learn a lesson or two from China and Israel. We are a great and strong nation - this should be the message !!!

Thu Apr 19 14:37:28 2001
Name:Patcy Nair
Email:patcynair@rediffmail.com
Views:All talk of India becoming a 'nuclear' nation and therefore too powerful for others to fool around with has been laid to dust once again. Just like the Kargil war in May 1999, we have been shown that what matters is not nuclear status. It's the will to govern with a strong hand and a soft heart, which sadly the NDA-alliance lacks. Since they assumed power, our relations with the US may have improved, but it has worsened with our immediate neighbours. We ended up fighting a no-win war with Pakistan after 27 years and seem to be on the edge of another one (the first) with Bangladesh. Or is this an excuse for both ruling governments to sidetrack people's attention (the Tehelka expose in India and the anti-incumbency wave in Bangladesh)? Remember how the Kargil war had saved the NDA from a sure loss in the 1999 Lok Sabha polls? Its time the country got rid of this corrupt-communal government which cannot keep our borders secure and uses war and intrusion to stick to power. Shame on you Atal. You've been a major disappointment.

Thu Apr 19 14:37:29 2001
Name:SANJEEV TOGNATTA
Email:disha@del3.vsnl.net.in
Views:we feel awful. first pakistan & now another like pakistan has tried to pin us down. t is unfortunate that we have been surrounded by nationa , which are playing on oue sentiments & trying their best to tarnish our international image. we should react strongly to their act by throwing them out of the occupied territory. inact, it is learent that they had been doing this for quite some time. what about the moral of our armed forces. we should teach them alesson once for all.

Thu Apr 19 14:37:29 2001
Name:sunil
Email:sunnykrish@lycos.com
Views:This is a shame to the nation.a country like bangladesh captures our villages and our officials are busy analysing situation and establishing contacts. they are behaving absurdly and cowardly.we must teach the intruders,now our enemy a lesson by sending our military and air force.

Thu Apr 19 14:37:30 2001
Name:hiten sethi
Email:hiten_sethi@rediffmail.com
Views:india is a country of peace and love. but cannot accept anything like this. i think we should stop all alliances and trade with them, make them fell helpless and handicap them anyhow.

Thu Apr 19 14:37:33 2001
Name:Rakesh
Email:smriti_rakesh@123india.com
Views:The Government of India should shrugg of its dullness of political indecision and should give a befitting reply to B'desh in order to show citizen of India, its concern about security of country's International Borders and secondly to the World that "Nobody" should take India for granted.

Thu Apr 19 14:37:37 2001
Name:Vinay
Email:masaledose@indiainfo.com
Views:I think India should be more aggressive in these matters. Instead of taking the defensive stand, recapture back the lost villages and wait for a diplomatic solution. We cant let our Army men and Citizen wait for some high level meetings, when bullets and shells are whizzing past there heads.

Thu Apr 19 14:37:39 2001
Name:Joydeep
Email:joydeep_n@hotmail.com
Views:Hit hard, hit really hard, like Israelis do.

Thu Apr 19 14:38:58 2001
Name:karma
Email:karma17@rediffmail.com
Views:Hit out at those people, who just destroy peace and try to challenge India. Well they must thought a big lesson in mannerism. We indians take too lightly. Lets teach them the lessons of their life. We helpe them secure their freedom and this is how they treat us!...Shoot them all!!!!!!!

Thu Apr 19 14:39:07 2001
Name:amit
Email:aad@hotmail.com
Views:show them that such things will not be tolerated. india helped and helps bangladesh in any crisis and here are they who always have been so ungrateful to us. Target each and every military base in Balnga and destroy them. India must teach them a harsh lesson to this country

Thu Apr 19 14:39:09 2001
Name:b.k.nair
Email:bk_nair@rediffmail.com
Views:Sir, this can not be called as a misadventure, this is barbaric and sheer brutalism on the part of the bangladeshi forces firing at unsuspecting indian soldiers and killing them. more irritating is the home ministry's comments such as "calling the high commissioner to the office and submitting our protest and saying we are watching the situation very closely etc. etc..." is very indian, cowardice, submissive mentality and nothing more. It is high time we should take a tip from the israeli's...

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