Threats to the Indian nation

In the latest issue of the Strategic Research Review, a defense magazine published on the Bharat-Rakshak site, there is an image which provides a very accurate depiction of the threats faced by our country, both internally and from our neighborhood. In the accompanying article, the author, Captain Bharat Verma talks about the various threats from all corners, including the naxals within, and the failing states around us.

I think you should check the article out, and while at it, do check the rest of it and its past issues.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/SRR/Volume21/bharat.html

The author echos a lot of my thoughts regarding the security set-up in India. It pains me to see that I do not see our establishment take the concrete steps they should be taking to secure the country from the various forces that have nothing on their agenda other than hurting India. Insurgancies abound because the state politicians help their cause, for votes or power or whatever reason. Our traditional reluctance to deal with the problem states around us has caused their alliances to shift elsewhere. Pakistan and Bangladesh are footsoldiers of China already, and Nepal's King is doing his country no favor by oppressing democracy and seeking to create a friend in China.

Some may term my concerns as paranoia, but I am positive if our leaders continue to remain oblivious and live with their nuts safely hidden in their knickers, than our threats will grow into giant problems.

I am sure you remember the 1999 movie, 'Sarfarosh'. Yes, the same movie that made a patriot of the most of us. In that movie, the actor Mukesh Rishi, playing the part of Inspector Salim, tells his boss in the movie, ACP Rathore, played by Aamir Khan (who incidently shares the same birthday as me), that the enemies of this country are very lucky because they dont have to raise their own army to fight us.

The red corridor formed by the naxals in the east is a matter of grave concern, and its ridiculous that our illustrious Government of India still prefers to call them the misguided youth. I have talked about it before, and I will still talk about it because it freaks me out about now our government doesnt seem to be doing anything to address the situation. The nonchalance in their attitude is definitely to be suspicious of.

I think there is a conspiracy. A deep conspiracy to muzzle all the forces in the country that are meant to protect it. The police in India is an almost failed institution. The para-military has been reduced to protect the dirty netas' ass. More importantly, i feel even our armed forces and intelligence agencies are shortchanged.

Take this CNN-IBN article for example. In keeping with their trend of carrying out high profile, investigative journalism pertaining to the country's security, they have compiled a fairly good number of articles on the naxal issue.

Naxalism no security threat: Govt

From Bihar to Andhra Pradesh, the Naxals or the Maoists are one party.
They have a 10,000-strong army and have established presence in 170 districts across 15 states in the country. In the next five years, they will control over 30 per cent of the country's land.
The Maoist insurgents in India have intensified their armed movement in what they call the Compact Revolutionary Zone or the Red Corridor.
Inside this red corridor - stretching from Nepal to Andhra Pradesh - the Maoists have set up in the tribal forest lands of central India called the Dandakaranya Liberated Zone.

In this zone, they run a parallel government called the Janatana Sarkar over an area almost twice the size of Kerela.
India is under siege from within and the Government seems to be blissfully ignorant, or is it deliberately playing the fool?

"We don't want to look at it as a security issue. It’s a socio-economic problem. We must have the development faster and have dedicated officers working in the area. It’s not a security issue," Home Secretary, V K Duggal, said.