Band moet groeien
20 mei 2008 door Redactie Mr. li
Verslaggever Djoeke Veeninga bericht wekelijks vanuit India in dagblad De Pers.
Toen India zestig jaar geleden onafhankelijk werd, kreeg het de erfenis mee van onduidelijke grenzen in het Himalaya-grensgebied met China. Terwijl India z’n handen vol had aan interne problemen, begon het communistische China aan de grens te knabbelen. Zoals altijd in dit soort kwesties vinden zowel de Chinezen als de Indiërs dat ze het historisch recht aan hun kant hadden en hebben.
Lees verder….
23 mei, 2008 om 16:53
Gerald, Australia
Democracy and freedom are those entities which let you demonstrate against the government and topple the government, which lets those students learn about the Tienanmen square incident through internet whose teachers don’t turn up for the classes.
Cleanliness is the last thing that should come out of a Chinese mouth, Beijing, for your information, is the most polluted city in the whole world. Democracy is something which lets the media fight against the government that does not help the needy and poor, most of all it does let you migrate to cities unlike China, it allows people to fight against the government when their houses are brought down in the name of development. We don’t have to listen to a biased view of any government run channel.
________________________________________
23 mei, 2008 om 16:54
Dor, reactie op Engelse website Wereldomroep:
Which is better: strong government + less freedom, or weak government + freedom? The democracy system provides all politicians just speech skill instead of administration capability, people under such a system pay for their freedom.
________________________________________
23 mei, 2008 om 16:55
Jasmin, India
Nice debate about India!
As an Indian, I am equally proud of its heritage and equally embarrassed about the civic sense of some of us. Democracy is the best thing we have but it is being misused by the politicians who are incharge of the civic bodies, who govern the cleanliness of a city. And the other reason is the population, which is the direct effect of a benevolent Indian government who has allowed most of our neighbours as refugees.
Though, they are our guests but they abuse the freedom by making slums, indulging in beggary, criminal activities and being terrorists. Recent Jaipur bombings are an example.Some of the sects in India don’t follow the programme of family planning and living in harmony with others, as responsible citizens of India. Being too lenient, is causing most of the problems here.
Nevertheless, I am proud of India as it is: a queer mixture of old and new. You can love India or hate India but surely, you can never ignore India. We love those who love us for what we are and welcome those, who hate us, to discover India. Have a first hand look of India, interact with the Indians, live here for a while.I bet, you won’t notice the piles of rubbish and broken roads.Our affection compensates for all. We will come out of the dirt-rut, give us some time to grow.Thanks and love to all, who find India disconcerting but still love the Indians for who they are.
________________________________________
23 mei, 2008 om 16:56
Jigish Parikh, USA
This author is clearly a Xinhua writer, who writes “as been asked”…..almost sure he/she has never travelled to India and hence would never know how it is to write a neutral article under the air of freedom….We Indians have the balls to accept where we lag and where we need to improve…When was China ever showing that sort of spirit ??? Instead they are killing the ozone layer and doing their best to destroy mother nature and human kind.
________________________________________