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I love the line of reasoning from online apologists that states that since they helped birth Bangladesh, India now has the right to push Bangladesh around in pe

I love the line of reasoning from online apologists that states that since they helped birth Bangladesh, India now has the right to push Bangladesh around in perpetuity. Bangladeshis genuinely appreciate the assist (we really do!), but that doesn't mean we are going to stand around and bend over without complaint when India decides to unilaterally cut off the rivers that feed and sustain the 180 million people in Bangladesh. Just because there aren't guns and secret police involved doesn't mean that harm can't occur. If this project goes ahead, India's actions are just as unpleasant as anything the US did in Latin America. But hey, at least they'll finally be a superpower.

sremani 10y ago
@kchoudu, 1. My comment is debunking your allegation of India being a perpetual bad actor in South Asia (no good faith) 2. May I remind you the biggest beneficiaries of Farrakah and Interlinking of Ganges and Brahmaputra are "Ethnic Bengalis". "genetic brothers and sisters" of people of BD not some Punjabi in Delhi is benefitting out of it nor a Kannadiga in Bangalore. 3. Superpower, what a cheapshot! Its so easy to mock BD and I have chosen not to, because I respect the people who are given a bad hand, shitty government, bad geography and with climate change would eat away lot of land, you know, may be you/your friends might have bailed out to west, but when BD has any big problem India is the only option, and hey, look at Rohigyas in Burma!
- kchoudhu 10y ago
  Re. 1: I haven't seen signs of Indian good faith on matters of substance in a long time. Re. 2: I couldn't care less if Punjabis in Delhi were benefiting from the project, and apart from the particularly rich cultural traditions we share with the people in West Bengal, I don't really give a rat's ass about our "genetic brothers and sisters" in India. How you managed to type that out without needing to take a shower or check your irony meters afterwards confuses the hell out of me. Re. 3: You have us on the CHT issue: Bangladesh's treatment of the Rohingya is deplorable, and they need to be regularized ASAP. edit: I noticed that you managed to slip a couple of ad hominem comments in there about me escaping to the west. Nice. Real nice.
  - sremani 10y ago
    Your behavior in the entire thread was a ad hominem attack, agreed it was against a nation. But hey, look how cute you can get with words and with no logic and self-contradictory statements. So Yes, it is Nice Real Nice.
- ramgorur 10y ago
  "bailing out" ? hilarious, india has the highest rate of "bailing out" to the west, among all the countries in the south asia, and it's not going to slow down. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/immigration-statistics-fast-facts/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/immigration-statistics-fast... it's close to china, even though india's population is nowhere near.

sremani 10y ago

@kchoudu, 1. My comment is debunking your allegation of India being a perpetual bad actor in South Asia (no good faith) 2. May I remind you the biggest beneficiaries of Farrakah and Interlinking of Ganges and Brahmaputra are "Ethnic Bengalis". "genetic brothers and sisters" of people of BD not some Punjabi in Delhi is benefitting out of it nor a Kannadiga in Bangalore. 3. Superpower, what a cheapshot! Its so easy to mock BD and I have chosen not to, because I respect the people who are given a bad hand, shitty government, bad geography and with climate change would eat away lot of land, you know, may be you/your friends might have bailed out to west, but when BD has any big problem India is the only option, and hey, look at Rohigyas in Burma!

kchoudhu 10y ago
Re. 1: I haven't seen signs of Indian good faith on matters of substance in a long time. Re. 2: I couldn't care less if Punjabis in Delhi were benefiting from the project, and apart from the particularly rich cultural traditions we share with the people in West Bengal, I don't really give a rat's ass about our "genetic brothers and sisters" in India. How you managed to type that out without needing to take a shower or check your irony meters afterwards confuses the hell out of me. Re. 3: You have us on the CHT issue: Bangladesh's treatment of the Rohingya is deplorable, and they need to be regularized ASAP. edit: I noticed that you managed to slip a couple of ad hominem comments in there about me escaping to the west. Nice. Real nice.
- sremani 10y ago
  Your behavior in the entire thread was a ad hominem attack, agreed it was against a nation. But hey, look how cute you can get with words and with no logic and self-contradictory statements. So Yes, it is Nice Real Nice.
ramgorur 10y ago
"bailing out" ? hilarious, india has the highest rate of "bailing out" to the west, among all the countries in the south asia, and it's not going to slow down. http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/immigration-statistics-fast-facts/ http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/06/us/immigration-statistics-fast... it's close to china, even though india's population is nowhere near.