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Sat Apr 21 18:06:22 2001
Name:mabaalaji
Email:mabaalaji@rediffmail.com
Views:This uncivilized brutalism has to be deplored by all civilized societies. India should give a 48 hour ultimatum to bangladesh, to book the guilty or go to International war tribunal or croosover to book the guilty ourselves[israel style]. Nothing short of this is warranted in the interest of our nation's future security

Sat Apr 21 18:06:59 2001
Name:M. K. Mishra
Email:mahesh@iitk.ac.in
Views:I real do not understand what these what these BSF men are doing at the boundries? Are they sleeping ? Why they are not alert? When these Bangladesh's mad animals were approaching our boundaries, why they have not been shot by BSF? Even if mad animal attacked BSF while they were sleeping, why the remaining BSF have not killed 160 Banglsdeshi bloody animals. Now they must kill 160 these animals and hang them in theirs own country. Only and only they will get a lesson. And this government and its authorities are just impotent, simply impotent. They idiots sitting in big offices can not do anything but holding meetings making rules and regulations. Shame on this PM and idiot Jaswant and his whole defence ministry. They are playing with the whole country.

Sat Apr 21 18:08:17 2001
Name:Gaurav Banka
Email:gaurav_b_in@yahoo.com
Views:ITS HIGH TIME THAT INDIA SUFFERS SUCH INHUMAN SUFFERING. SEEINGS OUR ATTITIUDE TOWARDS PAKISTAN ,WE OURSELF ARE RESPONCIBLE FOR THIS. PEACE IS NOT POSSIBLE SEEING THE TORTURE THE SOLIDERS WERE GIVEN I HOPE THE GOVERNMENT TAKES STRONG STEPS

Sat Apr 21 18:09:52 2001
Name:jayesh
Email:jayeshraj@rediffmail.com
Views:What the hell... ARE INDIANS BORN FOR AGGRESSION FROM OTHERS .. We should be tough like Israelis. No one should dare even to raise voice against us. Bangladeshis are now daring us like pakis. For this the whole of B'desh should suffer.

Sat Apr 21 18:10:25 2001
Name:Tipusultan
Email:tipus@rediffmail.com
Views:SHAMEFUL TO ACCEPT SUCH A TREATMENT..WHY ARE WE SCARED TO RETALIATE? TEACH THE BASTARDS A LESSON

Sat Apr 21 18:11:36 2001
Name:Balaji.J
Email:Balaji46@hotmail.com
Views:I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE BACK BANGLA DESH ITS OWN PILL TO SWALLOW. IT IS HIGH TIME WE KICK OUT ALL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM THERE BACK SO THAT THEY KNOW HOW WE WERE SO LONG. GANDHIAN PRINCIPLE WILL NOT WORK NOW AND WE HAVE TO ANSWER BACK SOON BEFORE THE IRON COOLS DOWN. WE CAN DO IT AND WE SHOULD. WE DO NOT WANT A KARGIL REPEATED IN THE NORTH EAST

Sat Apr 21 18:12:10 2001
Name:Gaurang
Email:gchinoy@rediff.com
Views:We must thank government at centre for ending the entire drama 'Bangladesh episode'. This is how in India people's elected government works. Bangladesh government has not issued a single statement on this subject. Why they are keeping silent. We are claiming that this has been done with out involvement of the government. This is highly impossible. If this continues tomorrow even Nepal or Srilankan army will also do only for fun.

Sat Apr 21 18:12:18 2001
Name:kadhir
Email:mangadenga1@rediffmail.com
Views:ANSWER FORCE WITH MAXIMMUM FORCE. THEY SHOULD NEVER EVEN THINK OF RAISING THEIR ARMS AGAINST INDIA IN THEIR DREAMS.

Sat Apr 21 18:12:47 2001
Name:Ashok Kumar
Email:ak789@hotmail.com
Views:Look! India a super power(!? shame) with nuclear capability and ICBM missile capability! One million plus armed forces! You said a tiger! Huh! How tamed by Bangladesh! Shame for India. What is the use of so much of power, when you have to bow before Bangladesh and that also when they murdered 16 of our jawans in cold blood! Look what did USA do save its men from China in the recent spy plane matter. And, who said - India is a potential candidate for Security Council permanent membership? For such a country which cannot save one's own jawans - what role will it play in the Security Council. Perhaps we have forgotton that in world politics todays and in the past also - it is the muscle power which is feared and not begging for the dead bodies of your jawans from a small country which was liberlised by us. Shame! Shame!! For such a coward government!

Sat Apr 21 18:13:54 2001
Name:Shimjit kurup
Email:shimjitk@rediffmail.com
Views:I don't understand the Indian Governments stand. Don't they have any respect towards our soldiers. Election or no election, politics or no politics, our retalition should be such that noone will ever dare to attack us. Its our silence and patience thats encouraging many of our neighbours to play around with us. I expected the BJP to be more tough...

Sat Apr 21 18:14:21 2001
Name:Minal Agarwal
Email:minalag@rediffmail.com
Views:I fail to understand how the hell can this happen.. Are our politicians so spineless that they describe Bangladesh's actions under some glib diplomatic jargon.. without giving a minute to think about the lives lost and the inhuman torture undergone by our soldiers.. why do we have to be "Mr Nice" always.. We should impose some punitive measures on Bangladesh.. the least that I expect is that we should cut off their trade with India.. They should get hurt... and realize that it does not pay to get into trouble with us..

Sat Apr 21 18:16:11 2001
Name:Manuj V
Email:vmanuj@yahoo.com
Views:Our reaction has been to say the least very strange and sad. More so surprising is the fact that eminent personalities say it has been admirable. To let 16 soldiers not only be killed but tortured and killed is an act of utmost provocation but what does the Govt do; Registers it's protests with the Bangladesh Ambassador! BDR must be punished, if not by their govt by us atleast. If this incident is allowed to end without any reaction the armed forces will get a clear signal that the Govt is not concerned about their welfare and well-being. The Govy must take immediate counter measures!

Sat Apr 21 18:16:21 2001
Name:Dinesh
Email:secretdragon@rediffmail.com
Views:Our leaders are acting like a gender betn men n women. Even they would not leave their attackers. What do we face next, attack from nepal & then bhutan. Are We coward.Our leaders are not looking into anything other than feeling their bank AC/s. We need a revolution

Sat Apr 21 18:16:56 2001
Name:Vinod
Email:pvinodkr@hotmail.com
Views:Our leaders are no more leaders, they got no answers to the public, they do not know how to react.(High time they start wearing Saris). We helped Bangladeshis to create their home land. We helped them in the times of Natural calamities. All they did is pumping in Bangladeshis to Border states out numbering the local population. Its time for the local people and ground forces to pay back the dues. Don't expect the leadership to guide you.

Sat Apr 21 18:18:42 2001
Name:milan331
Email:milan331@rediff.com
Views:Who will push us around next time? Maldives?

Sat Apr 21 18:18:46 2001
Name:Arunashish Biswas
Email:arun_01us@yahoo.com
Views:The Bangladesh should immediately be isolated and all sanctions should be banned with immediate effect untill they give satisfactory explanation toward inhuman torchers of Unsung Heroes, and foremost thing they should be reminded it is us due to whome they are boast of having independence.

Sat Apr 21 18:19:31 2001
Name:vinod
Email:mallan123@yahoo.com
Views:My dear India !!! Are you sleeping? What is this stupid policies. What did we get from our peace policies in the last 54 years? Where are we now? Enemies everywhere! All our neighbouring countries are behaving like enemies. It is time to change our policies. That bloody BDR killed our 16 people brutally? Still we are engaged in peace talks! Please Vajpayee awake from sleep. Do something to prove that you really value our lives. We are ready to face any consequences! UN sanctions or what ever it may be. We are ready give our life for our country. But we can't tolerate such kind of humiliations. Dear policy makers, unfortunately future of India is in your hands. Please wake up. It is high time to prove what we are !!!!!!!

Sat Apr 21 18:19:36 2001
Name:sanjay Borkar
Email:sanborkar@rediffmail.com
Views:This is too much.Now the countries who do not have international standing have started harrasing us. Our BSF people must aquire their 10 villages and return them only after official applogies posted by Shaikh Haseena Wajed. They must not dare to do that again.Afterall India is not so easy to take on.

Sat Apr 21 18:20:53 2001
Name:Sultan of swing
Email:bala1049@yahoo.com
Views:Bangladeshi people are goddamn ungracious wretches. They are probably one of the poorest countries in the world, and yet they have the gall to act smart with India. I swear, the army should have just nuked the B******s.

Sat Apr 21 18:22:50 2001
Name:Rama Sharma
Email:rama_1000@yahoo.com
Views:I am ashamed to be an Indian- because we are like a mouse - hiding from Bangladeshi BDR. Shame on India!! We don't have the courage to face even the Bangladeshis. And we said that China is our enemy No.1. First face Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Burma, SriLanka.... then think of China or Pakistan.

Sat Apr 21 18:25:32 2001
Name:rajesh
Email:greatgun_123@rediffmail.com
Views:i dont understand what the indian government is doing even when a small country like bangladesh can terrorise our people on the bordering villages and kill our jawans in a ruthless manner.those jawans were also son of this soil and i am really pained for what happened to them. I strongly feel that the government should throw out all the bloody bangladeshis from this country and revenge the inhumane killing of our soldiers.

Sat Apr 21 18:28:26 2001
Name:eddythebull
Email:eddythebull@usa.net
Views:the brutility shonw by B'desh is unforgivable!!!!

Sat Apr 21 18:28:30 2001
Name:A.Devadas
Email:adevdas@mantraonline.com
Views:High time we realised its no longer the time for Gandhian ideals.It is incomprehensible that a union govt.should sit inctive and idle over state sponsored incursions into our land and then wait idiotically for them to withdraw at their will.To cap it all we now know that all the killed BSF personnel were viciously tortured before being killed.Dont we owe it to these jawans to teach these bangladeshi scums a lesson-one which will ensure they dont even think about such action again.As suggested by various others,we must learn from the Israelis-hit back immediately and hit where it hurts most.

Sat Apr 21 18:28:34 2001
Name:Amit
Email:amte@hotmail.com
Views:If we keep silent and keep talking about peace and good relations without giving an indication that when necessary the iron fist can come out of the velvet glove,then the day is not far when India as a nation will cease to exist. We are surrounded on all sides with nations hostile to us, China and Pakistan dont need any mention, Srilanka the LTTE views on a greater eelam are well known, myammar is apuppet in chinese hands, bhutan is claimed by china as they claim tibet, if we continue our dim witted policy with nepal then very soon it will also go to pakistan or china the hijack is evidence. i am pained to say why is it that all these countries have focussed agendas vis a vis us only we are the suckers waiting for them to give it to us we just fight among ourselves whether it is new states or division on language or religion, is somebody out there who can say tahat he is an indian and take india to its deserved position

Sat Apr 21 18:28:41 2001
Name:FUCK_bangla_ASS
Email:show your balls@hotmales.com
Views:HOW DO I FEEL LIKE???? i feel like my wife's been raped by my servant? WHAT WILL I DO? i will show that i too have balls!!! FUCK these BANGLAdeshis. and shame upon us INDIANS. come on vajpayee show us that someone can prick your ass you can drive your cock up her ass as well! For every indian killed in this skirmish let a million bangladeshis be raped. And do you know why? So that twenty years later, these 16 million bagladeshis won't have the gumption to rise against their father!!!!!!!!!!!!! Noble views of Vivek Saraf prajapalak@yahoo.co.in

Sat Apr 21 18:28:48 2001
Name:Vivek Saraf
Email:prajapalak@yahoo.co.in
Views:Question>Who is our defence minister? ANswer> A taxi driver who operates between DELHI and KANDAHAR. Question>Why hasn't Vajpayee married all these years? ANswer>Because he doesn't have balls. Question>why do we allow these incidents to happen? ANswer>Because we are Indians and WE LACK GALL TO MAKE OPPRESSION BITTER.

Sat Apr 21 18:30:27 2001
Name:FUCK_bangla_ASS
Email:show your balls@hotmales.com
Views:HOW DO I FEEL LIKE???? i feel like my wife's been raped by my servant? WHAT WILL I DO? i will show that i too have balls!!! FUCK these BANGLAdeshis. and shame upon us INDIANS. come on vajpayee show us that someone can prick your ass you can drive your cock up her ass as well! For every indian killed in this skirmish let a million bangladeshis be raped. And do you know why? So that twenty years later, these 16 million bagladeshis won't have the gumption to rise against their father!!!!!!!!!!!!! Noble views of Vivek Saraf prajapalak@yahoo.co.in

Sat Apr 21 18:31:49 2001
Name:kishor darda
Email:kjdarda@yahoo.com
Views:the nda govt. has proved how not to govern a country !!! a country which exist in the first place because of us is now attacking us !!!!! shame on the USELESS, NAPUNSAK people sitting there and accepting money and shame on we people who elected them.

Sat Apr 21 18:32:20 2001
Name:Anand
Email:akabss@yahoo.com
Views:The developments like the millitancy in kashmir or the recent strike my BDR is just an indicator of how far have we allowed Islamic fundementalism to grow in our own backyard. Though I have nothing against any religion but I would never allow somebody to dictate terms to us. Its a known fact now that Infiltration from bangladesh has changed the ground realities......They (bandgladeshis) can now decide who will be winning the elections in almost 30 parliament seats as well as 100(around) assembly seats. Does any self respecting nation allow this? The problem is with we Indians.....we deserve what we get. The only response to the given situation should be on atleast the following aithmetic...kill atleast 10 for every Indian killed. Ethics are preached and practised among saner elements.....not with the barbaians. Its time that we change our appoach for a change....and just explain to people ... we r not a soft state. I am ashamed that we r getting such a from a country like bangladesh ..... The country we helped gain itsindependence.

Sat Apr 21 18:32:36 2001
Name:subhash patni
Email:subhashpatni@rediffmail.com
Views:I wonder if there on earth we can find as 'napusankish' response as ours ,let it be any problem-border dispute with China and Kashmir problem etc. When shall we learn to be practical rather than be foolishly idealist .We have mastered the art of self-deceipt .Is Vajpayee govt. keen to get the Nobel Peace Prize while proving us all an impotent lot? Let them be warned that there is no such prize for impotents.

Sat Apr 21 18:34:27 2001
Name:Siddharth Sharma
Email:ssiddharth@angelfire.com
Views:The Bangladesh intrusion and the subsequent killing of our soldiers deserves a telling reply in kind. We cannot just sit and indulge in diplomacy while the other party has brutally tortured and massacred our soldiers. To be a superpower we have to behave like a superpower. We need a bold and courageous leader at the helm someone like Indira Gandhi, someone who considers the nations interest to be paramount. A government which does not respect the lives of its gallant soldiers will never be respected by the silent majority. May the souls of our soldiers who have given their lives for the sake of our country rest in peace.

Sat Apr 21 18:36:12 2001
Name:Ajay Gupta
Email:ajaygupta@india.com
Views:I dunno when these politicians will stop playing with lives of our jawans...i dunno about anybody else but if they can't do any thing then give me some powerful bombs and put me in enemy territory be it pakistan or bangladesh..i will be a big human bomb for these bloody pakistanis and bangladeshis. it's really shame on us to leave enemy like that...common everybody leave cowardice at the back door and attck enemy with full strength

Sat Apr 21 18:37:41 2001
Name:Ganesh
Email:eganesh@hotmail.com
Views:We Indians dont have value of life, Even anybody can kill us so horribly, we dont have any value for our life, we may send GSLV, we may Test another Nuclear Bomb, but our politian will kill us, If this is happened in any other country even stupid idiot will very good response to this kind of murders, when all this politicial going to die? when our mother india is going to get freedom, there is not much reaction for our politican every one only interested in making money and keeping their seat, I am deeply shamed for this incident, i really respect the BSF people for their enormous gift to this country that is their most valuable life,

Sat Apr 21 18:38:00 2001
Name:Indian In Dhaka
Email:sanjoy111@rediffmail.com
Views:I do not know whether you guys are aware, there are victory marches in Dhaka today, and all Bangladeshi Newspapers have photographs of dead bodies of BSF jawans on their front page. I am not sure what our government is doing : they are showing the same weak response that it showed for weeks in Kargil. I believe the government should teach these b******s a lesson, send in the troops, capture the lost territories immediately. We will personally be endangered, but then we do not want to be ashamed.

Sat Apr 21 18:38:16 2001
Name:Sumeet Ladsaongikar
Email:greatsum_l@rediffmail.com
Views:India is beyond doubt a soft state.The men in the external affairs ministry seem to be getting their way all the time.First Kargil,then the stupid kashmir initiative and now senseless "negotiations" to get the bodies back.All india does is "summon" the bang. high commissioner.What difference will this make?Common India,you are a nuclear weapons state,not a country whom weaklings like bangladesh can trifle with.The response has to be constrained but by joe,has to be damn hard.Get the sector commander of the BDR.Get revenge for our soldiers blood in such a way that they will know India is not a country to mess around with

Sat Apr 21 18:38:18 2001
Name:satish
Email:michius@rediffmail.com
Views:Uhh! The prime minister takes a serious view of mutilation!! More than 'serious views' and condolence messages can the polticians do anything worthwhile?? What are we gaining by the 'tremendous restraint'? Other than convincing our neighbhours that we are wimps to say the least. Isnt it enuff that 16 of our men were killed in cold blood. 'Local adventurism' or not if we keep quiet what is the guarantee that this wont happen again? Will the guilty ever be punished or will the poor jawan families be told that 'they attained immmortality in the battlefield', placated with a few this and that 'chakras' and a couple of thousands of rupees in compensation?? Shame on you India and shame on all its people including me for putting such spineless ruffians in positions of authority & power.

Sat Apr 21 18:38:49 2001
Name:Sach
Email:sach1@hotmail.com
Views:The extremely inhuman treatment of the BSF jawans must be avenged. Nothing short of a full apology from both the Bangladeshi Govt and Bangladesh Rifles should be accepted by the GOI. We are a nuclear nation. How can we accept this ? Bangladesh is a poor poverty ridden rat hole. We cant stand for this. Its like the US being invaded by puerto rico!! I say kill a few BDR's... make them pay.

Sat Apr 21 18:41:19 2001
Name:Reality Bites
Email:free00100@yahoo.com
Views:Some facts : (1) The Central Govt has been trying to get rid of our over-populated country of the refugees from Bangladesh & the same has been greatly opposed by the CPIM - under the guise of opresion of the minotities by the BJP. (2) CPIM is allowing these refugees in with the sole aim of getting their votes. (3) This is causing irreparable damage to the country. But who cares ... votes are more important. (4) These Bangladeshi refugees are lazy & have the worst possible criminal record.

Sat Apr 21 18:45:36 2001
Name:A.ghosh
Email:sarkar_indrajit@rediffmail.com
Views:there is a hatred amongst asizeable section ofBangladesh nationals and and attempt is on to infiltrate in Indian border areas and settle which will help in the long run to demand further partition of India on the basis of religion It has to be stopped. Certainly we should encourage the progressive forces in B.Desh who though are microscopic minority will even tually rule the country . However we must guard our interest while helping them to grow and develop economically.One thing is certain that we have to face this kind of border intrusion more if the fundamentalist forces come into power in B.Desh-which is definite.

Sat Apr 21 18:46:48 2001
Name:Vinod
Email:bineee@hotmail.com
Views:We have been miserable so far. The reaction of the political leadership to this diasater has been shameful. God only knows where this is leading us to . No reaction from us will only lead to Demoralised people ,demoralised military demoralised nation . Behind the scenes diplomacy is not always good.

Sat Apr 21 18:49:53 2001
Name:kaushik
Email:kaushik_pa@usa.net
Views:will the army and the govt of india kindly tell us,the citizens of india,what course of action does it intend to carry out in light of the seizure of indian territory by the bdr and the barbaric killing of our soldiers.we must declare an all-out,nuclear war on bangladesh and bring them to their knees.it is very obfuscating to think why our govt is keeping mum on this whole issue.aren't the corpses of our soldiers reason enough to teach them a lesson.

Sat Apr 21 18:51:48 2001
Name:diahia
Email:diahia80@hotmail.com
Views:I saw on STAR NEWS how badly were the mutilated bodies of our great soilders. The Indian GOVT must RETALIATE or else tommorow any damm country can come and scare us away from our own land . Who ever has done the dastardly act must PAY for this . bangladesh is turning out to be another pakistan we must nip the enemy at the BUD hello ATAL BEHARI please do something .

Sat Apr 21 18:52:10 2001
Name:sic and tired of this
Email:hellraiser@hotmail.com
Views:this is what happens when a country is ruled by old , unagressive people. the reputation of india is at stake. i was shocked to see our bsf men being cariied like animals .(todays toi edition) .shame on the bjp. a big bunch of loosers

Sat Apr 21 18:53:06 2001
Name:sanjay Borkar
Email:sanborkar@rediffmail.com
Views:JUST BLOW THEM OF!!!!! Kill Them,Kick Them,Screw Them,Gun them,Bombard them,Crucify them Do whatever shit one can do.BUT DONT LET THEM GO THIS TIME.Bloody Bagladeshis,they wont survive if even 1/10 th of our population just walks over them. CRUSH THEM LIKE WE DO TO CREATURES.

Sat Apr 21 18:53:20 2001
Name:Amar
Email:amar@ak47.com
Views:Buddies, Fazrul Rahman, Bangladeshi commander who actively participated on the atrocities on Indian Jawans is mole to Pakistani ISI. Khalida Zia tool of Pakistani military estabilishment is too happy with the development to get back at Prime Minister Hasina. The border torture is at Bangladesh but brain is in Pakistan. Till ISI is liquidated such things happens all the time. The biggest blame should go to Indian media, who is never pointing to the rootcause of the problem but indulges in petty politics. English speaking Indian communist who hates word Hindu and infesting our media is sole the reason for our docile attitude.

Sat Apr 21 18:53:20 2001
Name:irfan shaikh
Email:irfan_diamond@yahoo.co.in
Views:hello bangladeshi the land you r staying is ours .if you try to occupy any inch of our land we will occupy you all slaves.dont even try to think of capturing india .soye huan sher ko mat jagaon varna mushkil me padonge.

Sat Apr 21 18:53:41 2001
Name:Vivek Mathur
Email:vivek_mathur@usa.net
Views:I have read a lot of views regarding this issue, and I think that Indian Govt. should have taken a harsher stance than letting the culprits go free of hand. When I read that our soldiers were tortured like hell...my heart sank...how can they do that...are they barbarians or what...if the Govt. does not take any quick step now then I feel this only the begining....we have another pakistan in the making!!! and believe me friends, India will not be able to fight pakistan,china,bangladesh.....they all together will be too much for u....PLEASE INDIAN GOVT. WAKE UP AND DO SOMETHING.

Sat Apr 21 18:56:54 2001
Name:ASHISH SHUKL
Email:oh_my_mail@rediff.com
Views:i am sending this message after reading at least 20 message from our fellow indians. if today we r not able to act together as a nation it is a great failure on our part.i blame this happining on me,my family,my friends and every one near and dear to me. what we r doing for all these years excepting cribbing on the situation and doing nothing else. my dear friends ...we r responsible for what ever is happining...this incident has shaken my soul ...what kind of person a bagladeshi is killing a indian who helped them achieve independence...they deserve a hard below their belt by us...please all of us do some thing for our country....INSTEAD OF JUST SITTING AND CRIBBING ABOUT THE SITUATION...

Sat Apr 21 18:57:00 2001
Name:anu
Email:tweeety39@hotmail.com
Views:KAUN BANEGA NEXT INTRUDER ??

Sat Apr 21 18:58:10 2001
Name:aman singh
Email:yorbusted@rediffmail.com
Views:PM reply to BAngladesh: "YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME"

Sat Apr 21 18:59:26 2001
Name:Raghu kapur
Email:rags80@rediffmail.com
Views:Are we afraid of BANGLADESH? It seems that way to me, the way our defence ministry has reacted to the whole issue, it seems that we are damn afraid of a povert stricken, miniscule country like Bangladesh.Our reaction should have been of anger, and we should have hit them "hard".We should have sent accross a message to the world that we won't tolerate any thing of this sort in the future. C'mon, what do the BSF and army personnel risk theire lives for? This is no tome for ahimsa, The Gandhain values are long gone. Its time for the Vajpayees, the Advanis, Jaswant Singh's to toughen up.

Sat Apr 21 18:59:50 2001
Name:Jay
Email:jay_yyz@rediffmail.com
Views:The BJP when in opposition always projected an image of being tough on defence and national security issues. However, in power they have proved to be an unmitigated disaster. This fact is proved by the failure of the Government to respond in a timely fashion to intelligence reports from Kargil. We paid for it dearly with the lives of almost a thousand of our good men. And now a tiny minion nation like Bangladesh has the audacity to capture, torture and murder 16 of our men. The BJP Government has failed on the issue national security on every front. I doubt they even have a coherent policy on this issue. They are tied up in knots with their issues of razing mosques to build more temples rather than securing our borders and sending a clear message to our adversaries. It is doubtful if they even know how to respond to national emergencies such as the hijacking of the IA plane to Khandahar. Our neighbours have now come to the conclusion that India is fair game that we will accept lousy apologies in exchange for the heinous torture and murder of our people, whether in uniform or not. It is a sad fact of life that this we have come to this stage. The sooner we get rid of these old jokers, the better for our country.

Sat Apr 21 19:01:29 2001
Name:rr
Email:rajivramanujam@hotmail.com
Views:There is a failure in perception of the hostility and fear that our smaller neighbours(aprt from Pakistan)feel towards us..there is a deep resentment and hostility towards India in Bangladesh,Sri Lanka and even Nepal. However,one would still like to believe that Bangladesh is a "friendly" power.I will take the unpopular view and take the position that the Govt has handled it very well,with the right degree of restraint.But it is a major wake up call.There is of course local adventurism,but the memories of the 1971 have all but faded for the younger generation,who have greater sympathy for Pakistan,also fuelled by subversive Islamist movements and ISI . But there should be no next time..the last thing is to have an irritating third front after 30 yrs.

Sat Apr 21 19:01:49 2001
Name:Palani
Email:palanid@yahoo.com
Views:Gun them down.

Sat Apr 21 19:03:05 2001
Name:ASHOK KUMAR
Email:ashokkumar44@yahoo.com
Views:it is very shamefull to the citizen of india.the govt should take strongest step like attack.or demand for responsible any type of man for punishment.

Sat Apr 21 19:03:55 2001
Name:ruksaar
Email:rksar@rediffmail.com
Views:hello Be-iman kutto jiske khate hoan uske hie pit me bhok te hoan .this is you,bangladeshi sharam kie baat hain itna hone par bhie hum chup hain hamare sanjidgire ka imtihaan mat lo. the solution to this problem is only one &that is show the world what is india >if iraq can capture quwait why india cannot do this with both bangla and pakistan.

Sat Apr 21 19:06:00 2001
Name:Murthy_balaji
Email:balajee@pacific.net.sg
Views:Are we really Peace-lovers or cowards? Do we lack in our abilities or a good leader-ship? It's time we give a serious thought about this. A country protected by a so called "one of the largest & reasonably sophisticated military forces in the world" simply gives in to every single country that invades into its territory, whether the invader is a mighty one or a minion. Is the government concerned about its financial needs if it were to strike the invader or is it doubtful about our armed forces capability or is it worried about its allies & opposition's reactions to the bold attempts that need to be taken immediately to save our face in the eyes of world or BJP is just not as aggresive as it projected itself all these years. BJP's approach towards IA flight hi-jack, Pakistani intrusion in Kargil, Chinese invasion at Arunachal pradesh and now Bangladeshi intrusion. Our response to all these tells the whole world how pathetic we are? No body will agree that we want to maintain peace in this region. Let's stop this bullshit. Before anyone else starts using our land for their military practices we must send a warning to the world on how harsh we we'd be.

Sat Apr 21 19:12:52 2001
Name:Ganesh Subramanian
Email:ganeshmail@yahoo.com
Views:While we agree that Bangladesh is the lesser of the devils than East Pakistan but how dare they do this heinous crime. India is a Giant but unfortunately a Sleeping Giant. There is a lot to learn from Israel, if one Israeli is shot dead, they respond by perishing at least a 1000 in the enemy camp. There is no harm in doing our duty. Ahimsa would be the most misunderstood term in our Thesaurus.

Sat Apr 21 19:17:32 2001
Name:Chayan pant
Email:chayanpant@rediffmail.com
Views:I am both astonished and angry at the loss of the lives of the brave soldiers but i think By reacting with force,we would be playing into the hands of the people responsible.I think keeping the present political scenario in mind India has reacted in the right way but on the same note i would add that after the bangladeshi elections are over.Those who are responsible for this should be taken to task by the Bangladeshi Govt

Sat Apr 21 19:17:32 2001
Name:Abhimanyu Bhattacharjee
Email:abhi_bj@rediffmail.com
Views:i feel ashamed to even write this, thanks to our beloved leaders. We go begging around the world trying to gain support for a permanent seat in the security council. the world will be laughing their gut out, seeing we cant handle our own security leave alone the worlds. If the decision makers have any iota worldly knowledge let them look at China and Israel. we talk of Israel being in the same situation as us. well then learn some self-respct from them damn it. its high time. 1 israeli soldiers gets killed and there is an air strike on the Syrian positions. China stand up to the lone superpower on air space violations, even if fictious. how can we aspire to call ourselves a power in any region. Practical approach can go to the dogs when indian prestige is at stake. a few economic sanctions dont hurt as much as being disgraced in front of the world community by a miserable country like bangladesh.if u give the bangladeshi govt. a clean chit and say that it was initiated by local area commanders, then beat them black and blue so that their clout does not snowball into another dictatorship in our neighbourhood. When Mother India comes into the picture mollycodlling a nation owing its existence to us can go to hell. at the end, i'll to tel the people up there its time u grow a vertebrae, balls and brain cells.And shame on u for the third time

Sat Apr 21 19:18:14 2001
Name:harish krishnamurthy
Email:harikatha70@yahoo.com
Views:why blame the politician for the mess at indo-bangladesh border, or for that matter, the mess at Kargil. After all what's gone wrong, a few indians died here, a few indians there, why? because me and you have voted for a politician, not based upon his individual merit but because he is from a party that is good, or because he is from my caste, he is from your community etc. Then, why feel bad, isn't he doing good for his community, ultimately that's what is happening in this country, first comes the self, then the community, then the country. Which is the biggest family in this country, the Congress I? They are the fathers of corruption, since india's independent inception. Then, why blame other parties, they too have to fight the congress, don't they? After they have made the money to fight the congress, then they will come to fight against your rights as well, give them time, they are busy making money, as almost all the money, until now, is with the Congress(I). If we fellow indians, have grey cells, between our ears, we woudln't vote for congress, nor the BJP, nor the Janata dal or for that matter the Trinamol Congress. We indians, i and you would vote for an individual with a moral right to rule the country and not us.

Sat Apr 21 19:18:27 2001
Name:Rohit Kumar
Email:rohitkumarsingh@hotmail.com
Views:What a disgust !I am ashamed of our leaders and their whole reaction to B'desh intrusion and subsequent butchery of our soldiers. What good is our army if we have no self pride and no value for our soldier's life. do we have a real spineless leadership or public views don't matter. ITS TIME WE SET SOME EXAMPLE- AN EYE FOR AN EYE !!! We can still talk about Gandhian philosophy afterwards, lets follow Patel and Bose guidelines.

Sat Apr 21 19:26:44 2001
Name:karthik
Email:krazykarr@rediffmail.com
Views:what the hell is going out there.what the defence minister is planning to do whehter to kneel before bangladesh for receiving money or to send more bsf to be punished like this.why the bloody politicians are not aware that they r indians and the bsf are suffering for our safety. i am seriously wondering whether the govt have received money for this act. bloddy politicians even not to fit to fight against bangladesh.

Sat Apr 21 19:26:52 2001
Name:kuldeep Singh
Email:kuldeep@skyonboard.com
Views:This is real wrong thing which has happened, we should take real strong action against bangladesh govt. Our politions doesnot take anything seriuosly so many people were kileed like that and we were are quiet. Shame on us! Kuldeep

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