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<blockquote data-quote="Archived_Member16" data-source="post: 115756" data-attributes="member: 884"><p><strong>Re: Harper wraps up Indian tour, visits Sikh Golden Temple</strong></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: navy">Harper’s Visit to India – a Fiasco</span></span></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="color: navy">iReport —</span> source: <a href="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-358764" target="_blank">Harper?s Visit to India ? a Fiasco - CNN iReport</a></strong></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">It was with great fanfare that Prime Minister Harper announced his impending visit to India to promote trade with this elephantine economy. He also indulged in inconsequential actions in order to pander to the Canadians of Indian origin by visiting a TV reality show and having a photo op with an Indian Bollywood actor. </span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">Is the visit successful? Notwithstanding the official statements that more often than not indulge in hype, the reality is sobering. The hope to cash in on the growing epidemic of supplying nuclear technology or equipment or services still remains a hope , a mirage, not a realisable dream. We missed the bussed which was boarded by the French, the Americans and the Russians. We were hide-bound by our high faultin concepts and being nearly blinded by our notions, we did not seize the opportunity and now Indians possibly do not need us.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">Most world leaders visit other nations in the interest of doing business, while taking advantage of photo-ops. For Harper this trip is about going for photo-ops while taking a few moments to conduct business. His real purpose was to build bridges with the Canadian voters of Indian origin. And master strategist that he is, he made multi pronged attack. To build a bridge with masses, he made a journey to Bollywood, had a photo op with the supposed Icons, invited an action hero to Canada to participate in Olympic torch relay, and visited a TV reality show. WOW – murmured the people, Harper really is Indian in his basic instincts. But do all these Ohs and Ahas translate into votes. Only time will tell.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">His next trip to the Hindu temple in Delhi was a trip to this vast temple complex where he was greeted not by a frenzy of people, but by empty colonnades. It was a purely ceremonial trip. Earlier he had also visited the Jewish place where the terrorists had killed innocent Jews.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">His penultimate trip was to Amritsar where he visited the Golden temple. It was a chaotic visit, quite a contrast to the orderly visit to Delhi Temple. Here he was prevailed upon to be a spokesperson of the Sikhs and help protect the usage of turban.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">He left out the Muslim community and the reason for this omission is that there is hardly any riding where Muslims votes can sway the results. These visits to Bollywood and diverse religious places were a visible attempt to woo the voters of these denominations. But I have my reservations. There is no harm in such symbolic visits, but the effect is going to be minimal. The Sikh temples in Canada are still the hotbeds of Sikh militants and in case he decides to continue the pilgrimage, it shall send a wrong message to others. Even the visit of Punjab Chief Minister to a Dixie Temple was frowned upon in India.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">Moreover, the community might be temporarily influenced by such actions, but there is no lasting effect. The people are more impressed by actual work done, His work till date has attracted attention and the electorate has been impressed by his work. He does not add to pander to the religious sensibilities.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">The much hyped trade was given a go by. The joint declaration was a squib. It was an expression of pious hopes of future nuclear deals, increased interaction of ideas on terror containment and enhanced trade. The only positive, if you want to be charitable result was to take up a feasibility study. And this could have been achieved by a high level official visit.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">I was really upset that the prime Minister was not accorded all respect due to him. He was not received at Mumbai by any senior central ( Federal) or provincial minister. Either a senior minister from Delhi should have come, or at least the Chief Minister of Maharashtra should have received him. One has just to recollect that when President Bush visited India, the reception committee was virtual who’s who of India. Again, where were the ceremonial state banquets? Not a single leading newspaper made his trip top news. It was as if a person of no consequence is visiting India. I would have thought more media coverage.</span></span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: navy">On the whole the trip might be an ego boost, possibly an increase of 0.05% in votes, but was as a trade booster it was not a real achievement; and as a state trip, it was a fiasco.</span></span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Archived_Member16, post: 115756, member: 884"] [b]Re: Harper wraps up Indian tour, visits Sikh Golden Temple[/b] [B][SIZE=5][COLOR=navy]Harper’s Visit to India – a Fiasco[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [B][COLOR=navy]iReport —[/COLOR] source: [URL="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-358764"]Harper?s Visit to India ? a Fiasco - CNN iReport[/URL][/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]It was with great fanfare that Prime Minister Harper announced his impending visit to India to promote trade with this elephantine economy. He also indulged in inconsequential actions in order to pander to the Canadians of Indian origin by visiting a TV reality show and having a photo op with an Indian Bollywood actor. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Is the visit successful? Notwithstanding the official statements that more often than not indulge in hype, the reality is sobering. The hope to cash in on the growing epidemic of supplying nuclear technology or equipment or services still remains a hope , a mirage, not a realisable dream. We missed the bussed which was boarded by the French, the Americans and the Russians. We were hide-bound by our high faultin concepts and being nearly blinded by our notions, we did not seize the opportunity and now Indians possibly do not need us.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Most world leaders visit other nations in the interest of doing business, while taking advantage of photo-ops. For Harper this trip is about going for photo-ops while taking a few moments to conduct business. His real purpose was to build bridges with the Canadian voters of Indian origin. And master strategist that he is, he made multi pronged attack. To build a bridge with masses, he made a journey to Bollywood, had a photo op with the supposed Icons, invited an action hero to Canada to participate in Olympic torch relay, and visited a TV reality show. WOW – murmured the people, Harper really is Indian in his basic instincts. But do all these Ohs and Ahas translate into votes. Only time will tell.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]His next trip to the Hindu temple in Delhi was a trip to this vast temple complex where he was greeted not by a frenzy of people, but by empty colonnades. It was a purely ceremonial trip. Earlier he had also visited the Jewish place where the terrorists had killed innocent Jews.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]His penultimate trip was to Amritsar where he visited the Golden temple. It was a chaotic visit, quite a contrast to the orderly visit to Delhi Temple. Here he was prevailed upon to be a spokesperson of the Sikhs and help protect the usage of turban.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]He left out the Muslim community and the reason for this omission is that there is hardly any riding where Muslims votes can sway the results. These visits to Bollywood and diverse religious places were a visible attempt to woo the voters of these denominations. But I have my reservations. There is no harm in such symbolic visits, but the effect is going to be minimal. The Sikh temples in Canada are still the hotbeds of Sikh militants and in case he decides to continue the pilgrimage, it shall send a wrong message to others. Even the visit of Punjab Chief Minister to a Dixie Temple was frowned upon in India.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]Moreover, the community might be temporarily influenced by such actions, but there is no lasting effect. The people are more impressed by actual work done, His work till date has attracted attention and the electorate has been impressed by his work. He does not add to pander to the religious sensibilities.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]The much hyped trade was given a go by. The joint declaration was a squib. It was an expression of pious hopes of future nuclear deals, increased interaction of ideas on terror containment and enhanced trade. The only positive, if you want to be charitable result was to take up a feasibility study. And this could have been achieved by a high level official visit.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]I was really upset that the prime Minister was not accorded all respect due to him. He was not received at Mumbai by any senior central ( Federal) or provincial minister. Either a senior minister from Delhi should have come, or at least the Chief Minister of Maharashtra should have received him. One has just to recollect that when President Bush visited India, the reception committee was virtual who’s who of India. Again, where were the ceremonial state banquets? Not a single leading newspaper made his trip top news. It was as if a person of no consequence is visiting India. I would have thought more media coverage.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3] [/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000][SIZE=3][COLOR=navy]On the whole the trip might be an ego boost, possibly an increase of 0.05% in votes, but was as a trade booster it was not a real achievement; and as a state trip, it was a fiasco.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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