Internal interests shape foreign relations
The former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru said that the US foreign policy always changes, but he did not say, ‘the Indian foreign policy does not change. It is rigid.’ That is why we see that the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) continues its Bangladeshi nationals killing missions on the international borders.
Whichever party forms government in New Delhi, it has to work in co-ordination with the South Bloc. It is also said that the Indian Civil Service (ICS) officers are efficient, competent, and quickly can take a decision. The BSF will be killing the Bangladeshi citizens as long as the ICS officers do not convince the central government about is bad impact in the long run.
An interesting matter is that the BSF dares not firing into the Chinese and the Burmese territories fearing stronger counter actions. On the international borders in the western front, tension prevails, but neither side will risk to the total war because of possible nuclear holocaust. The Bangladesh government should draw the attention of the UNO to save its own nationals.
Rozario
Pabna
WCF post-match interview
The managers of the participating teams in the 20th World Cup Football (WCF) give post-match interviews in their mother languages, which, if not English, we cannot understand. The problem can be resolved if soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, appoint interpreters to translate the interviews in English.
TV audiences want to know also the reactions of the winning and the defeated teams. We think that the FIFA will consider the issue.
Asma Akhter
Rajshahi
