India’s stand
India now faces a situation where it could stand isolated. With its immense diplomatic clout in the comity of nations, India could have tried to broker a peace deal and save Ukraine in particular. Has New Delhi given up its principle of genuine non-alignment? Does its role stop with only rescuing its students? History and the world will not forgive India for its deep silence in a critical hour.
I can only think of these words by Nani Palkivala: “There are times in a country’s history when inaction and silence can be a culpable wrong, and we are living in such times”, which appeared as the ‘Five Doctrines of Nani Palkhivala’ in the February 1971 issue of Freedom First magazine.
