Dawn ke columnist Mr. Jawed Naqvi ko koi samjhaao..ut pataang likhne se credibility main chaar chaand nahin lagte.
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Cyber coolies
THIS is in response to the column written by Jawed Naqvi. In the column he has expressed his opinion on how ‘Indian spin doctors’ are trying to ‘villainise’ Pakistan, while overlooking the American role in the ‘villainous’ actions.
Well, I don’t have an issue with it, Mr Naqvi is entitled to his opinion, what I take exception to is the last paragraph, where Mr Naqvi made certain observations that are factually not correct, I want to correct the same:
Assertion: “A minor border skirmish with China”
Fact: Total of 3,000 soldiers (both India and Chinese put together) died and double the number were injured. This figure is not too far from the combined casualty toll of around 4,000 in the 1965 Indo-Pakistan ‘war’.
Assertion: “One eye on $10 billion tender for warplanes and other on more US visas for India’s IT coolies”
Fact: Indians are no longer ‘the IT coolies’ of the world. We exported IT and ITES services worth $31 billion in 2006-07, and would grow it by 40 per cent this year. Now you don’t get that kind or revenue by ferrying stuff. Even if it were just ferrying other people’s stuff, why could other countries not figure this out. With the brains of the likes of Mr Naqvi, it should not have been that hard?
End piece: Sino-Indian mutual trade is $11 billion, expected to grow to $40 billion by 2010, so if somebody is worried that both countries have a problem, please be assured we are two mature nations capable of sorting things out. We are not bound by any tie line of modus ope*****.
MANU SHARMA
India
http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/28/letted.htm#10
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