INDIA MUST SHED ITS GOOD BOY IMAGE

摘要

In this game of power, a nation that is able to quickly arrest the spread of virus within its own territory as well as research, develop and manufacture the vaccines, wins. For this to happen, a country must first consider such biological threats to be real. While many developed countries have been taking the issue of the pandemic either natural or man-made seriously, this can hardly be said about India. For example, India is a nuclear armed state but it does not appear that it takes a nuclear attack on her seriously. If this was the case, bomb shelters would be a common sight in major cities across India, if not all across India. This is a question of attitude and perception held by the people of India and its security establishment as a consequence. It is important that we revisit ancient texts such as the Bhagavat Gita and get over the rose-coloured glasses that we view the world with.