Tipaimukh dam
It's unfortunate that despite being reputed as a rather friendly state in the region India is willing to construct the Tipaimukh Dam, which will severely impact the geographical and ecological landscape of Bangladesh. Understandably, this project promises multifarious benefits for the Indians. However, as their closest neighbour we'll inevitably pay a harsh price for the benefits that they are destined to enjoy. It appears that the Indian policy makers lack simple sense of diplomatic ethics that must characterize every state's international policies in this era of globalisation. Is it really moral to be obsessed about our own prosperity, when our friends around us will inescapably suffer to ensure that prosperity? Does anyone have the right to illuminate his own house by setting his neighbour's house on fire? Basic ethics says no.
Indians must cautiously rethink if they want to be internationally recognized as a responsible state, which's too blinded by its unparallel power to have any respect for the regional community. If that's the case then in the near future they will inevitably confront the disastrous outcome of this short-sighted outlook. We can metaphorically regard the nations of the world as individuals who are living in the same house. In order to ensure harmony in this global house all of its inhabitants must learn to care about others. If all members of this highly interconnected global community only care about their own benefits, then everyone will get confined to a domain of distrust, selfishness and disharmony. As a consequence, this chauvinistic pursuit of self-interest, at the expense of mutual respect and collaboration, will plunge all of us into the darkness of perpetual hostility. None of us must ever forget that being responsive to others is the primary foundation of peaceful co-existence in the civilized world.
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