Do believe it. Otherwise we will die of AIDS as well as bombs

May 27, 2002

Dear Maitreyi:

I would not totally dismiss your arguements regarding wars and the expenditure

on health care. In real world things are different with multiple varibales some

known and predictible but many more unknown.

Your explanations would make sense under the premise that " India is left

alone " -which is a luxury for any country in this day and time-with no outside

interference in our affairs.

Let us agree to disagree!

Vijay

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Dear Vijay,

Thank you for not dismissing totally my arguments. And I agree that the

real world' has many variables also. But what I suggest is of being bold

and courageous. After indipendence, India had a real chance or a political

moment to show the world that it is different. Gandhiji set the pace, the

nonviolent content of independence movement could have changed history, if

India declared that it won't have an army. Being a big country such decision

would have influenced rest of the world. India could have asked the United

Nations for all its protection, which could have made it difficult for the

rest of the world to attack or conquer it. Being the land of Budha,

Upanishads and Gandhi the initiative was with us. Of course we lost that

political moment.

Yet somebody has to bell the cat. Again why not us. We could still declare

that we are not for war and start dismantling our army. This will definitely

put the super powers or G7 in a soup. Being world leaders the responsibility

will lay on them to protect a neutral nation. Once a big country take such

an initiative, it will help change the course of history.

If America attacks us can we win this so called war? Know that we can only

threaten countries like Pakistan and Srilanka. But by dismantling our armed

forces and appealing for protection from the UN will definitely help us win

the real war. In fact we will even win the super powers. Moreover we could

really save our citizens from real dangers like diseaces and not percieved

ones like wars.

This way we could find the connection of war and peace with fighting

HIV/AIDS. If we don't stop this foolishness, we will die of AIDS as well as

of bombs. No escape.

Love

Maitreya

E-mail: <maitreya@...>

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