Gajalakshmi Paramasivam
30
July 2018
Australian-Indian Common Roots
Today’s mail brought directions to the article ‘Does
Australia need a lesson in Indian economic strategy?’ at http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2018/07/29/does-australia-need-a-lesson-in-indian-economic-strategy/
The author Dr Amitendu Palit is presented as Senior
Research Fellow of National University of Singapore. The author states:
[The recently released Indian
Economic Strategy to 2035
report outlines three core objectives for improving the Australia–India
economic relationship. These include making India one of Australia’s top three
export markets by 2035, making India the third-largest Asian recipient of
Australian foreign direct investment by the same year and bringing India
‘into the inner circle of Australia’s strategic partnerships and with
people-to-people ties as close as any in Asia’.Recommendations for achieving these objectives are
driven largely by the choice of states and sectors, 10 each respectively, that
the report considers top priority for Australia.
The report is candid
in its observations and does not fail to consider the challenges that such a
pursuit is likely to encounter. But it also emphasises that India is unique in the growth trajectory that it is
likely to follow and in the scale of its domestic market (shaped by its youth
bulge), which together point to the importance of Australia ramping up its economic
engagement with India.]
Any relationship is a combination of matter and
energy. The deeper the common roots, greater the Energy component and therefore
wider the coverage.
The strongest challenge that I ‘see’ in my mind’s
eye is the forgetfulness of both political leaders in terms of racism. When one
is not grateful for the good that has happened, one forgets the intelligence,
the lesson, the law of Truth. This happens by leaving behind the Energy and
carrying forward more of the deteriorating matter. That is self-inflicted
punishment. Gratitude by the junior completes the experience for the junior.
Inclusiveness by the senior without taking any return completes the experience
for the senior. Matter may or may not move from one to the other in the
process. In business matter is not enforced by one on the other. Towards this
one side needs to be independent of the
other.
One who is genuinely grateful never forgets.
Likewise one who includes the junior at
the base/root.
India lost its Prime Minister to the bomb of a group
that ‘forgot’ the contribution made by its own intellectual leaders. It’s a
clear example demonstrating the science of karma. Mrs Gandhi invested in Tamil armed
rebels of Sri Lanka, who eventually killed her own son. The death happened in
Tamil Nadu – where Mr Gandhi came for votes – the political parallel of money
in business. Had Mr Gandhi included Tamils at root level of his regional governance
investment, he would have been protected from leaving a damaged heritage for
his heirs.
These are lessons from which Australian political
leaders need to learn and so they would carry the wisdom with them when
investing in India. Likewise, Indian leadership needs to learn from the Bali bombing
tragedy during Mr John Howard’s leadership of Australia. Had Mr Howard included
indigenous owners – not merely to ‘show’ but to feel and share – Australian’s
would have been protected from that Tragedy. Indigenous Australians are the
common root to a relationship with spiritually driven nations such as India. During
my time as Australian, out of the Prime Ministers - the Hon Paul Keating has shown the strongest
common feelings with Indigenous Australians.
Mr Keating has brought out through his analysis in
regards to the takeover of Fairfax by Channel 9. Some may call it merger but I
also identify with it as takeover. Separations help preserve diversity. Where a
restructure leads to major loss of diversity, the first casualty is
Independence. I foresee this risk in the Australian-Indian collaboration under
the current leaderships in both nations which failed to genuinely preserve and
honor indigenous rights.
My mother nation Sri Lanka is currently the
investment ground for both India as well as China due to the failure of Sri Lanka’s political leadership to resolve
the ethnic issue. Initially the opportunity was through our common investment
in British Administration. That was the two way path of intellectual
discrimination. But when the British left and Sinhalese majority took over, the
majority relied more on emotional ties due to attachment to majority power. Majority
power IS matter power. Eventually, Sri Lankan Tamils who were pampered by India
including through the Cinema business in Tamil Nadu – also matched majority
power by becoming India’s spoilt children. Greater the matter in a relationship
less the shared Energy. Now those children of India feel more at home in India
than in Sri Lanka – including Northern Sri Lanka. This is the lesson that
Australia needs to learn – so the ‘African Gang’ type of emotional labelling does
not end up costing Australian lives through ‘Indian mafia’. There are pockets
in Tamil Diaspora who would naturally join forces with the ‘Indian mafia’.
Emotional pathway and Intuitive pathway – operate in
one direction only at any given time. Greater the matter – greater the likelihood
of emotional one way decisions to ‘show’ quick outcomes. Greater the Energy component
in the relationship – deeper the common root and therefore the protection to
both sides.
The author of the above report states:
[Whether
the outcomes outlined in the report can be achieved will depend on the
interest, sincerity and enthusiasm displayed by businesses, institutions and
policy authorities on both sides of the Indian Ocean. Australia’s goal of
making India one of its topmost export and investment markets cannot fructify
unless India shares the same vision for its own national strategic interests.
Unfortunately, there are gaps between Australian and Indian perceptions of the
direction of the Indian economy.]
The statement ‘Australia’s goal of making India one of its topmost export and
investment markets’ confirms a ‘takeover’
mentality – as if India’s business could be ‘made’ by Australians. A deeper common
root would inform us that it is the current Indian Political leadership that is
showing tendencies of ‘taking over’ and making Australian business. Adani group
is such an example. Mr Turnbull has become the medium through which these Indian
takeover energies are invading Australia. Refugees who go through pain and
suffering are rejected by such leadership while Indians who made business out
of Tamil ownership are rewarded by current Australian leadership. What a
tragedy! It’s tragedy due to loss of intellectual powers driven by ownership energy.
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