INDIA'S STRATEGIC CULTURE AND DYNAMICS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Dr. K Prabhu
Assistant Professor in Political Science, Government Degree College, Chevella, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana State.
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Soon after the terrorists attack on Indian parliament, the editorial in India Today stated, "As a nation of forgetting and forgiving, ever ready to bleed and wail, India is unique." This quote continues to haunt me because since then, we have had many terrorist attacks on our political, economic, educational and cultural establishments; more importantly, on our innocent citizens whose security is the primary responsibility of the state. Why are we such a unique nation, of forgetting and forgiving, ever ready to bleed and wail?' Why are we so passive and reactive in our security, foreign relations, and other related policies? What is our problem that so often leads us to strategic in-decisions, or inactions, and makes our future not more, but less insecure? Perhaps, it has something to do with our strategic culture.
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