Canada actively interfered in India's internal affairs during the farmer protests.
Funds raised at an industrial scale in Canada was one of the key reasons why a small group of people could hold the country hostage for a year
Eventually the government had to surrender - millions of our poor farmers yet again paid the price.
What consequences did Canada face? Nothing. Just the way it faced no price after the Khalistanis it actively supports blew up 300 Indians in the Kanishka bombing
We can't target Khalistanis in Canada
We can't stop their funds influencing domestic events here
We can't downgrade our relations with Canada
Canada arrested the Huawei CFO. In return China kept multiple Canadians imprisoned till she was released. Who do you think Trudeau and his successors will respect more?
Xi or Indian leaders who will humbly submit no matter how much you humiliate them?
We Indians have an abundance of aggression which we reserve just for each other. For the rest of the world we are but....
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A trend is taking shape - Bangladesh and Pakistan will present their domestic fundamentalism as a "reaction" to "more communalism" in India
Actual slaughter of the handful of Hindus left there will be justified as retribution against the perceived attacks within India
This will be helped by the narratives being framed by the "moderate" Islamists within India on how the whole Hindu community is now radicalized and the only difference with Nazi Germany is that we do not speak German
The "farmer protests" are a key element as it helps the Islamists, Khalistanis and the foreign media to write how Hindus are so extreme now that they aren't just anti-Muslim but against all minorities
"Within hours or days of their arrival, the Afghan-refugee grapevine educates newcomers as to the ins and outs of navigating the country: what offices to go to and what to say when you get there, where to apply for additional aid, where to find free housing"
Why are the Afghan refugees doing this - terrifying but all too familiar reason
BJP wins a state election - then goes around methodically targeting the opposition
People get murdered all around, women get gangraped. Evidence begins to emerge that particularly Muslim women are being targeted
Now imagine the resulting domestic AND international narrative. The daily headlines, the op-eds abroad, the protests in front of our embassies, the petitions, the short-films, the Insta posts.
Antony Blinken would only talk about this with Jaishankar