Globalisation is the word that even a school going child understands in India. I asked some of my students to explain the globalisation and an easy to understand answer emerged. The explanation was very simple. It was about the Zara dress bought by someone in New York. Fabric bought in Asia…, cut in a factory in Spain…, sown by seamstresses in Portugal…, printed in Tunisia… and sold in New York…., to an Indian……, for his South African friend!
Simple, isn’t it?
Yes, it is as simple as that. Every country contributes. Apart from economic and other considerations, globalisation may not really hurt, as long as it is confined to some moral and ethical norms. Globalisation can create legitimate job opportunities in different countries and results in win-win situation. One of the aspects associated with globalisation is internationalisation. There are many theories for this and one of the interesting theories for this is Network Theory. Subsidiaries, agents are important elements of this theory. These elements help the parent organisation to spread their products and services to newer markets. Agents have an important role to play.
Globalisations of economy, politics, culture, markets, industry, production, technology, competition are very commonly heard terms. One term that matters most today is globalisation of terrorism. No text book mentions this but it’s a sad reality that terrorism has globalised. A person born to the parents of Yemeni ethnicity in Saudi Arabia takes up a fight against Soviet forces on behalf of a Pakistani agency in Afghanistan. The activity is funded by USA for ‘Operation Cyclone’*. Is it not globalisation? It is and the person involved is Osama. He and his philosophy are examples of globalisation. His involvement included Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Israel, Lebanon, Jordan, Canada, UK, Albania, Tunisia, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and many more countries including India. The Network Theory fits into Osama’s spread of terrorism, it’s Globalisation of Terrorism.
The recent blast in Mumbai is outcome of terror ideology so well propagated and got implemented through the local agents. The explosives come from different part of the world, the technology is imported and perhaps adapted to meet the local conditions and technology. Chinese arms like AK 47 find there destructive activity in Kashmir at the hands of West Asian terrorist with the help of Pakistan is also globalisation of terrorism.
On one hand globalisation has consolidated and brought prosperity to the world while on the other hand it has divided and destructed the world. The drivers for the globalisation, be it for good or for bad are same. The drivers are growth in IT, telecom revolution, better transportation and communication, growth of supporting institutions, changes in the economy and technology, and of course the changes in government policies and political ideologies. All these have propelled globalisation.
Agreed globalisation is here to stay but as a common man should we not at the least influence the government to change the policies and ideologies for our own safety? We want safe India and of course safe world.
*www.wikipedia.org
Sir with due respect and honor, the term Globalization of Terrorism is no new to our nation. We have been an active part of it, well by giving the most important "P" i.e People.. Sir I'm quoting this from a blog in which this is posted as one of the comment.
ReplyDelete"Who the eff cares about india? eh, We Muslims are capable of getting independence on our own yuss jeehard style!!. Problem?? We had around 40-50% kashmiri pandits today 99.99% pure authetic muslim kashmir now so much so u can actually feel allah's fire crackers in the mountains >.> (he loves that shyte). And oh also we got enough support from Lashkar aye big bada bang bang BOOM! Tayeba also our birather in parkistan hein ji? they always ready to park themselves in ere. We muslims have faith in Allah and we can make Kashmir superpower Insha allah O_o in case anything goes wrong insha allah is to take care o btw we got indians peasants tax money hah :D What can be more Ayyashfulz They work their asses out and we here doo jeehard and study the art of stone peltering Islamic shtye? hein ji
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Do not worries i Iz here lemme know when to jeehard. I jeehard long tyme ;)Peace"
Now sir please tell me if the mental state of the radicals will continue to be like that and our judiciary will continue to shield them, is it not that the 'Stupid Common Man' will start to live for his safety first n then think of the nation if he finds time for.
For the alibi please read http://www.rohitkaw.blogspot.com/2011/07/ironic-view-of-indian-judicial-system.html.
The radicals exist the world over. Chechnya & Russia stand as witness to this even now. Terrorism can be controlled by being strict with controls internally. However, our politicians are too busy funding and orchestrating these attacks to get into mudslinging amongst each other. I wonder how they will feel if any of their close ones is lost in some "INCIDENT" like this. Just like everything global cannot be ended, it can certainly be controlled. But as Hrithik Roshan states, we feel helpless and frustrated because however hard people try, they know the government is going to go back to its own lackadiasical ways... The change, if from within, can bring about much needed security...
ReplyDeleteIn Agriculture recently a method for PEST control is getting very famous & useful for long term beneficial effect. The method known as IPM (Integrated Pest Management). In this we have to focus on all controlling aspect. that is Biological, Mechanical and Chemical.
ReplyDeleteSame we can use in eradication of Terrorism from our country.
In agriculture we are using some predator insect as a PEST controlling agent. In our society there is lot of people who unfortunately cant take education or pulled into criminal activities, we can divert them against Terrorism or antisocial activities.
In agriculture we are using various nets, cages, traps etc..to catch & kill insect. same in real life we having various laws, administration, police, intelligence etc.. if they act as a sound trap then no one single insect cant harm a single grain.
The third controlling agent that is chemical is useful when the PEST attack is severe and is not controlling by other ways. we can use modern weapon against them or who are feeding and growing them.
If we go through our budget we are spending very high amount on Defense, Defense R & D, etc... Is it only for showcase to decorate our defense system. There is no need to that much of hish spending on R & D, making of weapons(Nuclear). If we know to use only 10% of what we have it will enough for all type of PEST control.
Instead of knowing or analyzing our own ability we again and again begging towards third country. It is very shameful for a Youngest country.
If we succeed to apply IPM then there is no need to another way like Begging to solve the problem. If we continue Begging then only Cat will eat all the Butter.