Response to the Financial Times Editorial column on 10th January, 2014 titled 'Modern India and Medieval values'

This letter is in response to the Financial Times Editorial column on 10th  January, 2014 titled 'Modern India and Medieval values'.  The article merely mentions the heavy handed behaviour of the U.S treatment of an Indian diplomat, where as it sees the reciprocation of India in poor light. 

You need to understand that the Indian public opinion, not just in India but even Indians abroad are delighted to see such strong response from India. 

Let me tell how U.S and the West (in general) behaves when their citizens violate the law when they are abroad.  Few months ago 2 Italian marines killed 2 Indian fisherman in the Indian waters ( they were contracted for security of an oil tanker). They got arrested lawfully on Indian soil for their crime . The accused had fully access to Italian council officials.  They were released on bail with assurance from Italian Embassy.  

The 2 accused Italian marines fled the country saying that they had out-of-court settlement with the victim's family. The high-court of Kerala got furious.  Indian government had to summon Italian Ambassador and warn them of this shameful behaviour.

Last year when a American citizen killed 2 people in Pakistan. The U.S government paid money and brought it back home without any court proceedings. If U.S respects law so much, why cant it let the U.S national face the court proceedings in Pakistan. Its all hipocracy. This a consistent behaviour of the west. It belittles the judiciary system in the east. 

It does not matter even if the Indian Diplomat was wrong. Its a petty offence, compared to the 2 other offences that I mentioned earlier, where people got killed and their western government stood for their citizens.

I was laughing out loud when I read the line 'India does not minimum wage' in the article.  Yes. India does not have minimum wage because Indians don't middle with markets.  My setting minimum wage, the west actually determines how much the haircut should cost.  In reality that's what it translates to. 

Living conditions of people of relative to the overall living conditions in a society.  If you stop the benefit system here then  the living conditions of those people live on them also will be different.  So stop prescribing your problems as solutions to others. 

We Indians are delighted to see India throwing 'the books of rules' on U.S face.  

Diplomacy  is a two way process. You will be treated the way you treat others.

(letter for sent via email on 30th Jan 2014: still response awaited. )