Daily Diary (DD) - Day 87 of 2019

0411hrs:

Let's keep tabs on inspiring events around the globe too. Nation States cannot exist in isolation. 'Hard power' is far less effective compared to 'soft power' in the 21st century. So the digital age is proving it to be. 

New Zealand is ripe for isolation in a geographic sense, yet has generated a huge amount of soft power over the past couple of weeks. It is a successful country using any indicator of governance or public policy. It is most certainly not isolated. In fact, it almost seems as if it is at the centre of the world at the moment.

This 95-year-old #NewZealand  World War Two veteran caught four buses to participate in a march to express solidarity with Muslims.#HumanRightshttps://t.co/6ZG1R0fiFq

— Syed Afaaq Gardezi (@AfaaqGardezi) March 27, 2019

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Jammu & Kashmir is more central in a geographic sense than most other territories in the world. However, its isolation in every other sense reminds one of 'The Law of Averages'. The sun inevitably makes its presence felt, no matter how many days of rain follow each other.

So, our aspiring citizens need to concentrate on soft power. Art, culture, heritage and all forms of expression of who and how we are. The world will take notice, especially if we are polite and refined about it.

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Meanwhile, I'm trying to access the following link, not least for its piquancy but this is what I'm getting:

This site can’t be reached

indianexpress.com’s server IP address could not be found.

• Try running Windows Network Diagnostics.

DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

I have noticed this before. Certain Indian websites cannot be accessed from here:

Jaish is not Paki.kashmiri Indian boy.IOK guys keep chanting 4 Pakistan instead own national independence & keep getting coffins, occupation, slavery to have Pak on table with India.If JK peoples will not understand meaning of freedom none can help them.  https://t.co/2FrRPU9ELa

— Human on Planet (@JK4JKpeoples) March 27, 2019

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Well, this is going to get more interesting as human nature evolves in this region:




My immediate knee-jerk response to the above is that the opening of Sharda cannot be pre-conditioned by Pakistan. The Indian elections should not be a factor in this decision. If Muslims were barred from Makkah for 72 years, they wouldn't want to wait for a general election in a neighbouring territory to learn whether or not they could re-enter.

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