Understanding Katchatheevu, India-Lanka ties through Nehru, Shastri, Indira, Modi. Land & people
A political row has broken out over the Katchatheevu island which India recognised as Sri Lankan territory in 1974. In episode 1424 of #CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta discusses the history of the island, the numerous maritime acts over it between neighbours India and Sri Lanka, the conflicts around it and why the BJP has now made it a poll issue in Tamil Nadu.
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Read the 1974 agreement between India and Sri Lanka here : www.mea.gov.in/portal/legaltr...
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Read the 27 January 2015 RTI filed by Aladi Guruswamy here : www.mea.gov.in/Images/pdf/RTI...
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Read the Shekhar Gupta's National Interest here : indianexpress.com/article/opi...
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Chapters:
01:55 - 2 agreements on Katchatheevu signed between India & Sri Lanka, in 1974 and 1976
04:29 - Demarcating India & Sri Lanka: Why Palk Strait is important
11:50 - Katchatheevu & the conflict around it: A timeline of events
23:43 - Underlying issues of Nehru-Kotelawala Pact, Shastri-Sirimavo Pact & Sirimavo-Indira Pact
26:47 - Indian Tamil plantation workers, India- Sri Lanka relations & contentious citizenship laws
36:21 - BJP vs Congress: Why Katchatheevu is now a poll issue
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BND. Won't even give you a Penny
But watching and commenting still helps
Hello Shekhar Gupta, This is a very well done video with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
Tamilnadu people are educated, they don't believe in propaganda. They will kick out illiterate Chanda chor modi. BJP is again getting 0 votes 😂
India doesn't need to Embrace "International Laws",For simple Reason that India only Lost Territory due to those,Lehru agreed for a UN Ceasefire, Result was India Lost Pok, China simply Didn't care care about Int. laws and Captured Aksai Chin, Vajpayee Didn't bomb Paxtan in 1999,Lindira Gandhi didn't Trade 93k paxtani surrendered soldiers for Parts of Pok or Even Expand Siliguri Corridor, These laws were made by Americans and thry themselves don't follow it becoz They know that these are meant for poor,Less powerful countries to follow as these might impact US Interests and Powerful Americans can Do anything, There's literall 100s of Examples and Now China is doing the Same for it's own interests, India and Indians Need to come out of their Blind View as World is One Family thing coz it ain't one, India needs to Build A Large $ 25 Trillion USD Size Economy by 2047 so that it can follow it's Own Laws and Interests rather thanaws made for the Poor countries by Powerful Hypocrites
Nehru called Ladakh Barren Land. He didn't feel a bit guilty for losing Aksai Chin. We were about to lose Arunachal but thank USA, China retreated from Arunachal. His words on this island is "I have no attachment on this insignificant island"... He has no attachment as if it's his baap k property. If there was no Sardar Patel, he'd have donated Lakshadweep to Pakistan & Andaman Nicobar to Indonesia because he doesn't have attachment.... Wow, what a blunderous first PM we had & shame on those who glorify him.
Don’t forget that the Congress let the British separate Burma - sane quote Gandhi said he felt no connection to the Burmese.; Nehru on purpose let Pak invade Balochistan, even after the Balochistan sent a delegation to beg Nehru to accept their accession to India, Nehru also turned down Sultan of Oman’s offer to India to buy the Gwadar Port!! This party is the worst thing that happened to India since the English set foot on our land!! Bharat Jodo My Foot!!
"न वहां कोई हमारी सीमा में घुस आया है और न ही कोई घुसा हुआ है, न ही हमारी कोई पोस्ट किसी दूसरे के कब्जे में है"
Sardar Patel banned RSS, thought you'd like to know.
@@sleepingduty2987 He unbanned RSS within a year, thought you'd like to know. U seem to love Nehru so much, so u should know he invited RSS to Republic day parade.
India is a big country with a small heart. You guys are nothing but a land graders. Why you are not talking about protesters in Ladakh???
You have conveniently forgotten about DMK party's contention.
Stalin wrote letter last year for India to solve this issue with Sri Lanka
SG is fond of SS., that is Sudalai Stalin.
Jayalalitha roasted the DMK in their assembly for this. When MK was alive and kicking. As someone from the South, giving away Kachatheevu was a terrible idea. The islands around that area are geographically a part of India.
@@nitinpatel1039 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why SG never mentoned hypocracy of DMK. makes his whole narrative questionabe? Is Mr. SG knows anything about contemprory of Tamil Nadu poltics. Mr. Stalin wrote 23 letters to EAM in these 3 years
What is your compulsion to defend Indira’s decision so hard? It failed badly
Taklu tries hard to justify actions of his benefactors
The balancing act failed badly. 😂
Shekar’s funding will be cut 😂
Congress resolves, BJP needling settled issues
Truth and facts is why we watch Shekhar show
As usual SG is giving counter fire for congress & allies. Another payback for the award given to him by congress!
What do you want him to say then? Indira Gandhi gave up the land because she was comically evil who hated India and wanted to give it all away to China and Pakistan if it wasn't for the Sangh? If you don't want to believe there is naunce in history, you should stick to watching Chotta Bheem dude
Giving facts. Just that. You andh-bhakts aren't good at digestion.
@@Shaurya_Pant Abey tatti Congress slave, Nedumaran, a Tamil leader has been fighting for decades against the backstabbing done by Congress and DMK to Tamil fishermen. TN Fishermen deaths increased due to ur Congress foolish decision. And now DMK has the audacity to ask BJP to fix the issue DMk/Congress alliance created!
None of SG sentences were devoid of facts. Facts don't have political opinions. What Copium are you drinking and then deciding to comment brainlessly. I am ashamed that your 0 brain cell comment has got more than 100 likes. There are so many copium drinkers here.
after listening to this entire video and if at all you have followed what came out of RTI on this island you shouldn't be name calling others. you yourself look like chatukar andh bhakth.@@Shaurya_Pant
For Gupta ji, whenever Congress is in the wrong (which is a lot), everything is complex & nuanced. But when it comes to BJP, he's very clear in BJP's criticism, at every opportunity. He is too biased now to report fairly & in a balanced way on Indian politics. The island can be two football fields size, that does not matter. What matters is that it gives Territorial sea zone extending 12 nautical miles from the island baseline & another contiguous zone the area extending 24 nm. from the baseline. Thats why China builds small artificial islands, it allows you to extend your border way beyond & corner fishing territories. Now the Indian Tamils fishermen get arrested because of this cowardice of the Congress corrupt politicians. Gupta ji, however, will never mention that.
Not only Gupta Ji, entire pre NDTV crew were the same way, now they have just spread across. Take it Rajdeep, Pranay, Nidhi and the sooper Bharka. Sounds like they got good kickbacks from Congress.
British united sub continent of India which was Monarchy. At the time of the British withdrawal, 565 princely states were officially recognized in the Indian subcontinent,[3] apart from thousands of zamindari estates and jagirs. In 1947, princely states covered 40% of the area of pre-independence India and constituted 23% of its population. Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by AO Hume, who was the son of Joseph Hume, the Radical Scottish member of parliament. Resentment against English by Scots spread to British colonies. There would not have been a country and nation by name India without British and Indian National Congress.
@@sky0007fall Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fisherman want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
@@ruwanfonsekaafter having conducted a genocide you’re lucky India didn’t intervene in as Delhindoesnt care about Tamils unlike other countries like Nepal (Indian origin communities there are protected) you should be happy with whatever you get. First give them their promised devolved powers and withdraw your rapist army from the north
@@sky0007fall You've a British point of view about Hypotheticals about what we now call INDIA. Yes there would have been no India but a Hindustan under a Hindustani Ruler. Had the British not conquered these princely states from 1757 to 1857, the Marathas could have united Hindustan. If not the Marathas, Ranjit Singh or so many other powerful Hindustani kings who came but were eventually defeated by the British. How do we know? We can only speculate, but it would have been OUR DESTINY under our control because its OUR HOME. "We" decide about the future of "our home" not a foreign power,. Thats what freedom, sovereignty & liberty means. Just like the Chinese did, or Japanese did in Asia & Russia did. We may have had our shares of revolutions & internal wars of unity & break-ups or not, or may be a new Emperor who would have created Akhand Bharat or modern Hindustan who adapted to Industrial Revolution & Capitalism in our own way, but we will never know., will we? Because we were conquered, subjugated, divided, westernized, imposed with foreign language (English that we speak), made into INDIA by a foreign power still divided into multiple fractured permanently divided boundaries and people. Thats why other Asian countries like China & Japan dont really respect us as much, because we lost of our old identity to the British, unlike their cultures.
Kashmir to kanyakumari and kuch to Arunachal Pradesh, Nehru and THE FAMILY did uncorrectable historical mistakes. Because of this India still suffering.
India is suffering due to Modi's dictatorship.
British united sub continent of India which was Monarchy. At the time of the British withdrawal, 565 princely states were officially recognized in the Indian subcontinent,[3] apart from thousands of zamindari estates and jagirs. In 1947, princely states covered 40% of the area of pre-independence India and constituted 23% of its population. Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by AO Hume, who was the son of Joseph Hume, the Radical Scottish member of parliament. Resentment against English by Scots spread to British colonies. There would not have been a country and nation by name India without British and Indian National Congress.
@@sky0007fall so what if we are administratively divided? we were culturaly the same. that's what makes India. Administrative boundaries keep changing. By the way princely states were not always independent. They were vassal states for bigger empires. Mughal Empire, Maratha Empire, Vijayanagarm Empire. These three empires combined would cover 80-90% of India. If INC was responsible for India's independence,what about Nethaji?
Dude, it’s not even 0.01% of territory. Take a chill pill.
Bought up on a diet of whatsApp education.
Gupta is full of lies. The seasonal Church was built by Indian fishermen. After giving away of the island the church administration was taken over by Jaffna Diocese to ensure the ownership of srilanka is entrenched.
Gupta once again proved that he is a bootlicker of the Nehru-Gandhi family
Extreamely misleading CTC. 1) DMK has been sounding the bugle against Modi Govt for Katchatheevu despite Stalin's father complacent in the "sale" of the island. 2) The land swap with Bangladesh was ratified in the parliament. No such procedures were followed in case of Katchathhevu. 3) What about the 200 nautical miles of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) that could have come withe island? Overall, a hurried episode with very little facts and research. Expect better standards from thePrint.
Only wonder is that you expected some standard from The Print 🤣
Also, SG talks about fishing around the Island which is no more true as there are no fishes now.
Thank you! Saved 39 minutes of my time 😂
After listening continuously.....different episode... concluded the print is not unbiased...
CTC or campaign video for congress.
Katchatheevu was sovereign land of Raja of Ramnad Sethupathi for over 150 years. Ramnad fishermen has been using the empty island for thousands of years. Now Indian Maritime border is changed forever
Why did Cholas invade Srilanka?
British united sub continent of India which was Monarchy. At the time of the British withdrawal, 565 princely states were officially recognized in the Indian subcontinent,[3] apart from thousands of zamindari estates and jagirs. In 1947, princely states covered 40% of the area of pre-independence India and constituted 23% of its population. Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by AO Hume, who was the son of Joseph Hume, the Radical Scottish member of parliament. Resentment against English by Scots spread to British colonies. There would not have been a country and nation by name India without British and Indian National Congress.
@@sky0007fallYOU ARE STILL SLAVE.....& GULAMI IS IN YOUR DNA😂😂😂😂
Go somewhere else bcoz artificial island of Britain was not even existed from the time we are running our nation😂😂😂😂😂@@sky0007fall
This is a very well done video with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
Indira sold and Karunanidhi took cut from it.
of course you would know. Get a life.
Sarkaria Commission- why DMK agreed to Congress. DMK systematically destroyed the report from libraries to make sure no one reads it.
British united sub continent of India which was Monarchy. At the time of the British withdrawal, 565 princely states were officially recognized in the Indian subcontinent,[3] apart from thousands of zamindari estates and jagirs. In 1947, princely states covered 40% of the area of pre-independence India and constituted 23% of its population. Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by AO Hume, who was the son of Joseph Hume, the Radical Scottish member of parliament. Resentment against English by Scots spread to British colonies. There would not have been a country and nation by name India without British and Indian National Congress.
@@sky0007fall These guys would'nt understand brother !
Lol tomrw ul also tel tamilnadu is not part of india😅😅😅😅 that's how u see tamilians also... Lol get a life
How many Indian Fishermen were killed due to giving away Katchatheevu? Answer = 800 Fishermen
Chola-Chalukya wars killed over 10 lakh people
@@sky0007fall DMK ka andhbhakt😂
@@MrRhino101 Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fisherman want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
@@sky0007fall That is the stupidest comparison in history. WW2 killed 56 million people what does that have to do with current issue?
Indian Tamil fishermen are not killed near Katchatheevu, they are killed around the sides of Lanka!!! So it’s still Sri Lanka’s waters!!!!
I started watching, but stopped and read the comments first. I guess I'll skip this episode. Thank you all for saving my precious 39 minutes!
Me too
Me too
This is exactly what is wrong with today's kids. Watch the fucking episode before forming opinions. 2 min attention span having tiktok kids.
Me too
Hell with your precious time.Don't be lofty.
Will give your 1 cents land to other? Why you have to defend it so much by its size?
want to tell BJP the same thing but they don't even accept that China took land in 2020.
What about present Chinese incursion into our eastern borderland? "न वहां कोई हमारी सीमा में घुस आया है और न ही कोई घुसा हुआ है, न ही हमारी कोई पोस्ट किसी दूसरे के कब्जे में है"
बिल्कुल सही कहा ना कोई घुसा है ना कोई कब्जा किया, क्युकी जहां सीमा निर्धारित नहीं है तुम कैसे कहोगे कोई घुसा है??? यह सवाल पुछो इतना दिनों से यह हल काहे नहीं हुई??? Sala cherry picking से इधर उधर के तत्थ उठा कर राजनैतिक रोटियां सेंकने से क्या होगा जा कर देख केजरी को 😎
@@tigerking2742 “Look, they (China) are the bigger economy. What am I going to do? As a smaller economy, I am going to pick up a fight with the bigger economy? It is not a question of being reactionary, it’s a question of common sense….” - external affairs minister
@@tigerking2742 tere papa ne andar kia h use?
Sins of the past catching up with Congress. At least the American Indians got $24 from Henry Hudson for all Manhatten Island. India didn't even get that much for Katchatheevu island. 😂
SG is totally off the mark on this issue. Trying to justify Congress and DMK decisions is like not understanding and appreciating what has been compromised for good at the expense of the national interest. To add salt to the wound, this whole agreement was kept hush hush and not ratified by Parliament.
Disingenuous, People are not stupid, it is not what you say the 200 acres, it is the 200 nautical miles around the island that becomes your exclusive zone, so stop lying. Also Stalin has been blaming Modi govt for trouble of fisherman, when his own father knew this land had been given away. It must be acknowledged that srilankan blackmail worked. It is closer to Rameshwaram town in TN , only 15 kms, than to nearest srilankan town, 40 kms away
You don’t get 200 miles if that zone overlaps with another country.
Stupidity at its finest. This rule means, Sri Lanka should have big chunks of Tamil Nadu.
You guys better read Unclos rules before you comment, you two are clueless , so please educate yourself
Because tamilians are stupid
Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fisherman want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
The size of the Island is not the matter. The change in Maritime border due to Katchatheevu is the key.
That is due to india following un laws on seas as told in this video.. fool
Why would a spineless bootlicker of Gandhi family tell you the real issue and the nub of the issue… He would obfuscate and shake his hands and head vigorously and spout nonsense in his videos…
This comment hits it on the nail right on the head!
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
@@victor256in @drarunselvakumar5009 According to your argument "The size of the Island is not the matter. The change in Maritime border due to Katchatheevu is the key." do you support to China's claim that China should take over Taiwan as a part of China for which China claims Taiwan was historically part of China?
Need to cover Christian conversion angle in this issue
Lol get out of your brainwashed fanatic mindset
Either mulla or missionary wat else do bhakts know in life😂😂😂. Angle itseems have u guys ever in life seen another angle in bjp ruled states. Other than hindu muslim
Nothing grows there is a very familiar statement.The same argument was used by Nehru to explain the area annexed by China in 50s.
It was only in 1957 did Nehru come to know about the Chinese presence in Aksai chin plains
@@parvadhami980 Dhami sahib you are absolutely right.
Modi is also denying that china took our land.
One truly wonders IF anything worthwhile grows inside Nehru's & his fake Gandi dynasty's heads!!
The real question why DMK has been doing drama on Katchatheevu for all these years if it was complacent in its "handover". It's not whether the piece of land was small or large, it's about why nation was not taken into confidence? Even our map is fake. Aksai Chin is occupied by China while a 1/3rd of Kashmir is with Pak. Congress has been DECEIVING the nation. There are a MILLION PROBLEMS with the BJP but Congress regimes have always been KLEPTOCRACY+Gandhi family OLIGARCHY
Million Problems???
Why not Zillion problems?😂
@pichumanisankar2617 why don't you start listing mere 5 ???
You are too blind and cheating yourself. When BJP does blunders why don't you criticise. Always talk about present or future. The past belonged to the voters of the past. Wake up.
@@gmadduriusa7482 Firstly, I am already AWAKE. Now, it is time for you to WAKE UP. People who do not learn from the mistakes of the past PERISH. Rahul Gandhi and his coterie are the "rejected" products of the past. Congress was in power for 70 years and Rahul himself ran a Govt for 10 years. These people were rejected for very right reasons. UPA 2 was justly voted out of power. If Congress wants my vote it will have dump the Gandhis.
At 3.03 min he said "just to visualize in perspective Kachchathevu is length of 3 football field and width of 1 cricket field approx" Now let's do some calculation for #factcheck Football field Length = 110mtr so l = 110 x 2 = 220 mtr or 0.22 km Cricket field width = 150 mtr. Therefore w = 150 mtr or 0.15 km Area = l x w; 0.22 x 0.15 = 0.033 Sq Km. This is how Shekar Kutta fools people and tries to whitewash all sins committed by Nehruvian congress.. 1 Sq km area is exactly 1km length and 1 km width. All Indians knows how long is 1 Km
Excellent reply to this fake news peddler couptaji. He wont correct himselves. he is shameless
He correctly said 115 Ha = 115000 Sq M. = approx 1.15 Sq Km.
He said 1.15 sq km is approx 2 football field length and 1 cricket field width. Now, please convert 1.15 Sq km to football fields and see if you find a problem..
The comments are more interesting than SG’s commentary
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
The subject of the matter is about the hypocrisy of congress and DMK which is the issue in contention which I thought you would be talking about with all the integrity.
Taklu will never go against his masters
You think BJP can talk about integrity. They are far worse than DMK and congress and TMC combined.
British united sub continent of India which was Monarchy. At the time of the British withdrawal, 565 princely states were officially recognized in the Indian subcontinent,[3] apart from thousands of zamindari estates and jagirs. In 1947, princely states covered 40% of the area of pre-independence India and constituted 23% of its population. Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by AO Hume, who was the son of Joseph Hume, the Radical Scottish member of parliament. Resentment against English by Scots spread to British colonies. There would not have been a country and nation by name India without British and Indian National Congress.
@@sky0007fall Dude. This is like saying I have created a river when there were small ponds while blocking people the accessto their water. India had princely states which existed for centuries where the rulers took care of the people's needs. There was raja dharma which was followed to give justice to the downtrodden. If even then, a country wanted to be formed, it would have been by the revolution of our own people. This saviuor complex of british and congress has been nothing with how our civilization prevailed.
You have been selective...recalling a church in Katchatheeve when historically the Pandyas, Cholas and Cheras have often controlled Sri Lanka for long periods. The statements of Nehru suggest HE ONLY decides what India should or shouldn't own completely disregarding the strategic aspect !!! BTW besides Aksai Chin Nehru also gave away the UN security council seat, offered initially to India, to China and those decisions are hurting us now.
No doubt that BJP is picking up these issues for political benefit especially in Tamil Nadu but no one can deny that it’s DMK who always used the Katchatheevu island to attack central government especially on fishermen detention. The only difference is that DMK always used lies and propaganda whereas BJP this time came up with truth and documented agreements.
Only person who filed a case against giving away of Katchatheevu was Krishnamoorty of jan sangh.
Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fisherman want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
@@ruwanfonsekalooks like you care for sri lankans more than indians. Just like china has marine dispute with Philippines , india should not give any territory to sri lanka. You congressis are cowards and will always give away land. Your chacha nehru even said in Parliament india doesnot need barren land of ladakh.
@@user-sy5xg9gn2l so any one from rss cant file pil to know truth or you 20 crore who killed kashmiri hindus and divided india into 3 parts have all rights.
@@user-sy5xg9gn2lso any one from rss cant file pil to know truth or you 20 crore who divided india into 3 parts have all rights
Gandhi dynasty gave away our holy land like it was their baap ka maal. From PoK to Aksai Chin to Coco Island to Kacchathevu. Never vote this anti-national party
😂😂
2000 km2 taken away by China is 2020 can be ignored
Just like BJP gave awa 4000 sq km like their baap ka maal. Now the fact that they have not even accepted is to be honest expected from a characterless party.
@@sleepingduty2987 first they started with 900, went upto 2000 now 4000 all out of the blue. No proof, no sat imagery. This is how propaganda works. Not denying the incursions in contested no man’s land but the government is negotiating well, without the halabulu & with immense patience unlike previous governments. This is how Dhruv rathee type propaganda works on impressionable mind like yours.
@@gargvanit There are satellite images of it. People from the BJP have spoken on it. CIA has spoken on it but stay foolish, suits you.
Full confused after listening for 25 mins. What exactly he wanted to say ?🤔🤔🤔
Geography, history, statistics, linguistics, regional politics, anthropology etc..etc.. Why do you think that a spineless bootlicker of Gandhi family tell you the real good ups of this FRAUD family.. He is a chamcha of Gandhi’s…
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
SG was just telling 'Vote for congress'.
@@ruwanfonseka He could have then started from the days of Ramayana, Ancient, Medieval, Modern the entire History would be covered. Even he could tell the History of Indonesia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Planet Mars, Milky way Galaxy, . etc etc.
He was saying, he is INDI/congress crooks driven presstitute & so is his channel ;)) !!
Giving away katchatheevu has shrinked India’s Maritime border and resulted in killing of over 800 Indian fishermen by Srilankan Navy over past 40 years.
Apparently it was insignificant land to Congress 😅
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fisherman want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
island remains submerged...resurfaced only in election time🤣🤣🤣
The half-lies are truly dangerous. Firstly, no law or treaty demarcated Indo-Ceylon Border from the days of British Raj. As such, the border was not finalised. Secondly, Katchatheevu was exchanged for Wadge Bank as Wadge Bank was far more strategic location for India from which countless fishermen upto this day earn their livelihood and is also rich in petroleum resources. Thirdly, Parliament was not consulted as there was not constitutional agreement over the sovereignty of Katchatheevu unlike parts in West Bengal. It was an undemarcated border in the case of India and then Ceylon. So from all reasons, strategic, ethical and national, Katchatheevu in return for Wadge Bank was of a great benefit to India
It is beating around the bush.... 26mnts over and I am not able make out what you are trying to tell 😢
Congress subscribed to SG KZhead channel😂😂
Same Swaran Singh who was at Tashkand along with LB Shashtri, the PM who died there mysteriously. Less said is enough.
Comments are more than enough to understand the TRUTH... !!!
Indian Maritime border changed unfavourably for India due to giving away of Katchatheevu. The Indian fishermen lost the traditional fishing water. 100s of fishermen were shot dead by SL Navy in 40 years.
Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fisherman want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
Congress never thought ghosts from the past will haunt them like this
This (narration/response from INC etc.) is what makes neutral people like me NOT to support INC(opposition parties)- We try to show there is something to do with immigration (issues)which should also be considered with this handing over of Island to Srilanka (AS if the then Govts. tried to balance between these 2 issues). I do understand the Govt's complex situation (in balancing both). My point is - Nehru/Indira never showed (in their comments on this island) any such kind of balance approach.They clearly showed as if this is a small island that we need not bother.For their mindset/thoughts, DMK/Karunanidhi also tried his own politics and everyone tried their BEST in their comments/ actions in handling the situation, as if this island is useless. Even now, INC/DMK tried to take political mileage (till this is CLEAR now to Indians) on this till now as if NDA govt. is responsible for this issue and they are NOT even showing any remorse for such comments/actions at that time and shamelessly still supporting then(taken) actions. People like me, who are rational, cannot accept such attitude and one reason why we can't trust this opposition (whenever we try our best to listen to them at least).
Off late, 80% of the comments highlight the poor positioning of Print/SG to an issue and the biased leaning towards opposition. And they call themselves unhyphenated
In Tamil it is RSB media
It is similar to how Indira Gandhi added the words "Secular and Socialist" in the Preamble without any discussions. Indira was the ONLY dictator India ever had
If this island was under king of rameshwaram. Then india should have taken control of it. That's it. No negotiation. In many a cases our foolish leaders have ceased a lot of territories to other countries🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Don't add your Gyan in the pretext of giving explanation. The documents speak for itself. Most of what you said under the guise of cutting the clutter is not said in the documents.
Stalin wrote letter to Modi complaining about this, so it is now used against India llaince in Tamil Nadu
Thats exactly the point. Why Stalins father did not protested it when it was given to Sri Lanka? Now What can Modi Do? We cannot get it back no matter what unless we go to war with sri lanka.
@@sm1256 Stalin was busy eve teasing women outside college during that time to understand the issue.
@@user-sy5xg9gn2l Lol! I heard he raped a reporter and dumped her out from a car in public place. Not sure how much of this is true.
It’s a good example of how hypocritic and short-sighted our political netas are, particularly the DMK politicians. Even though it’s a central government subject, the successive DMK/ADMK govts in the last 40+ years were giving poll promises that if they come to power, they will get back Katchatheevu island. It has been a recurring issue for fishermen in Kanyakumari, Ramnad and Tuticorin districts where many getting killed by Srilankan Navy, imprisoned and boats seized. Now DMK scored their own goal by blaming it on the current central govt for their inactions. Before Annamalai ( BJP state president), no central/state politicians brought up the truths of 1970s agreements who signed/hid since then. Now Stalin can’t simply blame BJP which didn’t even exist when his father agreed with the then congress govt. People saw the truth today thanks to Annamalai’s RTI and Jaishankar’s news brief. It’s sad see tfat how Tamil politicians and the so called shallow journalist are making the public fools. Also the Srikankan govt now wants to do military drill in this island( with Chinese help), close to our border. Hope Modi govt finds an amicable solution by keeping the innocent fishermen in mind.🇮🇳
Shekhar Gupta should also clarify that Indira Gandhi imposed emergency in 1975 and it continued till 1977. The 1976 pact was signed when the parliament was practically dysfunctional. Those were feudal times in a manner of speaking.
If it was some Sheikh they would have built a nice resort on that island.. Created wealth for people around it. It would have been a unique resort serving exotic fresh sea food and water sports like sailing. Nothing grows here.. If Americans had thought like that we would not see Las Vegas.
But why should DMK demand Modi to get back Katchatteevu and write letter to PM every now and then.?You are pro DMK and anti Modi as usual.
This issue came up as Stalin asked Modi to get back this island. This is now Modi's answer to Stalin.. both Congress and DMK are complicit in this issue.
This is an excellent episode. The details and the background and everything is something that one other media covers. Hats off to The Print and Shekhar Gupta. You guys are awesome.
Issue is that DMK has been making this an issue blaming centre but the reality is that they were complicit
Why once "celebrated" journalist has to continuously shake both hands arms and face so vigorously? I fear even legs may may be shaki g as well. Tells all about 'The Wire'
Shekar will talk about statistics, geography, history, linguistics etc… What he won’t talk about is the mindset and goof ups of Nehru !!!! He is the greatest hypocrite of Indian press. He is a spineless bootlicker of Gandhi family.
Talking about wire,, let's wait nd see if wire does any episode on this..
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
In Tamil it is known as சோம்பு journalism. Most despised case of Rotten sold out journalism
@@gopaakrishnanmvenkataraman9129 Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fishermen want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
Literally how a family changed the Indian boarder in single handedly, Coco Islands, Akshay chin, POK, and this Island.
Isnt it funny that the palk straight is called Adams bridge... There is no relevance to some Adam in this region whatsoever. Just because some westener named it doesn't mean we need to accept it.
There may be 1000 issues between India and Sri Lanka - each issue should be dealt on its merit. The documents prove that DMK and Congress acted in one manner and postured before Tamils for votes in another manner. This attempt to fool simple people must be brought to light
Sri Lankan fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar (who are from the Sri Lankan Tamil Community who speak the Tamil language) districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India (who are mainly from Tamil Nadu who speak the Tamil language). If Indian fishermen want to fish beyond the India International border, there is no need to cross over to Sri Lanka's territory (country's territory), instead there is plenty of International waters that is south of India that they can fish with no issues maintaining peace with Sri Lanka. Why does India has to disrupt peace with all it's neighbouring countries, and now the latest is with Sri Lanka at a time Sri Lankan-Indian diplomacy has improved. According to a recent news article as of 2024 India still remains unresponsive to the request by Sri Lanka to allow an innocent passage through the Indian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) for its fishermen to enter the Arabian Sea. Sri Lanka had made this request when President Ranil Wickremesinghe visited India in 2023. The Indian route will help Lankan fishermen cut down the total distance by 400 nautical miles. Currently, they have to take a longer route via Negombo, Dikovita, Beruwala and Matara (areas in Sri Lanka) around the Maldives. Currently, Sri Lankan fishermen get detained by the Indian Coast Guard when they unlawfully enter Indian waters on their way to the Arabian Sea for fishing activities.
It is all good and fair that the current (BJP) government clarified the Katchatheevu island controversy. One may call it a politically motivated move but nevertheless the citizens have all the rights to know. What we need is a system like 'Automatic declassification' of USA by which classified information becomes declassified after expiration of a maximum time frame for classification which is usually 25 years. How can previous governments even dare to think about hiding such dealings from the public and keep misleading their voters for years! Also, ThePrint should have called out DMK in this video. A. India’s need for an automatic declassification system, akin to the one used in the United States, is multifaceted. Here are some key reasons: 1. Objective Assessment of Military History: Declassification allows for a more objective assessment of India’s military history. By making historical records accessible, policymakers can make informed decisions regarding military security and strategy. 2. De-Politicization of Military Events: A more liberalized declassification system helps de-politicize military events, including wars India has fought. This move can prevent the use of national security concerns as a pretext to withhold information. 3. Transparency and Accountability: Automatic declassification promotes transparency and accountability. Citizens have a right to know about significant historical events, and declassifying records ensures that information is not unduly hidden. 4. International Norms: Several democratic countries follow automatic declassification practices. By adopting a similar approach, India aligns itself with international norms and best practices. While India has made strides in this direction, there’s still room for improvement. The recent announcement by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh that war records will be archived and declassified every 25 years is a positive step. B. Controversial Topics and Historical Figures: Citizens of India are keenly interested in uncovering details about certain historical figures. Here are two notable examples: 1. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: - Netaji Bose’s mysterious disappearance and subsequent death have fueled speculation and intrigue. Researchers have produced forensic face-mapping evidence suggesting that he may have been alive even after his alleged plane crash. A man photographed with former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri during the Indo-Pak peace talks in Tashkent in 1966 bears a strong resemblance to Netaji. If these photographs indeed depict Netaji, they challenge existing theories about his fate. - The Henderson Brooks Report, which investigated the 1962 Sino-India boundary war, remains classified. Its declassification could shed light on critical events . 2. Lal Bahadur Shastri: - Shastri’s sudden death in Tashkent in 1966 has also sparked controversy. His grandson recalled that Shastri had hinted at revealing something significant upon his return. The face-mapping report connecting him to Netaji adds another layer of intrigue. - Details surrounding Shastri’s demise remain a subject of public interest, and citizens seek transparency regarding the circumstances. In summary, India’s pursuit of transparency through declassification and the curiosity surrounding historical figures & issues like Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Lal Bahadur Shastri underscore the importance of accessible information for informed discourse and understanding of the past.
Fabulous comment
Any long time viewer of this channel will conclude that SG is pro INC and anti BJP but he hides behind a cloak of a claimed unhyphenated journalism and good acting skills. Initially he was very good at this drama and we used to say that SG can become the director of National School of Drama. But off late his acting skills are giving way perhaps he needs to enrol as a student at Nation School of Drama to refresh his skills.
Thank you shekar sir for thevinformative video on kuchatevu.
Thank you for appreciating and supporting our journalism, Prakash. I'm glad you liked this episode....best wishes, Shekhar
@ThePrintIndia well nobody else liked it
There was the newly formed PRC which was keen in capturing strategic territories like Tibet and Xinjiang while there was another New Republic of India wherein Prime minister "gifted territories" Katchatheevu, Cocos Island, those 12 villages in Punjab given to Pakistan for Hussainiwala, etc
loving these long episodes
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
@@ruwanfonseka yes ❤️
Thank you Sir. Now got the whole picture.
At 8:45, please make a whole new episode or series on this as you did with operation Bluestar & the Nalli massacre.
At 23:45, SG is wrong on Sri Lanka's Independence timeline. Sri Lanka earned its independence on 4 February 1948, when it became Dominion of Ceylon with British Commonwealth. And on 22 May 1972, it became a republic and renamed to Sri Lanka as we know today
Thanks Mr SG Whatever it may be the then successive governments didn't show farsightedness as far as political and security matters are concerned.
Battle for Kachchaitheevu and Fishing rights. During the mid-1970s the area was restricted by the signing of a maritime boundary agreement of 1974 and 1976 between India and Sri Lanka.This demarcation of ' Fishers Line ' vis-a-vis-the international maritime boundary line [ IMBL } made it illegal for fishermen from either side to cross over into each other's waters to fish. This demarcation was the inception of what would eventually turn into violent conflict. The Indian fishermen from Rameswaram adopted the process of 'drawling ' a process of dropping nylon nets ( as opposed to traditional nets ) with attached weights to the bottom of the sea and dragging them along with the powerful motor boats, unlike traditional wind-propelled sailing boats to capture the popular seafood such prawns. In 1970s the Indian fishermen saw the need for new grounds to fish and began encroaching upon Sri Lankan waters despite the water border agreement . The civil war and the fishing ban in Sri Lanka continued till 2009 leaving leeway to the Indian fishermen to illegally fish in these waters. Due to their small boats, Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen could never compete with the Indian high-speed motorboats. The Indian government has done little to resolve these problems. The most affected community in this situation continues to be the coastal fishermen from Sri Lanka . There has been no inclination from either nation towards international litigation .{ UNCLOS ] United Nations Convention of the Law of the Seas.
Mr. Shekarji, what happens if CHina take over katchathhevu for 99 years from SriLanka in lieu of pending loan payments?
Sekar gupta's racist attitude towards tamils and tamilnadu is well known.
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
thanks shekhar for elaboration.
India should have used the recent economic collapse of Sri Lanka to negotiate transfer of Kachatheevu to India as part of the 4.5 billion help to Sri Lanka..unfortunately, wonderful opportunity missed
We Indians dont want Kachethevu......
@@Lakshmidasaa - Are you stupid to not understand the value of the island geostrategically? Do you know how many Indian fishermen get killed by Sri Lanka in that neighborhood? With the corrupt Sri Lankan politicians, can you provide assurance that they would not give away the island to Chinese? It would be a disaster for India when that happens.
Every week, you increase the amount.. Was 3.4B then 4, now 4.5B. And most of it wasn't cash... Credit notes to buy Indian goods and some debt postponement.
@@gargvanit Indian
@@gargvanit Indian.
What he is trying to say ?😅
As a person from TamilNadu, I think this is a well rounded analysis. Any international decision is for the sake of the country and its peace, no matter which party decides. But at least one had the decency not to politicize the deal with Bangladesh when it happened. About fishing - TN fishermen typically does deep sea fishing with superior tech when compared to Sri Lankans. So fishing in kachatheevu is not a big problem for them. The real problem is the arrests and firing on fishermen by SriLankan authorities. There could be mistakes in both the sides but this needs more attention than kachatheevu.
Thank you for writing in, my friend, and I'm glad you found this episode insightful. Do keep watching...best wishes, Shekhar
Kudos to Mr Shekhar Gupta !! Always look forward to his videos on getting the most accurate & objective analysis of various topics !!
This is a very well done video with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
This is why srilanka should be more cautious when making deals with india.... rather do not make deals...😂
Thanks Shekhar for facts.
English subtitles do not match with actual words spoken.
Very nice decluttering
You are wrong. It’s not BJP creating this issue, this is created by DMK and they did publish this part of their election manifesto. Better know the truth before you say something like this in public forums.
katchatheevu issue in great detail. Thanks Sir
This is a very well done video with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
Thank you, my friend. Do keep watching and writing in...best wishes, Shekhar
Shekar gupta ji i listen you & i am requesting you that you will definitely make one video on ....how china named 30 places in arunachal pradesh
A very exhaustive analysis of history not even by any Tamil media. Rightly said about people over territory. This also exposes the divisive approach by powers at the centre to play election gimmick in Tamilnadu.
Thx uncle ji
Sir Dhruv Rathee mentioned you in his recent video. I think his criticism of your evaluation of the state of democracy is fair. I think you might want to look at it.
@@gargvanit who the hell are you to say who is anti- hindu. people like you are anti- human I think. And if both belong to the same cohort, why do bigots like you come here wagging their tails every night? Go to the bought media no. They say what you want them to say.
@@gargvanit Who are you to term anyone anti- hindu. I think you are anti- human. If you think they belong to the same cohort then why do you people come wagging here for news. You too know that the media you like is sold out but truth seems hard to go down doesn't it?
Kindly keep sleeping kiddo
First of all it is NOT a new issue. The AIADMK has been consistently opposing the handover for decades now. Its MPs have raised this repeatedly in parliament and CMs especially Jayalalithaa have raised this regularly. The BJP if at all could have done something about it in the last 10 years. Although the blame for callously handing over the island lies with Congress /Indira Gandhi and DMK. The handing over of the island barely outside of Indian shore has led to killing of Indian fishermen mostly Tamils, has led to smuggling due to lax SL policing. It could have been worse if China had made inroads into SL and gotten an electronic spy setup. It certainly poses a security risk and curtails India's Exclusive Economic Zone. To dismiss this island barely 25Kms from Rameshwaram as insignificant is a careless piece of journalism.
Very good reporting. Election time remembered uncle aunty. Where were they for so many years?
Sir, Whenever there’s an issue in news; I always wait for the episode of cut the clutter. Your well researched explanation of the subject gives me a clear picture of the issue. You are an inspiration in the world of journalism, unbiased and without a label. Good old journalism.
S Jaishankar's father was advosir in 1974, he should have asked why what when to him :P Moreover, it was disputed island that was never in Indian control. It was just straining the relationship between two countries.
By this logic, we should leave our claims to POK
Jana Krishnamoorthy of Jan sangh filed a case against giving of katchatheevu in high court. BJP are on solid footing when it comes to this issue.
Talking about territorial integrity, Modi ji gave clean chit to China.
If Kachchateevu is part of India, I must say Arunachal is part of china, and Sikkim is an independent country. Moreover Darjeeling is part of china. Let's go this way. As a Sri Lankan, I support. Also, Tamilnadu must get its Independence.
Dear Sekhar Gupta, two stories looks no relevance. India had given away territory and failed to influence srilanka to take care of tamils in Jafna. Moral: Impatient always blinks first and ends up in loosing
What the F , why would not say that the island also included 200 kmile , which also is also lost
Excellent episode. Brought out the nuances of the agreement in the backdrop of the Indian Tamil's citizenship issue in Ceylon very well. Agreements are all about give & take. The welfare of 1.5 L Indian Tamils vis a vis territory of an uninhabited island without any fresh water source can be debated endlessly. All this will make sense only theough the lens of objectivity. Wear your political glasses, and you will see only one side of the story.
This is a very well done video with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
Thank you, Vijay, for appreciating and supporting our journalism. You make a strong point...do keep watching and writing in...best wishes, Shekhar
Top quality research SG and team to present this in one episode. This episode has been so informative. On the political side, this has been totally unnecessary to put out in the public when relations with our neighbours have been growing well in recent times. Previous governments had to be benign to our neighbours for various reasons, we are after all the big brother of the subcontinent. Wish people could see it rather than see it just as a land transfer. There is a humanitarian angle to it.
I'm so glad you found this episode insightful and informative, Hari. Thank you for appreciating and supporting our journalism...best wishes, Shekhar
1:17 "callous about India's territorial integrity" is a good statement (& associated charge), about people in a dynastic order. This isn't for what the country elected them & put in that position of running the affairs of the country. This is worse than the attacks of a Ghori or Ghazni - Instead of one of them coming here to loot, you sent the loot to wherever they are (were). It is worse than the worst pillage of Nadir Shah, who carried away the "khazana" of the country (as the ruler was unable to fight Nadir Shah's army, but hosted them & pampered them). Nadir Shah gave a remission of 2 years to his subject people of his country, with that loot ! Not "asking" the army to fight the enemy (not at the door-step but well within your home, indulging in wedding ceremony instead) is another serious blunder (or crime or whatever). We need to ponder (& device methods to prevent). In such emergency/crisis the "president" shall act & "freeze" the functioning of his/her government & give the task of driving out the enemy from our soil, to the army. Only upon the restoration of lost territory, shall a civilian government should start functioning. Most of my countrymen may not relish it; but it is an exigency or contingency we need to consider.
Nehru passed away and Sasthri became PM, most problems solved .... thats the best point of this cut the clutter.
So you are saying that because Murlidharan is a great cricketer for his rights we had to cede an island to a country?
Looks like Shekhar Sir is supporting Congress decisions with all his data😂
You are shamefully justifying the agreements which are the bone of contention.
This is a very well done video by SG with Journalistic Diplomacy to cover the historical context of India-Sri Lanka relations and Indian-Bangladesh relations and diplomacy with a nice lesson of history from the past. Long live the friendly relationship between India and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Long live the friendly relationship between Bangladesh and India. Katchatheevu is currently part of Sri Lanka and there is no need to bring it to now to claim it as part of India.
After watching the video i do not understand what is SG's concluding remarks.
Shekhar Sir- Can u one do cut the clutter on Indian areas or earlier buffers occupied by china in ladakh post 2021 still?
You didn’t mention your source for this trade off or the 2 parallel stories was based on Mr Jairam’s tweet, not sure why you always start giving cover fire to congress using this wonderful format and program.
SG playing it very light like exchange of territory for the citizenship of Indian Tamils. In the bargain, he forgets that Indian security is compromised. If Katchatheevu was with us, China cannot put foot hold in Neduntheevu.
Build a bridge in the Palk Strait, as in Mumbai sea links.