----- Original Message ----- From: "rahardjo mustadjab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]>; "Kenny Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: [ppiindia] Post-tsunami India's image rises globally
> > India tidak ingin kelihatan sebagai sosok yang > egoistis. Meskipun juga tertimpa kesusahan, tetapi > dia ikut menyingsingkan lengan baju membantu Sri > Lanka, bantuan tenaga tidak kalah nilainya dengan > bantuan duwit. Itu satu point. > > Point lainnya, adalah penolakan bantuan dari > pemerintah lain (bukan Amerika saja). Mungkin cara > berpikirnya begini: malu ah, lha wong waktu Florida > kena bencana hebat tahun lalu dan waktu gempa dan > taifun menimpa Jepang, kita tidak kirim bela sungkawa > apalagi bantuan. Mungkin begitu sebabnya, sekalipun > tidak dinyatakan. Bravo !!! > > Salam, > RM > > ---------------------------- > > > Post-tsunami India's image rises globally > Wednesday January 5 2005 00:00 IST > IANS > > WASHINGTON: India has displayed maturity in its > management of the ravages caused by last week's > tsunami - helping other countries in the region and in > helping itself - leading to a changed perception of > the country in the eyes of the international > community. > > "It's a new and confident India which also recognizes > its responsibilities," asserted renowned economist > Jagdish Bhagwati. > > In an interview with IANS, Bhagwati says in helping > other countries around the world in its own time of > crisis, "It's not just international power play but > rather a display of maturity. It's not with a sense of > pride but rather as an obligation." > > "There will be a changed perception of India following > this disaster," says Anirban Basu, former director of > the Towson University Regional Economic Studies > Institute in greater Washington. > > "India is not just a technical leader in South Asia > and Southeast Asia, but a leader in taking up the > tsunami warning system. I think people have looked at > India till now not much more than a leader in South > Asia," said Basu, CEO of Sage Policy Group, advisors > to state, federal and private companies. > > New Delhi promptly began helping Sri Lanka with ships > and army personnel to reach difficult areas and > deliver aid, even as it coped with its own death toll > that touches 9,000 with thousands still unaccounted > for. > > "The fact that it is able to take care of itself also > comes out in the Bush administration's response - and > the work of the Indian government which has cemented > the bond - President Bush clubbed India with Japan and > Australia. So it has worked out very nicely for > India's image even for altruistic purposes," Bhagwati > emphasized. > > "India also took matters in stride although it did not > suffer as huge a loss as Sri Lanka or Indonesia," > Bhagwati noted. > > "It showed it doesn't really need these huge > organisations like Oxfam etc., who want to get mileage > out of this. Our own people have the commitment - big > and small NGOs who don't need to get on CNN," he > added. > > "Ultimately, Indian ships are going out to help, just > like the US - that shows its status." > > Bhagwati indicated he was most impressed by the > non-governmental organizations in India that have > fuelled the "revolution of perceived possibilities and > rising expectations". > > India, he said, "is both a democracy and a major > force", and NGOs had helped make the democracy more > responsive to people. "These NGOs provide people with > their sense of confidence, not necessarily the > political parties." > > According to Anirban Basu, India's aid effort in the > region was "an amazing transformation" for a country > that was an aid recipient at one time. > > Though it still may get aid from organizations like > the World Bank "India is a powerhouse in so many ways > but also houses a very large community of poor, and > there is no shame in that," Basu insisted. > > "India will remain a study in contradictions - home to > cutting edge technology and also to millions of poor, > but a rising tide lifts all boats," he said > metaphorically without intending a pun in the current > disaster. > > > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. 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