Panchsheel was the name of the foreign policy adopted by India soon after the independence. It was actually a brain child of the First Prime Minister of India Pandith Jawaharlal Nehru. Later It was the base of Sino Indian treaty of 1954 and also became the core ideology behind the Non alignment movement.
Panchasheel is a foreign policy formed by 5 main ideals. Its main aim was to abstain from the then ongoing cold war between the two blocs and to be maintain a friendly neighboorhood. But as it turned out the policy was a bit idealistic. The following are the five ideals
Panchasheel is a foreign policy formed by 5 main ideals. Its main aim was to abstain from the then ongoing cold war between the two blocs and to be maintain a friendly neighboorhood. But as it turned out the policy was a bit idealistic. The following are the five ideals
- Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty,
- Mutual non-aggression,
- Mutual non-interference in each other's internal affairs,
- Equality and mutual benefit, and
- Peaceful co-existence.
If we examine all the of the points carefully, we will find that they are not exactly realistic
When it says respect for each other's territorial integrity its hard to imagine such a situation as it takes generations to resolve disputes between nations. If these disputes take generation to resolve then it will take equally long time to establish a truat without which the respect cant be imagined.
If there is a dispute there is obviously a aggression. There is no way that there is a dispute and there wont be an aggression. The nations will try every thing to settle dispute in their own favor, then why will they not be aggressive.
When two nations have a dispute or a rivalry, they will do anything to serve their purpose. They can go to any extent to see their rival disintegrate as it will be in their interest. So to meet these goals they will never abstain from fueling each other's internal problems.
The best term which can be closely associated with idealism is equality, in the real world two nations can never be equal as their resources are not equally distributed which is natural. So almost all countries bargain hard for their own benefit why will the nation pitch for mutual benefit when they have their own interests.
The peaceful co existence is nothing but a dream as there can never be peace between countries when there are disputes, and every nation tries to use what means they could to get a maximum out of the dispute. So in this case how can nations function peacefully.
When it comes to serving their interests nations cant stick to a laid plan, they have to act according as the situations demands. IF a nation tries to stick to a policy and not act according to the change in situation then it will end up nowhere.
