This precisely captures why I detest engaging with veteran Indian scholars. Having accumulated a vast reserve of past ideas, perspectives, and assumptions during their formative years, they find their capacity to learn new things, comprehend a changing world, and embrace fresh concepts plummeting as they age. Consequently, they constantly try to interpret a brand-new reality through the lens of obsolete mindsets—only to run into a brick wall time and again. At the same time, because they have achieved social distinction and success, they subconsciously attribute their status and wealth to their old worldview and a bygone era. This makes them cling even more fanatically to that tried-and-true path and fiercely resist any departure from it. When younger generations introduce novel ideas and fresh insights, these scholars invariably adopt an air of condescension: "My life experience far surpasses yours," or even a rigid "I am right and you are wrong." This fully exposes the arrogance and conceit typical of older minds. Because their cognitive architecture can no longer offer a coherent explanation for the modern world, they resort to posturing—relying on seniority and a dogmatic "I'm right, you're wrong" stance in a desperate bid to preserve their fading authority. They remain utterly perplexed by the new world, just as they are baffled by the youth's skepticism toward them, yet they still presume to lecture young people on how to "avoid detours." While the younger generation may lack experience, they are firmly convinced that these elders are hopelessly set in their ways, and that blindly replicating their methods is a surefire ticket to being discarded by the future.

BM’nin Hindistan-Pakistan Askeri Gözlemci Grubu 1949'dan beri hâlâ sahada. Gündemden düştüğü söylenen bir mesele için epey uzun bir mesai. Bir meselenin ciddiye alınması için 193 ülkenin rahatsız olması mı gerekiyor? Keşmir 1957'den çok sonra da Güvenlik Konseyi’nin gündemindeydi. 22 Haziran 1962'de Konsey’in 11 üyesinden 7'si Keşmir’e ilişkin bir karar tasarısına evet oyu verdi. Tasarıyı yalnızca Sovyet vetosu durdurdu. 193 üye arasında “kimse rahatsız değil” diye yazdıktan hemen sonra, Bağdat toplantısındaki “tekrarlanan acımasız İİT saldırılarından” şikayet ettiniz. 57 üyeli bir teşkilatın her yıl aynı meseleyi gündeme getirmesi “kimse rahatsız değil” tanımına pek uymuyor. Eski bir diplomatın daha iyi bilgilenmiş olması gerektiği konusunda haklısınız. Hele ki sizin gibi Dışişleri Müsteşarlığı yapmışsa. @KanwalSibal