A "good boy" is decidedly not a good thing.

Last month India and China announced that both had withdrawn troops from the Pangong Lake area in Ladakh. Both sides had been facing each other after 20 Indian soldiers died in hand to hand combat with Chinese soldiers in June last year. Recently, China released videos, which apparently were taken during the clash, and admitted that 4 of its soldiers also died in the incident. According to the Russian news agency Tass, 45 Chinese soldiers were killed while according to US intelligence the number of Chinese casualties was 35. However, "China still hasn't withdrawn from 'several forward positions' it seized during clashes with Indian forces along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), a top military commander told lawmakers at a congressional hearing," reported the Hindustan Times on 10 March. "Admiral Philip S Davidson, who commands the US military's Indo-Pacific Command, also told lawmakers that the US had helped India over its border conflict by providing information, cold-weather clothing and other equipment." Our soldiers have been sacrificed. This year's Combined Commanders' Conference of the Indian Armed Forces was "held at Kevadia under the shadow of the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, from 4 to 6 March", wrote Lt Gen H S Panag (retd). The Statue of Unity is that of Sardar Vallabhai Patel, constructed at a cost of Rs 29.89 billion (US$422 million), with brass plates cast by Jiangxi Tongqinq Metal Handicrafts Co in China. For the first time personnel below the rank of commissioned officers were invited, which made no sense, because the strict chain of command in the armed forces means that only senior officers take strategic decisions, though suggestions from all ranks are always welcome. Prime Minister Narendra Modi stressed "indigenisation" of "doctrines, procedures and customs practiced in the armed forces" which was incomprehensible for the army brass. Does it mean control of decision making process in the armed forces by Modi's party the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), just as the the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China owes allegiance to the Communist Party of China? "The United Nations has received $10,000 (Rs 7 lakh) 'donation' from the pro-Khalistan group Sikhs for Justice, an outfit outlawed by India," reported The Times of India. The group has also promised $1.3 million "to investigate India's use of violence and sedition charges against protesting farmers". Meanwhile climate activist Disha Ravi, who spent days in jail on false charges of sedition, has written on Twitter, "Locked in my cell I wondered when it became a crime to think the most basic elements of sustenance on this planet were as much mine as theirs," reported CNN. Meanwhile, multiple courts in different countries have confirmed a $1.4 billion award to Cairn Energy against India. Supporters have created a meme of Queen Elizabeth saying, "You are a good boy" to Modi. Any other leader in the world would consider "good boy" as patronising and extremely insulting. Reduced to this, huh?