Pati Patni aur China......

             Around 600 km away from the southern most tip of India lies a group of islands called 'Maldives' and it's capital is known by the name of 'Male'.From the Time it gained it's independence in the late 1960's it has been the closest nation to India.But today with a size of  mere 0.1 % as compared to INDIA this small Island Nation is on the course of creating some serious trouble for India.                                            
           Maldives is a muslim nation.A certain Maumoon Abdul Gayoom became the president of Maldives in early 70's after it obtained freedom from the british,He continued to rule the nation for around 30 years In 1988 however there was revolt against him but India intervened and operation CACTUS was launched by the Indian army to suppress the revolt.So he continued to rule until  2008 when he  was defeated by Md.Nasheed who became the first democratically elected President of the Island nation.
           Md. Nasheed has even held a cabinet meeting under the ocean water to highlight the dangers of global Warming to small Island nation.Besides he ha done some pioneering work during hid tenure to boost tourism,attrack foreign investment and bring about development in the island nation.All in  all वह  एक अच्छा राष्ट्रपति था But again in 2012 Md.Nasheed was removed from the presidency in a military coup and a New president took his place.Inspite of these turbulent times in all these years everything was well between the India(Patni) and 'Male' (Pati) with India supporting the island nation with majority of  all foreign investment and healthy inflow of tourism revenue coming from India ,courtesy those Indian tourists who want to live their 'Baywatch' or the 'Pamela Anderson' fantasies in actual life as there is no curb on the consumption of alcohol or anything for that matter.

"Chinese Plan of surrounding Indian Ocean in a pearl type formation"

                  But then they say एक छोटी सी चिंगारी को आग में तब्दील होते देर नहीं लगती .This चिंगारी came in the form of Foreign investment made by the Indian infrastructure major DLF....(the ex sponsor of IPL if u remember)  in building an AIRPORT.the problem started around a week back when the new Government post the military coup disagreed on the profit sharing model which the earlier Government had agreed with DLF. After all negotiations failed finally the 'Male' government scrapped the deal which could have been the biggest foreign investment in the island nation and this gave a sour taste to the friendly relationship between India and 'Male'.                                                                                                                                                                  All through these years "China- the woh Factor" in the Pati patni relationship was waiting for the right opportunity to exploit the situation and get into an alliance with 'Male'.But why all these years was china interested in a small group of island in the Indian ocean.,आखिर  क्यों ??????  the answer lies in the "string of pearls theory".(Refer diagram).China has been since long harboring an ambition to control all sea trade routes from the Indian ocean to the south china sea.Having already established a naval base in Sri-Lanka the conquest of Maldives will give a major boost to china's ambitious string of pearl strategy as it  will have a naval base in every major country surrounding the Indian subcontinent.If India losses Maldives it  will be at loss both financially and strategically .           
            Maldives is very important for India if it has to maintain it's sovereignty over the Southern Indian ocean and an important ally which it cannot afford to loose.Suppose an India-China war breaks out Maldives is very important to control the supply lines in the Indian ocean.So it's time India tried every trick of the trade just like Shahrukh did for Anushka in 'Rab ne bana di jodi' like granting financial aid, giving admission to Maldivian student to study in india,helping them to fight the effects of climate change etc  so that it can be all the happies endings and India and Maldives relations get back to normal.
          And yes for those readers still thinking about pamela anderson or for that sake visiting maldives here's the website link :)...BAYWATCH