Monday, February 09, 2004
South Asain Union???
An interesting article by Dr. A Ravindra, retired IAS officer, on the growth of EU, and lessons to be learnt from it for South Asia. It wud be a dream scenario if South Asia cud come together, like EU did. I echo Dr. Ravindra that the two biggest hurdles r the over-bearing strength of India in the region, and "political differences", in other words Islamic fundamentalism. Looking at the kind of hatred propagated in Pak and Bangladesh against India, it wud require a herculean effort from leaders of these countries. If this does become an impediment, then India shud also explore the possibility of an union excluding these countries.
The person who said its not important whether you win or lose, probably lost.
An interesting article by Dr. A Ravindra, retired IAS officer, on the growth of EU, and lessons to be learnt from it for South Asia. It wud be a dream scenario if South Asia cud come together, like EU did. I echo Dr. Ravindra that the two biggest hurdles r the over-bearing strength of India in the region, and "political differences", in other words Islamic fundamentalism. Looking at the kind of hatred propagated in Pak and Bangladesh against India, it wud require a herculean effort from leaders of these countries. If this does become an impediment, then India shud also explore the possibility of an union excluding these countries.
The person who said its not important whether you win or lose, probably lost.
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