Political drama won in the East, but does the South point to the future? Why are generals jetting into the Bengali delta?
The economic gravity of the sub-continent lies in the South and West, but the political centre is lodged firmly in the North.
As if to emphasize the latter point, America’s new point man, Donald Lu, will head the Bureau of South and Central Asian affairs. His impressive linguistic background added to his work experience might suggest American focus on the sub-continent’s North and further to China’s west. All eyes on the Indus, ignoring the Meghna, the traditional way of doing things post-Curzon.
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