Indians, and some Pakistanis, rave about a piece of pure fiction, willing to believe it as fact.
India needs a Northeast policy. The Northeast needs a Northeast policy.
What might be considered 'primitive' by the enlightened may not be a state of backwardness. Tribal knowledge-systems need not conform to 'mainstream' development notions.
Two years turned the Indian subcontinent into Southasia. Between 14 August 1947 and 4 February 1948, India, Pakistan (its eastern part would later become Bangladesh), and Sri Lanka all gained
The conflict in Kashmir may be projected as the 'militant Islamic' assault on the state. But the origins of Kashmiriyat were never built on inter-religious antagonism.
