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While on the one hand the APEC summit in which top world leaders but not India were invited and shared space has ended, ASEAN has begun and NaMo rightly said look EAST, Think EAST. From 1947, the Nehruvian polity, Western educated as they were looked WEST forgetting that first CONSOLIDATE your neighborhood , before going further. What we call ASEAN countries or SOUTH EAST ASIA is also called INDO- CHINA region. For centuries both China and India influenced this region but it was India which dominated, whether it is Burma, , Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Phillipines , Malaysia they all speak Sanskrit derived languages, they all have Indian names be it Ayuthhya in Thailand or Kuala Lumpur or Singapur, they were all powerful Hindu- Buddhist Kingdoms, the biggest Hindu temple is not in India but Cambodia . India enjoys tremendous goodwill amongst the SE Asian people but Nehruvian Secular politics did not CASH in on this CULTURAL BONDING rather looked more to the Islamic middle east, letting China fill the void. Once all these countries were CONNECTED by rail and road routes, there was continuous movement of people and goods in this region. Post World war II changed everything. IT IS TIME TO REVIVE OUR SHARED HISTORY, LINK IT WITH THE PRESENT, that is the WAY FORWARD
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 11:51:40 +0000

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