It is India’s misfortune to be stuck with neighbours who haven’t developed a strong culture of democracy

It is India’s misfortune to be stuck with neighbours who haven’t developed a strong culture of democracy and are also prone to descending into chaos. But we cannot be mute spectators. It would be even worse to gloat at how the neighbours seem to be botching up the task of building a modern nation state. Great nations cannot be built when you are surrounded by violence, unrest and anarchy.

Of course, there is little India can do in the immediate short-term to help stabilize South Asia. Nor can it be seen to be interfering in the ‘internal affairs’ of these nations. But there is a lot it can do through back channel and unobtrusive diplomacy that is mature as well as far-sighted.

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