03-10-2006, 02:51 AM
There is the immediate problem of transporting the gas thru Bangla Desh. Maybe the gas can be traded on international exchanges to circumvent the transport problem. If it can be arranged the rail and road links to Myanmar would be useful. Is there any integrated paln to link Myanmar with the North East? Maybe we can have Myanmar sign bilateral agreements with Bangla Desh to facilitate transportation links. The sticking thorn in the North East is the attitude of Bangla Desh govt and its dog in teh manger policy towards India.
If one looks back in history the British decision to hive of Burma in 1935 was a way to block Indian access to the South East Asia over land routes. It also did not help that we Indians had a myopic vision vis a vis the immediate eastern neighbors. The vison was more exotic than pragmatic.
To me India should work on long range plan to integrate Maynmar econmicaly to North Eastern & Eastern India. Our distorted view that Indian history begins with the Islamic age is what is preventing this.
If one looks back in history the British decision to hive of Burma in 1935 was a way to block Indian access to the South East Asia over land routes. It also did not help that we Indians had a myopic vision vis a vis the immediate eastern neighbors. The vison was more exotic than pragmatic.
To me India should work on long range plan to integrate Maynmar econmicaly to North Eastern & Eastern India. Our distorted view that Indian history begins with the Islamic age is what is preventing this.