Thursday, February 27, 2014
The inevitability of South Asia - The Hindu
The inevitability of South Asia - The Hindu
Historical India had a ruler, back in the early-1500s, who understood all about the advantages of connectivity for the populated expanse between the Brahmaputra and Indus. Sher Shah Suri emerged from Bihar to bequeath historical India its state administration, currency and land revenue systems. He regularised what came to be known as the Grand Trunk Road, from Bengal to Khyber, knowing that commerce has the power to both enrich and bind. Therein lies the inevitability of South Asian regionalism: we have to do what is good for the people at large rather than for the nation states and the capitals.
Historical India had a ruler, back in the early-1500s, who understood all about the advantages of connectivity for the populated expanse between the Brahmaputra and Indus. Sher Shah Suri emerged from Bihar to bequeath historical India its state administration, currency and land revenue systems. He regularised what came to be known as the Grand Trunk Road, from Bengal to Khyber, knowing that commerce has the power to both enrich and bind. Therein lies the inevitability of South Asian regionalism: we have to do what is good for the people at large rather than for the nation states and the capitals.
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