Topic: India and South Asia
Explain the defence and foreign policy of India to address the challenges emerging out of the current India-China standoff at the Line of Actual control (LAC).
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 2020 ended the quiet-boundary assumption → two tracks, defence and diplomacyRoute 2 undefined LAC + the 2020 shock → India answers…
Discuss the consequences of illegal cross-border migration in India’s north-eastern region.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 consequence is political, not demographic → eight states, some 220 ethnic groups → who belongs stays permanently open → nation-building carries…
Analyze the impact of Hydro politics on Indo Bangladesh relations.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 54 shared rivers, formal agreement on only two → JRC dormant since 2011 → hydro politics sets a ceiling, does not…
Write a brief analysis of the ethnic conflicts and cross- border migrations along India-Myanmar and India- Bangladesh borders.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 neither border follows ethnic geography → both cut across it → 3,700 km Bangladesh line + Myanmar frontier along four NE…
Discuss the steps required to realise ‘hydro-co- operation’ between India and Bangladesh
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 54 rivers, only two under agreement → JRC idle since 2011 → water shared river by river, as volume → steps…
What steps has India taken to regain its foothold in Afghanistan since the Taliban has taken over the country in August 2021?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Aug 2021 removes the government India backed → Pakistan gains the depth it sought → Narayanan “patron saint” → India returns…
China’s growing footprint and a tangible shift in power dynamics in Bangladesh has weakened India’s leverage in Dhaka. Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 Doval: most important neighbour → showcase of Neighbourhood First → China has not displaced the record, only ended India’s monopoly as…
“The Treaty of Perpetual Peace and Friendship between India and Bhutan needs to be revised with more pragmatic, realistic obligations and responsibilities.’ Comment.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 1949 Article 2 = guidance clause inherited from Sinchula → colonial residue → already removed in 2007Route 2 the statement targets…
Discuss the future prospects of Indo-Nepal relations in the context of the recent publication of new Nepalese map wrongly claiming Indian territory.
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 2020 map as reply to Nov 2019 map + Dharchula–Lipulekh road → written into the constitution → claim placed beyond any…
How does cross border terrorism impede the achievements of peace and security in South Asia?
Flow snapshot — how the answer movesIntro routesRoute 1 terrorism as state policy, not law-and-order problem → 1971 turn to asymmetric balancing → Bhutto’s strategic depth + Zia’s thousand cuts…
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