Its becoming more clear that we Indians are now surrounded by troubled neighbors where there is a real possibility of conflict , be it the civil war or war created exclusively on ideological grounds taking top slots as trouble making instruments with virtually every state of south asia being in direct or indirect conflict be it in Sri Lanka which till date struggles with LTTE , or Pakistan with its internal power struggles between the millitary and the mullahs and perhaps due to the dictats of America, and even poor and unstable democracies like Bangladesh and Nepal (Nascent democracy ) can't be guranteed with a trouble / conflict free certificate , as struggle between opposition parties and maoist are a common phenomenon and with Afghanistan becoming the new state to join the SAARC association , it carries herself the burden of broken society and a tarnished image internationally from the experiments of Taliban and Pakistan and of course it alignment with allied forces against war on terror.
Standing at the other end is our very own Indian foreign policy that is neither dynamic nor realist in her approach towards finding problems to regional issues of South Asia , which are more political in nature rather than economic , often representing a set of fragile and incompetent policy makers with huge amount of distrust among themselves (alas "moi " nuclear deal ) .
Perhaps , this is the time that we as Indians must rise above our domestic politics and give a certain amount of direction and a sense of dynamism to solve the problems of our region , of course the risks are quite higher , but strategies to tackle problems should be implemented in careful ways that seeks out the best of national interests, if we miss this bus of challange and opportunity , there are chances that our future generations will never forgive us on the dirt and filth that we have accumilated over the years ( from ethininc tensions to internal crisis in south asia ) , its time that we indians play a leading role in shaping a regional foreign policy , that is effective , realist and dynamic in nature , which assures concrete and tangible results .


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