It has taken two long
decades following the establishment of SAARC, but India
finally seems to have boarded the Southasian train.
As New Delhi prepares to take over from Dhaka as chair
of SAARC during the first week of April, the managers
of Indian foreign policy are giving out enthusiastic
sound bites on Southasian regionalism. They say that
it is in India’s self-interest to make peace with
its neighbours. All of which is great news for those
of us who believe that regionalism’s dividend
is not only a safer Southasia, but also a more prosperous
one.
