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Explain the role of India in the geo-politics of South Asia.

  • UPSC 2016
  • Political Aspects

India alone touches every other member — Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives — while, apart from the Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier, no neighbour touches another. South Asia is a wheel without a rim: movement is radial through the centre, never lateral.

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