Chickens Neck

All the major issues that are creating problems with both India and our country is this point on the map. A narrow corridor that gives access to India to it’s seven sisters, a corridor that allows Nepal to easily access our country had India allowed it. It’s in this point that the geopolitical game will be played across South Asia.

While we all want to live in a border-less world, the reality is very different we always want peace and security but some people do not want such peace. It is for this very reason that borders are needed, to establish the identity, culture, heritage of a nation, it preserves the integrity of a nation. Borders are necessary but access should not be restricted towards other nations.

A narrow corridor commonly referred to as the chickens neck is the center point for a geopolitical storm, here several key countries are vastly invested in its strategic location. India is the biggest influence here, as it allows them access to it’s other regions through this narrow corridor, whereas our country has the advantage of cutting off this location, thereby cutting off India from it’s seven sisters. When India constantly interferes in our internal affairs, such a strategic move could bring them to the table.

Besides political agenda, there are numerous economic benefits from other South Asian region, especially Nepal and Bhutan who can have access to our nation, thereby increasing trade and economy, not to mention the access it will bring to a new future for such a region which has been cut off by India. China is also vastly interested in this region, as it could be a key point for the ‘Asian highway’ bringing access to all major nations through this corridor.

Borders are to be respected, when nations continue to show aggression, this border is the key point to bring political change, it can be used for both good and bad, how it is used will depend on its strategic input. India consistently undermining the sovereignty of our nation will mean we should be using such a strategic location for our own benefit, until or unless they back down and show us respect we should be playing the geopolitical game.