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Road to Myanmar and beyond
The Telegraph | Arup Kumar Dutta | Nov 26
The feasibility of forging land connectivity between the Northeast and Southeast Asian countries will be tested by the Asean-India car rally scheduled for later this year. The occasion will also witness the meeting of dignitaries from Southeast Asian nations, including ministers for trade and commerce. In due course of time, the road connection would be extended to other nations like Vietnam and Cambodia, as proposed during the summit. A proposal to set up an India-Asean centre at Guwahati is the icing on the cake, perhaps heralding an era when this region will finally be able to reap the benefits of the so-called Look East policy.
It is of course, in reality an attempt to re-forge age-old links binding the region to other Asian countries. Since ancient times there have been trade and cultural exchanges facilitated by well-established routes, the accessibility provided by the Brahmaputra corridor enabling even traders from mainland India to utilise them for commercial purposes. In fact, Stilwell Road from Assam to Myanmar (then Burma) built by the British in the early 20th century actually traces the core contours of an ancient Silk Route.
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