Death of the Raj: Subcontinent in the Third Millennium

Re - Subcontinent in the Third Millennium
by Sohail Rabbani:

``...The destiny of Sindh lies just as close to Rajastan and Gugrat as it does to The Punjab. Baluchistan and Sarhad (or all the area west of Indus) are more a part of the turbulent Central Asia than they are integral to the Subcontinent. That region, from the Indus to the Oxus, is a transit zone between the Turkic Central Asia and the Indian
Subcontinent. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Nagaland have far more to share with Burma and South East Asia than they do with Punjab or Rajastan. The time may have come for such prospects as ``Independence and Reunification`` of not only Jammu and Kashmir, but also, The Punjab and Bengal. It is not hard to visualize, for example, the Republic of
Punjab, with Lahore as its capital, or a Greater Bengaladesh under the folds of Calcutta, coexisting peacefully among the Commonwealth of Indian Subcontinent (CIS) states ...``

What a fresh perspective ... Stepping out of the box to connect the dots!! ``United (Union
of?) Central Asian Republics`` ... UCAR... a loose confederation of republics from the Oxus to the Indus, with a strong center. Similar to USA. Similar to EC. Tying the knot in a marriage till death do them part. Based upon economic interests. With each
``community`` of republics controlling its` own
destiny. With administrative, financial and operational accountability. Similar to USA.
Similar to EC. I agree that it`s a matter time before such a noble proposition happens.
The signs of discontent are everywhere. With
the demise of the ``Soviet Union`` fresh in
mind, it will happen sooner than later ... than we can imagine. The writing is on the
wall. I predict that by the year 2025, Mr.
Rabbani`s dream of ``UCAR``, or something like that, will come true. It`s going to take a
few martyrs no doubt. Just ten years ago, who would have imagined the breakup of Soviet Union? But it did. The momentum is smoldering ready to burst into fire. We need a visionary leader to throw a Molotov
cocktail into that smoldering fire :)-