Bangladesh should allow transit to India Our geographical location makes
India dependent on Bangladesh for only one transit-route. That is
Kotkata -Dhaka - Chittagong - Yangon transit-route. We also feel that
India should reciprocate this goodwill on our part by allowing a
transit-route between Kathmundu - Dhaka and by allowing a transit-route
between Thimpu - Dhaka. We have said it all in the headline and
sub-headline of the article. The only left is to answer this question
-"If that is true, then what is all the fuss in a portion of the
Bangladeshi press?" Well, to find out about that you will have to ask
those stupids. Its perplexing though, how come so many journalists and
so many editors can simultaneously act such stupid? Well, if they are
not stupids, they should work on their vocabulary. They need to get
their definitions right. There might be a supplimentary question from
those newspapers who have been publishing with serious errors - "Well,
we understand, what you are saying. Lets say we don't call that
transit-route anymore. We stand corrected. Lets say, we call those
alleged demands from India as something else - corridors. What do you
say about that?" Our answer would be - first start using the correct
vocabulary. Lets first see how the transit-routes work out. Let India
prove whether they really are "Incredible India" or whether they are
"Irresponsible India" as far as its immediate eastern neighbors
(Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar) are concerned. Once a good
reciprocity is achieved on these proposed transit-routes, that will
improve the body language of the relations among different nations in
this region. Let the first step to happen. That would take a generation.
Let the next generation think about what can happen in their time. Ok,
ok, eta na hoi bujlam. But what do you say about this question - "We
might have our problem with the India's attitude or behaviour. But
doesn't that hurt the general people of their north-eastern states (the
so-called seven sisters). Because, even Indian government doesn't take
care of the people in those states, it's often alleged. A direct proof
in support of that allegation is that India has an Emergency Power Act
imposed on those seven states for several decades. Don't we have a
responsibility for those people?" Our first response would be - 'Ma er
cheye, mashir dorod dekhano ta ki valo?" On a serious note, we think we
are addressing that, too. At least a portion of that concern. See the
news time attached below, from the Bangla version of bdnews24.com
<http://bdnews24.com/> . Moreover, we have previously proposed to
empower the cheif executives of the district councils of our bordering
districts to take combined local projects in partnership with their
Indian and Burmese counterparts so that more uniform and
people-to-people exchange infrastructure are developed in our regions.
We hope that would happen in coming years. On the same note, we have
also previously proposed that Bangladesh should setup special economic
zones for re-export processing in the bordering districts that can
effectively proxy the corridor as far as economics is concerned. In
the meantime, let us start with the transit-route projects. Bangladesh
should allow transit to India, only if reciprocated. Our geographical
location makes India dependent on Bangladesh for only one transit-route.
That is Kotkata -Dhaka - Chittagong - Yangon transit-route. We also feel
that India should reciprocate this goodwill on our part with allowing
transit between Kathmundu - Dhaka and Thimpu - Dhaka transit-route.
If you thought some of the ideas are worth of your reading time, please
forward it to others. If you have an ear to the columnists in regular
traditional media, please forward it to them. If you have an ear to the
journalists and news editors of the electronic media, discuss it with
them. Hope they would look at the suggestions and give due diligence.
Thanks for your time,
Innovation Line
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