Combating Everlasting Tragedy: United Nations Of Indian Subcontinent

Book Code: 1111016994921

Sudhan Chandra Chandola, Himadrita Chandola

About the book

The book is a study of the multidimensional challenges faced by the countries in the Indian subcontinent. For the purpose of this study, five nations--India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan-have been taken into account. Geographical contiguity has been the determining force in this selection.

The countries in the region famously share a vibrant common history, underlined by one significant common feature economic backwardness and lagging human development.
Of these countries, India and Pakistan have consistently existed on hostile terms ever since their emergence as independent states in 1947. This perpetual animosity has a direct bearing on their economic and developmental status. The race for military superiority has overshadowed the necessary and needed push for attaining human development targets as a regional concern. With increasing budgetary allocations channeled to defense preparedness and intensive, mostly opaque, exorbitant foreign procurement for competitive beefing up of military arsenals, key human development sectors such as education, health, gender are relegated to insignificance. The authors offer a solution to relieve the Indian subcontinent from this everlasting tragedy of backwardness.

About the Author

Sudhan Chandra Chandola (b.1955) is a former Civil Servant of Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, India. During his Govt. assignments he worked closely with the Local Self Governments. As a State Officer he contributed in the drafting of the Constitution (73rd Amendment) Act, 1992 and its implementation in the State of Uttar Pradesh. He has a wide knowledge about the Panchayati Raj System. His job provided him the opportunity to visit thousands of the villages and look in the real state of the people in the rural India which prompted him to study the state of economic and human development of other countries in the Indian subcontinent. He did his Masters of Arts in Indian History from University of Lucknow, India. He has been an ardent student of the International Relations with particular focus on Indo-Pak relations.
He can be reached through his email id : sudhan.chandola@gmail.com

Himadrita Chandola, graduated from University of Delhi, India. She did her Masters of Arts in Modern Indian History. After completing her formal education she devoted herself to study of the peoples’ concern and their role in the developing economies of the world. An Indian by citizenship her approach to analyze the state of affairs of the Indian state, led her to extend her scope of study to the whole subcontinent.
She can be reached through her email id : himadrita.chandola@gmail.com

Contents

Preface.............. 9

Acknowledgement –Words of Gratitude............... 11

Introduction............................................................... 13

I. The Onset of the New Season-Early Summers.............. 23

II. The Hot Summer and the Muddy Ground..................... 39

III. Heat, Dust and Devastation Indo Pak JourneyA Saga of Mistrust, Misunderstanding and Misadventures................ 57

IV. Pleasant Rains after a Hot Summer in Distant Lands...... 97

V. World’s Rich’s Enrichment - The Poor’s Impoverishment........ 113

VI. State of the People of the Indian subcontinent........... 121

VII. Indian subcontinent-a Common History..................... 149

VIII. The Beginning of the Beginning.............................. 163

Annexures................................................................... 189

References & Notes............................................... 201

Index.......................................................................... 217