Hope, Sushma understands as both countries opted free market economy and have to support each other for the sustenance of growth!
Palash Biswas
Indian history is closely linked with central Asia for thousands of years. Mahapandit Rahul Sankratyan is the only person who studied it very deeply and wrote Madhya Asia Ka Itihas in two parts. It would be better for anyone to have studied this before addressing the Himalayan puzzle. The silk route has been the key of Indian economy in ancient times. The history repeats itself as India and China has to revive the Silk route once again. Not only this, Buddhism has been the basic connectivity between the two countries. Not Hindutva, but Buddhism would be the way of bilateral relations once again.
We must welcome the initiative taken by Indian minister of foreign affairs, the old Goldie beautiful Mrs Swaraj to blow of border stand-off centred on an imaginary line created by the colonial imperialist British Raj in India. During the visit of Chinese President, the theme song of panchsheel and coexistence was very loud which had been overlapped by media hype of Chinese aggression so much so much so that suddenly there seemed another war scenario to be created in the Himalayas reminiscent of Sino Indian border clash in 1962.The silk route lost its existence and the Mcmohan line prevailed over panchsheel once again. Unfortunately Indian prime minister had been provoked by media against national interest.
On the other hand, Chinese leadership was also as much as provoked to talk about imminent regional war, understandably against India.
The storm is over and India as well as China much be grateful to a lady named Sushama Swaraj to ensure continued friendship between two countries. As Humphrey Hawksley points out in his article in Economic Times very well why China may not afford regional war. I just want his permission to add that neither China nor India may dare to engage in yet another war in the Himalayas.
India and China are the front running emerging market in the global free market economy. It is rather in the best interest of the people and the town nations that they must focus on growth lest they might lose their position in global economy once again.
Barack Hussain Obama did an excellent work as two terms President of America as he tried his best to pull out American forces from the Middle East and helped the economy in recession. But he failed just because of the hegemonial war economy of USA and lost the hard earned advantage to jump once again in the burning oil. The third oil war makes him as much as destructive for America as Richard Nixon, Senior and Junior Bush proved them to involve America in yet another suicidal war which puts dollar supremacy at the stake.
Better, Chinese as well as Indian leadership should learn from American experience.

Hastakshep