It doesn’t really have to be three premiers sitting together, although that too is not an outcome to be derided. There are many ways in which China, working constructively, unobtrusively behind the scenes, can help reduce distrust between India and Pakistan. SAARC, ASEAN, China are a natural continuum, placed in a region that can continue to plan for decades of high growth. A better set of policy choices after independence could have seen India with a GDP of $ 6 trillion and a population of 600 million.
It doesn’t really have to be three premiers sitting together, although that too is not an outcome to be derided. There are many ways in which China, working constructively, unobtrusively behind the scenes, can help reduce distrust between India and Pakistan. SAARC, ASEAN, China are a natural continuum, placed in a region that can continue to plan for decades of high growth. A better set of policy choices after independence could have seen India with a GDP of $ 6 trillion and a population of 600 million.