In geography, I read in my school days that India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by geographical area. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. It has a coastline of 7,517 km. It is bounded by Pakistan to the west, China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east.
But, now I am wondering whether my kids would be studying it as current affairs or as history.
Majority of news in market is either about infiltration of Pakistan in Indian land or of China’s planning to capture a part of India. I came across news where laptops in India are getting used on which a few parts of India either is missing or getting showed as part of some other country in the laptop’s map.
On the other hand, a few political parties are bifurcating states. It could be on basis of caste or language.
As we say, history repeats itself. Are we going back to old times of monarchy of individual provinces?
Will the next decade find India geographically holistic?
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