India–Bangladesh ties require pragmatic neighbourhood cooperation
Quick dive
- Bangladesh’s historical memory includes both gratitude for India’s 1971 role and concerns about dependence and Indian dominance.
- The two countries share a border of more than 4,000 km and Bangladesh depends on rivers flowing through or originating in India.
- The relationship is shaped by connectivity, trade, security, identity, water management and political transitions.
- The editorial argues that Bangladesh should overcome mistrust while India should pursue pragmatic neighbourhood cooperation.
- exam_relevance: tests the liberation-war legacy, asymmetry, transboundary rivers, border geography and India’s Neighbourhood First diplomacy through a specific bilateral case.
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