The writer, a professor at JNU, headed the team to prepare the Nathu La Trade Route Reopening Report that facilitated the relaunch of the trade route in 2006.
Unsustainable development, climate change, and lack of institutional will to remedy matters are pushing Darjeeling to a precipice. This harms the region, as well as India’s economic and national security interests.
Pakistan's recent announcement enhancing the number of freely importable products from India to over 1,000 items has much politico-commercial significance.
