Nope, they are not, these two are the strongest determinants of fertility, and almost all of the maternal and child illnesses caused thereby. Educated people mustn't make such absurd claims. Dogs and cats lose half their litter to early pregnancy related causes, human beings deserve better.
True, in that PDF represent the extreme ends of the spectrum. Governments, though, take everything into account, even the dissenting notes. Whole of NE, BD, Bhutan and Nepal is a close knit area, along with Myanmar when your outstanding issues are resolved. Compared to other border areas in western India, Arabian Peninsula or the middle-east, both of our regions are relatively tranquil. We shall deal with our internal issues in NE, all we is seek is non interference, and i personally look forward to greater cooperation in all spheres.
Of late, our central government has woken up from deep slumber, infrastructure is being built on a war footing in the last few years. North East is blessed with natural resources. Crude, natural gas, coal, lignite and limestone reserves are aplenty. As is the scope for hydel power generation. Tourism can be a revenue generator too. In the coming years, Bangladeshis seeking to explore NE needn't stop at Bisanakandi/Dawki, they can experience Meghalaya in its full glory while we visit Jaflong/Ratargul or the magnificent shrines in Sylhet. Perhaps then the North Indians and the Pakistanis will learn something from us on how to peacefully coexist.
As an open marketplace for goods! But yes, Bhutan is mostly a day trip from certain places in Assam and we used to visit a lot in college and uni days. In time, i am sure that we would be a big happy family..
Yup, and the respective state governments other than Assam have a strict policy regarding visitors from other states and countries. For example, Arunachal is just an hour's driving distance from my workplace, yet we have to secure a permit every time we seek to visit there apart from being on official duty. States in NE have an Inner Line Permit mechanism in place. We had a couple of Arunachali colleagues whose family had virtually owned their own hills. Living in such luxury with low population and abundant resources no wonder that they don't want to do anything with China!
Bangladesh has independent foreign policy. In some respects it has demonstrated more independence than the Pakistan. For. Ex. Bangladesh never allowed india to use Bangladeshi airfields to bomb its own population.
