Jayanta Roy ChowdhuryShillong, March 16 -- : Policymakers and diplomats gathered in this hill station built by the British, to discuss roads, rivers and ports, and how geography might finally work in India's northeast and along with it the entire larger region where Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal are also sited.
India's Northeast may be on the cusp of a transformation as a cluster of regional connectivity projects begins to redraw its economic landscape and strategic importance in Asia.
At a high-level meeting held here earlier this month, policymakers, diplomats and infrastructure experts examined how emerging transport corridors could link the Northeast more closely with Southeast Asia and the wider Indo-Pacific economy.
The meeting was ...