Separating West Pakistan and East Pakistan was one of the most important thing Indira Gandhi did for the sake of national security. What do you think would have happened to India if the USA backed Pakistan would have militarized on two fronts along the Indian border all these years (especially during the cold war and the Islamist aftermath of the Afghan war)? The fault here is ours. It is the Indian government who has failed miserably to form good diplomatic ties with Bangladesh, a country that could have then and can today use our help. Yet, time after time all the Indian government has done is strong armed its way to humiliate the Bangaladeshis, so much so that they have had to re establish ties with a country responsible for carrying a genocide against them not too long ago. There is still time. India needs to take its economic leadership role more responsibly, in the words of Spiderman Peter Parker's uncle Ben: "with power comes responsibility." India has to learn the art of strategic diplomacy if it is to thrive.
