• Microw@lemm.ee
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    Afaik there is also the simple fact that these regions are not an example of good governance

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      They are marginalised by the Modi government. Underfunded and forgotten.

      It’s not a coincidence that the majority of independence and anti-government movements are in these regions.

      • Ben Matthews@sopuli.xyz
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        Combined with topic of trains, this reminds me of the famous movie Dil Se with the Chaiyya Chaiyya song on the roof of the steam train - itself in the SW, but of which the core plot was also about an rebellion in Assam… i.e. it reminds that this problem is older than current government …
        But maybe they will be motivated to catch up, as China will soon have a direct railway from Sichuan to the frontier of Arunachal…