Essay on India and her Neighbours India occupies a very important position on the world map. Geographically it encompasses a substantial chunk of land in South Asia, with the highest Himalayan ranges to its north and the great Indian ocean lying to its south. In the political sphere, it has carved out an important position in the comity of nations. Its bold assertion of espousing the cause of freedom and non-alignment, its clear stance for the liquidation of colonialism and imperialism of any sort and apartheid, and its advocacy of the establishment of just and equitable world order, have all succeeded in making the world realize that India is a force to reckon with and that its policies and practices with regard to other countries of the world have the potential of affecting the destiny of the entire mankind. In this context the countries touching its borders on all its sides, that is, its immediate neighbors are affected a lot by their attitudes and profe...