Question

Explain any three major political changes that took place recently in India’s neighborhood.

Answer 1

Answer:

Many unexpected but important developments are taking place in India’s neighbourhood. New political dispensations with new agendas have emerged in Pakistan, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Pakistan. Besides, one would have to await the elections in Bangladesh in the next few months. Presidential elections are due in Afghanistan next year. India’s “Neighbourhood First” policy will have to take into account these changes and tweaked, if need be.

Explanation:

sri lanka

Sri Lanka has been plunged into a deep constitutional crisis. President Maithripala Srisena unexpectedly sacked Prime Minister Ranil Wickramsinghe soon after the latter returned from India from a visit. This was due to the simmering tensions between the two for a long time. He appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa, his arch-rival, against whom he had won the presidential election in 2015, as the new prime minister. The parliament has been suspended temporarily. Whether these moves are in accordance with the constitution or not remains to be seen. The stunning return of Mahinda Rajapaksa, a two-term president, who is perceived to be authoritarian but also credited for ending the Tamil insurgency, is a development of great importance. Sri Lanka is likely to see political instability in the coming months. Some incidents of violence have also taken place. A prominent cabinet minister has reportedly been confined. During Rajapaksa’s rule, Sri Lanka had tilted heavily in favour of China. The Indian Government, surprised as any one else at the developmnts in Sri Lanka, has gone into wait and watch mode.

BHUTAN:

Bhutan’s elections threw up a major surprise. People’s Democratic Party, the ruling party, lost all the seats. A party with no presence in the previous parliament, the Druk Nyamrup Party (DNT), has emerged as the majority party with 30 seats, followed by Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party with 17 seats in a 47-seat house. India-Bhutan relations are good and expected to remain so but an untried, untested leader will be at the helm. China is waiting to make an entry into Bhutan. India will need to engage with the new government in a spirit of friendship and cooperation.

MALDIVES:

Election results in the Maldives were equally unexpected. The strongman Abdulla Yameen, who had carried out many unconstitutional acts in order to win a second term, lost to Ibrahim Mohammed Solih of Maldives Democratic Party, a man hardly known outside the Maldives. The new president is scheduled to take oath in November. Will he correct the Maldives’ heavy tilt to China, which had caused major concern in India? India has welcomed the election results but it would have to wait and see how the new president shapes up the Maldives’ policies. China can be expected to reach out to the new president in the hope that the projects granted to China by Yameen are not canceled. In the meanwhile, India has welcomed his elections. There is a lot at stake in the Maldives for India.

Answer 2

Answer:

The Civil War was a traumatic and destructive conflict that remains the bloodiest war in US history. Realism began around the end of the war in 1865. Rejecting romantic-era ideals that focused on allegorical characters, symbolic settings, and dramatic subjects, realism depicted ordinary people in everyday situations. What aspects of the Civil War might have caused this dramatic shift in style, form, and thematic discourse in American literature?