BOOK REVIEW
SOUTH
ASIAN COOPERATION AND THE ROLE OF THE PUNJABS
By
Ambassador (Retd.) Paramjit S. Sahai
The South Asian Cooperation and the Role of the Punjabs by
Tridivesh Singh Maini is another addition to the growing number of books on
South Asian Cooperation and India-Pakistan Relations.
This Book, however, is a departure, as it looks at the South Asian
Cooperation and India-Pakistan relations through the prism of the
relationship between Indian-Punjab and Pakistan-Punjab.
It is also equally important to bear in mind that the Author belongs to
post-India–Pakistan Partition generation and, therefore, does not carry the
mindset of hate, which is the likely baggage carried by Pre-Partition
generation. His
perspective, therefore, is important, as it is his generation that would be
the beneficiary of any improvement of bilateral ties between
India
and
Pakistan
and also SAARC acquiring strength, and any meaningful role in the South
Asian region.