India and Bangaldesh - Neighbors without Borders

The dream of a borderless South Asia is being realized, albeit paradoxically, at the Indo-Bangladesh border. The following video shot by a CNN-IBN reporter shows the pseudo border between the two countries. If Bangladesh and Pakistan are responsible for dealing with the problem of terrorist safe havens in their territory, India should realize her responsibility to guard the country’s borders.

IBNLIVE - indobangla border does not exist for smugglers

Every terrorist attack is followed with pointing fingers at the neighbors and rhetoric of political resolve to combat terrorism. In the aftermath of the Mumbai terror strikes, India was even considering sending a team to the U.S. to unravel the mystery of how the U.S. has evaded terrorist strikes after 9/11. Perhaps the answers can be found close at home and implemented before another carnage occurs.