India

Following on from the last post: India sees the South Asian political architecture thus

India - stable democracy and emerging super power in addition to its regional power status, surrounded by
Pakistan - in crisis;
Sri Lanka - at war with itself;
Bangladesh - unstable return to democracy, with the army waiting in the wings;
Nepal - uncertain of its political future;
Burma - repressive and totalitarian.

Not sure how Bhutan (Grand National Happiness as foundation for development) and Maldives fit in this schema, but India seems to deflecting scrutiny from its own problems.

See Meenakshi Ganguly Indian and Burma: Time to Choose, Open Democracy http://opendemocracy.net