Indian Hegemonic Attitude towards Neighbor States: The Growing Influence of China in South Asia

Abstract

India is the largest and the most powerful state of South Asia. She possesses the biggest economy, military, population and the landmass which makes her an inimitable state in this region. Being the most powerful state of South Asia, it was her responsibility to walk with the rest of the minor states of SAARC but she adopted the opposite way. In the contemporary era, India has been involving in the territorial, water and border disputes with her neighbor states. Almost all of the other states of South Asia share border with India and confront any of the above mentioned issues or more. These minor states want to resolve their issues with India through diplomatic and peaceful means but unfortunately, the Indian hegemonic attitude is the biggest hurdle in this way. Being the largest state of the region India does not pay much attention to these issues. This indifferent and hegemonic attitude of India pushed the minor states of South Asia towards China. In the recent era, the influence of China is increasing at fast speed as she is offering more economic and developmental opportunities to these states. The most important point is that China is treating them on equal basis which is clearly decreasing the role of India in this region. This article is an attempt to disclose the Indian hegemonic role and the growing influence of China in South Asia. This article is based on the secondary analysis in which the data is obtained from different source i.e. books, articles, research reports and newspaper etc.