118
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
118 points (99.2% liked)
Map Enthusiasts
4691 readers
272 users here now
For the map enthused!
Rules:
-
post relevant content: interesting, informative, and/or pretty maps
-
be nice
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
They are marginalised by the Modi government. Underfunded and forgotten.
It’s not a coincidence that the majority of independence and anti-government movements are in these regions.
Combined with topic of trains, this reminds me of the famous movie Dil Se with the Chaiyya Chaiyya song on the roof of the steam train - itself in the SW, but of which the core plot was also about an rebellion in Assam... i.e. it reminds that this problem is older than current government ...
But maybe they will be motivated to catch up, as China will soon have a direct railway from Sichuan to the frontier of Arunachal...