South Asia, The star studded region with its own strengths and weaknesses...

South Asia is an important part of the continent Asia. Gems of people who are not only hardworking and dedicated in nature but are also the inheritors of rich culture and civilization which have roots embedded in loaded history. Its geopolitical location, rich natural resources, and cultural variety make it occupy an economic proposition in this world.

South Asia has its own strengths and weaknesses too, such as its rich in resources such as several land mines, wide seas, and trade links etc. which altogether occupy exceptional geographical locations, are positioned here. People living in South Asia are, be he Chinese, Indian or even Pakistani; are demanded all over the world because of their dedication and perseverance. Places like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Iraq or Iran; all are places which possess cultural diversity which altogether are exciting and colorful in their own sense.

But where we talk about strengths, we need to talk about South Asia’s weaknesses too. Firstly, we observe that South Asian society lacks unity, faith and discipline as quoted by Quaid-e-Azam. If there is turmoil in one country we tend to blame the other neighboring countries for any anarchy prevailing in any part of South Asia. We tend to think Big but practically do less, as in we do future plan but implementation is done on a snail pace. We see the problem of over population being very critical as we don’t have proper infrastructure and allocation of resources, then over population becomes a problem, and leads to an increases in illiteracy rate. And when illiteracy is so common, the illiterate masses lead to frustration and crime in societies, therefore the top most priority of South Asian societies should be to provide free and good education to the citizens. The main problem which I think that South Asian people have, is that South Asians lack self-confidence and have a sense of inferiority complex too, which do take roots from previously being colonized and we are still indirectly controlled by the West.

Therefore I feel if South Asian societies revive their culture and take the maximum benefit from their resources, and also work on the literacy and to provide basic necessities to the citizens without any corruption involved, then definitely in no time south Asia will take its mark of its own, and stand out to be the preeminent of all regions.