The time is ripe for India to break down barriers and win over its neighbour
Two very contrasting scenes along Bangladesh’s western and eastern borders with India show the love-hate relationship between the two countries. The first is a conveyor belt that begins its journey in the beautiful Himalayan terrain along the East Khasi Hills in Meghalaya. It crosses over to Bangladesh, to feed a factory set up by French cement maker Lafarge and Spain’s Cementos Molins.
(This story appears in the 19 June, 2009 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)