BY VAISHALI RAGHUVANSHI , VANSHREE AND ALAM

SOUTH ASIA

SOUTH ASIA : REGION AND ITS IDENTITY

Region: Imagined?

The Concept of South Asia

SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES

According to United Nations… According To SAARC…

SOME FACTS

23% of total world population

Share in global GDP is less than 3%

Nearly 30% of regions population lives below poverty line

Low ranking in Human Development Index

The shared identity of South Asia is evident in the history of the region.

History, Culture and Religion.

Region shares coherent history of more than 3500 years.

Aryan Hinduism

Buddhism

Islam

Thus layer after layer religious identities of the region were formed with the passage of time

Advent of Imperialism and Colonialism

Region fails to demonstrate a shared identity in the contemporary era.

Conflict between religious identity and national identity.

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