The flickering light of liberalism

Civil society needs to keep its matches of moral convictions dry to relight the lamp of liberty.

The area and population are important factors, but it's not just the size that makes India the principal nation of South Asia. The geo-cultural range of the Indian subcontinent is believed to have once spanned the entire landmass between the Tibetan plateau to the north and the Indian Ocean in the south with the Siem Reap and the Arghandab rivers bounding the eastern and western frontiers respectively.