QUOTE (PakHonour @ Aug 16 2009, 07:51 AM)

Bhangee already suffering from memory loss, let me jog your memory. India supported LTTE for decades.
Maldives has officially banned Hindus. Thats not good relations.
With the exception of Burma, the other neighbours are merely tolerating India. On Burma, a murderous regime. Well done on the good relations.
Pls do not go only by what seems upfront.
All of India's neighbors as named by you have elements that whip up nationalist sentiments for their own political purposes, so relations are delicately handled.
Yet quietly and without fanfare there is so much of interaction and co-operation.
Sri-lanka appreciates india most on jst one point, its silence on the LTTE.
It is not appreciated jst how much India has helped sri lanka diplomatically and by controlling the Indian coastline.After the LTTE committed suicide by murdering rajiv gandhi it lost all sympathy in India.
There were absolutely no supplies to LTTE from the tamil nadu coast since the Indian navy and coast guard had blocked the route for years and this was crucial .It did not allow the LTTE to replenish itself.
Few people know that the largest outside petroleum refiner and distributor in sri lanka is a subsidiary of Indian Oil.As we well know, how important are fuel supplies to a country, and that too a island nation.
http://www.lankaioc.net/about.phpIndia did nothing to hamper fuel supplies or hamper the war effort of Sri-lanka.
The largest truck manufacturer with over 60% share isa venture by an Indian company ashok leyland with sri-lanka.
http://www.lal.lk/trucks.htmlThey also supply military trucks to lankan forces.
Were relations not good, wld Indian comppanies be allowed to operate in such important sectors.
Maldives has its own religious compulsions as an islamic state.
BTW IT HAS NOT BANNED any religion, but restricted practices of religions apart from islam.OK its their country, lots of islamic nations like saudi arabia etc do it.
But that does not prevent close relations.
Quietly and carefully, India has co operated with maldives on the security front.
Its is now stationing helicopters in maldives and setting up radar stations in the islands.
http://www.minivannews.com/news_detail.php?id=7086 What else is this but GOOD RELATIONS.
This i think goes way beyond TOLERANCE!!
AS for Nepal and Bangladesh, trade with India is absolutely crucial for them.
Geographically like it or not, India is the closest to them.
Millions of Nepalese work in india and they can come into india WITHOUT passports and work freely.
No one else in the neighbourhood allows that.
Do not go by the shrill cries of politicians and vested lobbies.
Quietely, on the ground, simply by the logic of geography, economics, language and culture, co-operation is immense,close and LONGTERM.