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SOUTH ASIA


BY
VAISHALI
RAGHUVANSHI , VANSHREE AND ALAM
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.
   THANK YOU

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South asia and regionalism

  • 2. SOUTH ASIA : REGION AND ITS IDENTITY  Region: Imagined?  The Concept of South Asia
  • 3.
  • 4. SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES  According to United Nations… According To SAARC…
  • 5.
  • 6. 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
  • 7.
  • 8. 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.
  • 9.
  • 10. Aryan Hinduism  Buddhism  Islam  Thus layer after layer religious identities of the region were formed with the passage of time
  • 11. Advent of Imperialism and Colonialism  Region fails to demonstrate a shared identity in the contemporary era.  Conflict between religious identity and national identity.
  • 12. THANK YOU