Parwinder SandhuNew Delhi, Nov. 12 -- Attention has once again turned to the "Chicken's Neck," the narrow Siliguri Corridor that connects the northeast to mainland India, with the construction of three new military garrisons and an air power demonstration by the Indian Air Force in Guwahati.
Given the constantly changing dynamics between China and India, particularly along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India's increased military presence along the eastern frontier is seen as a strategic response to the Chinese construction of missile silos and fortified villages along the border.
The Siliguri Corridor, which runs through West Bengal and borders Bangladesh, Nepal, Chumbi valley in China's Tibet and the Kingdom of Bhutan, is 17 km wide ...