With a reformist government in Burma now, India should open up overland routes from Nagaland and Manipur as important trade and tourism highways.

During WW II, American General Joe 'Vinegar' Stilwell constructed a road connecting Assam, Burma and China's Yunnan province. With a reformist government in Burma now, India should open up overland routes from Nagaland and Manipur as important trade and tourism highways. With railways running alongside, the northeast can become India's trading hub with China and all of east Asia.