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India and China- the elephant and the dragon of the emerging 21 st century economic superpowers- way ahead……. Indo-China economic relations gaining boost to a huge extent since 2004 rather seems to be a flabbergasted instance since the 1962 war that caused a serious blow to the trade, economic as well as the diplomatic relations between the two Asian giants. The 21 st century is essentially the millennium of the Asian hegemony and this (rhetoric of virtual hypnosis) foresight of the worldview if proven true in the real sense shall be truly a sea change for the both neighboring countries one being the mighty elephant (India) and the other being the unstoppable dragon (China). This inhibits for the mixed co-operation, in all the segments of the development on the nation building process for both the emerging Asian superpowers. Now can there be an unconditional friendship between the elephant and the dragon which seems in the real sense is quite difficult and challenging to

SIR CREEK- dispute and resolution mechanism.   The Sir Creek is a 96 km (60 mi) strip of water disputed between India and Pakistan in the Rann of Kutch marshlands. The creek, which opens up into the Arabian Sea, divides the Kutch region of the Indian state of Gujarat with the Sindh province of Pakistan. Originally and locally it is called 'Baan Ganga' . Sir Creek is named after theBritish representative. The long-standing dispute hinges in the actual demarcation "from the mouth of Sir Creek to the top of Sir Creek, and from the top of Sir Creek eastward to a point on the line designated on the Western Terminus". From this point onwards, the boundary is unambiguously fixed as defined by the Tribunal Award of 1968. The India-Pakistan dispute over Sir Creek can be traced back to the pre-independence period, to around 1908, when an argument ensued between the rulers of Kutch and Sind over a pile of firewood lying on the banks of