S Jaishankar brings hope for India-Pak ties as External Affairs Minister

S Jaishankar is a technocrat who is unlikely to use statements like 'ghar me ghus ke maroonga' as defining elements of Indian policy towards Pakistan

Last month, India’s Ambassador to the US Harsh Shringla said in Washington after Narendra Modi was re-elected prime minister that India will not hold talks with Pakistan until it gives up its state policy of supporting terrorism. That basically means India will never talk to Pakistan. So what will happen in Bishkek later this week when Modi, empowered anew by his stupendous Lok Sabha election victory, meets his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan at the summit meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)?

More of nothing?

A major change has occurred between Ambassador Shringla’s observation and now. S Jaishankar has become