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The ties have been fractious since India voted against Sri Lanka at the Human Rights Council in Geneva in March
India goes into today's Siachen talks with its army's hardline position but if it makes some effort to probe attitudes over there, it might be surprised
The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party must understand the importance of the east
By letting Delhi keep an open line with Tehran, the US seeks to balance its dependency on Pakistan in managing Afghanistan
Get your act together on South Asia, just as you did on the nuke deal
Interview with Former President, The Maldives
Will India and Pakistan transform the crisis at Giari into an opportunity?
Also woos Saudi Arabia with new petroleum diplomacy, while trying to soothe a vexed US, in an interesting coordination effort between external and other ministries