After delivering a caustic speech against Pakistan at the UN General Assembly a fortnight ago, it was a transformed Jaishankar who flew down to Islamabad for the SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) Summit.

For the Modi government, there is neither any incentive nor any interlocutor on the other side to merit a change in its approach.

Ultimately, the road to normalising relations between the two is fraught with historical grievances, territorial disputes, and security challenges. The SCO meeting could be a small but significant ste

Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif said he was optimistic relations with India could be mended following the recent visit of the rival country’s foreign minister S Jaishankar. He said the hostile neighbours should “bury the past” and “think of the future”.