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”.