The envoy and diplomacy

A saner act would be self-introspection rather than blaming the neighbours.

While diplomacy can’t be sentimental, essentially it should be courteous. Harsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s foreign secretary, is in Kathmandu, and it is indeed heart-warming how India’s top diplomatic envoy can speak fluent Nepali and understands the norms that safeguard India-Nepal relations. Shringla’s visit to Nepal follows two recent high-level visits from India by Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane earlier this month and Samant Goel, chief of India’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) in the third week of October.