My (un-educated) take which I think i am entitled to, has been with the given attitude of the Pakistani military, We should completely disengage from dialogue on all issues, and just maintain transit and travel relation
Or expect a military dictator in Pakistan??? I thought we had the best chance of resolving our issues during Mushraff's time- Imagine Rahil Sharif (looking at his popularity in Pakistan similar to that of mushraff in his time) - as the president and bilateral discussion........ I know it will be tough for GoI to negotiate, but then the advantage is you are talking to the real power not the reel power....... and the expected outcomes are going to be better.......
I dono i may sound crazy, Since we have an elected Pm in islamabad, but how about inviting COAS also for the discussions when both the leaders are talking?? it may be difficult in the beginning but i am sure over a period of time all the parties involved would feel it more result oriented than the earlier arrangement. Let us not forget after a very long time we have a stable govt in centre, and we also have PM who is believed to have absolute control over his cabinet........
Current (last 10 years ) effort on engaging Pakistan in bilalteral dialogue is a waste of time and we will benefit from diverting the diplomatic effort to BIMSTEC and Africa instead.
The current government;s approach is very different from its predecessors, here you have a PM who takes things in his hands and in spite of having a very strong,able foreign minister, involves too much in foreign policy......... I guess Modi's inexperience (in foreign policy) or over expectation (from his own abilities to deal with foreign leaders) got himself into this stage..... But i guess over a period of time he has learnt his lesson......... Let us not forget Doval is the main adviser.....
NDA's Pakistan policy is more or less similar to what UPA had where intermittently they put effort in bilatral fronts, BJP is the one that tries a bit too hard (Vajpayee on a bus yatra, or the Modi on Sharif family wedding) and this primarily stems from their Right wing baggage.
I do not know how much it has to do with Right wing baggage, But i dont think that is the case, Let us not forget the failure of Agra summit....... Every PM want their legacy in Indo Pak relationship and i would say all of them were sincere in their effort be it AB, MMS, NM, but the issues are so complex and to make things worse there are part of society who do not want coordial relationship between the nations.....
This entire blah blah of talks in terror is indeed a dog and pony show. State sponsored terror is a known, state mandated and state controlled policy that pakistan uses as a cost effective measure to engage Indian Forces.
I guess if one go thru the pathankot attack and response, there is an attempt to differentiate non state actors and the state actors (a genuine attempt from GoI) and one can see an acknowledgement from Pakistan too..... But how long this going to stay is something to watch.....
We should stop this non-sense and just ignore Pakistan
This is an option which already been tried several times...... But let us be honest we cannot ignore each other....... Even if we try there are enough elements in each other's society which will ensure that doesnt happen....