Dr Gupta
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If India and China overcome their (relatively minor issues) Pakistan becomes irrelevent. What is more useful to India, the world's next superpower or.....Pakistan? The problem is Pakistan's issues with India are largely ideological now and thus there is no real way of "settling" the differences and they are quite happy to cut off their nose to spite their face (ie sabotaging SAARC's development agenda at every turn). Whereas the Chinese are very pragmatic and put their differences to one side to reap the benefits for themselves- India and China still have ENOURMOUS trade despite their "issues".
In the long term India and China have far more convergent interests ;huge populations to be lifted from poverty, creating a multi-polar world, creating sustainable economic growth and pioneering "green" tech.
You know the tide is changing in Pakistan also (do not go by PDF or the military but speak to ordinary Pakistanis in cities like Karachi they are fed up and have no hate for India they also want a better life and to make peace. I have many friends in Pakistan in Pindi and Karachi they are very warm people but it's the military inc who do not want closer ties because they continue to make money from it.
I would say Pakistani media 'Dawn' is far more sophisticated, witty than a majority of what we have in India and their fashion designers are top notch!