To answer the question asked in the title of the thread:
Making friends with India.
Most difficult prescription so far---unless you tell how & where to find friendship---as long as India is concerned.
Myself being a proponent of brotherhood between P & B, and friendship between I & B and I & P, I found befriending India is almost close to impossible. With much less effort, Pakistan can be fraternized.
We gave India a broken Pakistan on a silver platter, and thought this time it will do. With our assistance, India packed 90,000 Pak soldiers in a sack and went home, we thought now at least it will do. It never did.
India sucked all the water upland, killed every year innocent peasants at the border like pheasants, put all obstacles to reduce huge trade gaps, yet we laughed at your un-laughable jokes by voting your stooges, but never came to know the pleasure of friendship with India.
You fought several wars and had so many skirmishes with Pakistan. You never could had so many POWs that we supplied. We assisted in getting you the so scanty a pleasure. What more one can do to earn your friendship ?
Upon returning from various rural fronts of the freedom struggle, we three friends were wondering on the river bank under some warmth of afternoon winter sun. A 2-decker steamer (vintage of British days) were carrying on its upper deck PAK POWs---surrounded by few olive-green clad jawans of Indian Army---POWs were hardly talking with each other, they looked grim and withdrawn, no shoes, no caps, no belts, no insignias, no weapons.
Looking at the spectacle, one friend wept silently: After all, it was too painful to see Muslim warriors so subdued by others. The other friend made just a small remark and fell silent: It appears as if few foxes are guarding a herd of lions. I then suddenly realized After all said and done, a difference is still there between India and Pakistan.
Almost 38 years passed away, that difference---as I felt that afternoon---is what I experience till today.
How much friend Sri Lanka and Nepal are to India ?
Why ??
You need to tell us. And then make another fresh suggestion.