TRAVELLING abroad often offers an opportunity to interact with influencers of public opinion in India, many of whom tend to believe that India’s attention has generally shifted away from Pakistan and towards its larger concerns viz Indo-Pacific strategy, relations with China, and the goal of making India a $5 trillion economy. Pakistan, they say, is not on the radar of Indian public consciousness as it once was.
Given its growing global and regional profile and economic weight, it appears that India’s appetite for dialogue with Pakistan has reduced. The impression in Pakistan, on the other hand, is that the pursuit of Hindutva-driven objectives of the BJP government are shrinking space not just for Indian minorities, especially Muslims, but also for ties with Pakistan.