1. Time is not running out: Nope, there is always a lot of time to sort our relations between us and our surly neighbour. Pakistan was born in 1947; India has been around much longer, though we both got freedom from colonial rule at the same time. Since then, we have been at loggerheads with each other which has spawned an army of opinion makers who have been periodically warning that if there isn’t immediate bodily contact between our heads of state, it’s all doom and gloom. Time has shown that we have gone to war, picked up pieces, hobbled along and tried peace moves. It’s cyclic. Keep Calm. Take baby steps.

All in vain: Despite the Lahore Bus tour, India faced the Kargil conflict