Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Pakistan has assured that it would not allow its territory to be used against India for any acts of terror. India must also reciprocate and address our concerns which are very genuine. Dialogue is the only way forward. Absence of dialogue leads to tension.
The overwhelming public sentiment in India was that no meaningful dialogue can be held with Pakistan until it abandons the use of terrorism as an instrument of its foreign policy.
Our culture in India is not a culture where we grudge each other.
Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.
We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.
When an Indian meets a terrorist, we condemn this.
I don't think people give Indian society enough credit. We may not like to talk much about things but we do, basically, want to live and let live.
No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
People who ask us when we will hold talks with Pakistan are perhaps not aware that over the last 55 years, every initiative for a dialogue with Pakistan has invariably come from India.
I hope to use dialogue and culture as a means of bringing people of various cultures together, and using that as a way to resolve conflict.
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