Despite Pune bomb blast having caught us napping again, India continues to play chess with Pakistan. 

By Sunita Vakil 

Hope, as they say, is a pathological belief in the occurrence of the impossible. The same can be said of India-Pakistan relations which are caught in the cusp between hope and despair. The decision to press ahead with the Indo-Pak talks even after the dastardly attack in Pune has once again led to the soaring of expectations on both sides of the border. Despite extreme provocation, the Centre has held firm when it comes to continuing talks proving India’s compulsive fascination for a dialogue whose outcome is hopelessly predictable. For over six decades, India has shown patience in dealing with Pakistan, hoping for reciprocatory.

A PTI news agency report quoted RSS Sarasanghchalak Shri Mohan Bhagwat rejecting "BT Brinjal". The participants of the NGO meet organised by RSS said that Shri Bhagwat raised a strong apperhension to genetically modified foods. He has expressed support to the agitation by environmentalists and farmers against the "BT Brinjal" and has said that the move by the Central Government compromises the independence of the farmers and also the bio-diversity of India.