Pak delegation to visit India next week for dialogue on water issues

I am extremely disappointed with this initiative that requires India to talk to Pakistan. Our foreign policy is entirely one driven by morbid fear; we constantly seek validation from Pakistan. This is what the Congress (and Nehru) existed for; they wanted validation from the rest of the world, particularly Pakistan. Here is the message Congress sent to the world 'please like us because we are destroying ourselves, keeping our people fearful and poor, so that you are happy with us; we are coddling minorities and rewriting history so that you think we are noble.' Have things changed now? Yes, a bit. At least we do some retaliation. But retaliation is useless. We need to go on the offense. If we want to manage our water, let's manage our water. What do we want? Pakistan to agree we are the good guys? I know what Pakistan wants, and that is not negotiable. I find this fearfulness and spinelessness the most off putting in our culture and politics. We come across as weak, subservient knaves. Can we act like we have some self respect and do what we need to do in our own country? Or do we want validation from every single person out there who hates us?