As Yunus visits China, India must talk to Bangladesh

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Bangladesh has, arguably, been India’s diplomatic success story in South Asia. With Sheikh Hasina at the helm, it provided India with an advantage in the region, strengthening economic and security cooperation, cracking down on cross-border insurgencies, and crucially, pushing back against Chinese influence. The dramatic change in Bangladesh’s political circumstances since August last year have, unsurprisingly, complicated the picture. Now, Delhi’s task is to recalibrate one of its most important relationships in the neighbourhood. Since Hasina’s ouster, barring a congratulatory note to the Chief Advisor to the Interim Government, Muhammad Yunus, from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, bilateral engagement has been...