460 POSTS
Praveen Swami is a Contributing Editor to ThePrint, and writes on issues related to national security, intelligence, police and regional geopolitics. An award-winning journalist who has extensive experience of reporting from theatres of conflict in the Middle-East, India and East Asia, he is the author of two books on the Kashmir conflict. Praveen can be reached at praveen.swami@theprint.in
Why back channel. Why not a normal diplomatic conversation between neighbours who have many disagreements, some of which have led to war and could do so again. Talks guided by realism and modest expectations.