Dalrymple conjures up a dangerous triangle

India must highlight its developmental role in Afghanistan. Of the two Brits in India, Mark Tully is hard to dislike and William Dalrymple sometimes difficult to agree with. It isn’t as if Tully hasn’t been candid; he was critical of emergency and got expelled for a while. He points out our warts wherever he sees them. But his are the laments of someone who is exasperated every time the country, he has high hopes from, fails to live up to his expectations, and the expectations of Indians as well.

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