CHENNAI, Jan. 2 -- Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said it is important to communicate with other countries to avoid a situation where India's intentions are misread.
Participating in a fireside chat with students here at IIT Madras, Jaishankar said, "How to prevent people from misreading you is to communicate. If you communicate well, clearly and honestly, other countries and other people respect it and accept it." "A lot of people across the world are proud of their culture, tradition and heritage. I see no reason why we should not be. There are really very few ancient civilizations which have survived to become major modern nation-states, and we are one of them. We have a sense of our past which very few countries...