Dehradun, Aug. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a half-hour long conversation with US President Donald Trump on the Kashmir issue. It is a hard task to communicate with Trump without being misunderstood and misinterpreted, particularly on a subject he has very little knowledge of, but Modi seems to have taken the chance because, quite obviously, Pakistan cannot be allowed to go unchallenged on its preposterous claims. Considering that the most intemperate allegations have been made by Pak PM Imran Khan with the use of words like Hitler for Modi, a dignified counter will have been timely and effective.
After Trump's faux pas on 'mediation', the US establishment has worked hard to correct the position without directly contradicting th...