India, Jan. 2 -- Two days after visiting Bangladesh to attend the funeral of the country's first female prime minister, Khaleda Zia, external affairs minister S Jaishankar spoke about India's "good neighbours" and "bad neighbours" and how New Delhi's approach to the neighbourhood is guided by "common sense".

Jaishankar represented India at Zia's funeral on Wednesday and also handed over a letter of condolence from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the former prime minister's son and acting chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman.

During an event at IIT Madras in Chennai, the external affairs minister replied to a question on India's neighbourhood policy amid violence and protests in Bangladesh. He shared how ...