India, Feb. 27 -- India issued a sharp retort to Pakistan after the latter raised the issue of Kashmir in the United Nations, calling it a "failed state" that "survives on international handouts".

Indian diplomat Kshitij Tyagi drew attention at the seventh meeting of the 58th Session of the UN Human Rights Council after he blasted Pakistan and said that the country is in no position to lecture anyone since its state policies are constituted by "human rights abuses, persecution of minorities and systematic erosion of democratic values".

Kshitij Tyagi, who tore through Pakistan in Geneva, is an engineer-turned-diplomat. He earned a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, before pursu...