India's obsessive interest in Pakistan is defined by political and security issues and is conditioned by history. The pain and despair at the vivisection of the motherland is far from over. There is nostalgia for the land suddenly became distant and inacc

MANEESHA TIKEKAR is Reader in Politics at SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai. She has been a recipient of a number of international fellowships and awards including the Fullbright Post Doctoral Fellowship and ASIA Fellowship. Her publicati