During a recent ICRIER lecture session on India-Pakistan trade, Rahul Khullar, current telecom regulator and former commerce secretary, treated the audience to the blunt, plain speaking for which he has been famous in government and media circles. Explaining the need to normalise trade between India and Pakistan, Khullar said this is not the time to talk about "peace, prosperity and apple-pie" but to do some real work on the ground to restart the process.