Engaging with Dhaka: Foreign secretary Vikram Misri's visit suggests a thaw

This week's meeting may stabilise the temperature on frosty exchanges between New Delhi and Dhaka in the immediate post-Hasina phase

India’s first engagement with the establishment in Bangladesh following Sheikh Hasina’s ouster as Prime Minister and a dramatic flight to India on August 5 marks an important step towards re-engagement with a new political regime that is notably less pro-Indian than its predecessor. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri’s visit on Monday may not mark a turning point in relations. Nevertheless, India has sent an important signal of its willingness to engage despite the abrupt transition of relations from comfortable ally to uneasy neighbour. Mr Misri met the chief advisor to the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, and the foreign affairs