Prerna Gandhi is an associate fellow with the Vivekananda International Foundation, a security think tank in New Delhi.
Last weekend, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proved the skeptics wrong.
Refuting skeptics, New Delhi's diplomats secured compromise to preserve consensus

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, hugs Azali Assoumani, African Union chairman and the Comoros' president, in New Delhi on Sep. 9. (Pool via Reuters)
Prerna Gandhi is an associate fellow with the Vivekananda International Foundation, a security think tank in New Delhi.
Last weekend, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proved the skeptics wrong.