It's a mistake to exclude India from a new South Asian bloc

Without New Delhi, any new grouping will intensify existing rivalries

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks at a media event in Brasília, Brazil, on July 8. © Reuters

Salman Rafi Sheikh is assistant professor of politics at the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences.

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