C Raja Mohan writes: A time for para diplomacy

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IN ITS MANIFESTO issued last week, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) promised to get back Kartarpur Sahib, the final resting place of Guru Nanak, less than five kilometres across the Pakistan border. This might sound as rash as the BJP leaders’ promise to bring Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) into India’s fold. No, the SAD is promising to work with the Centre to negotiate an “exchange of territory” with Pakistan, in return for Kartarpur Sahib. Sceptics would be quick to dismiss these ideas: Changing the territorial status quo along the Radcliffe Line in Punjab or winning back PoK, either peacefully or...