Sinha immediately asked an official present in the room to call up the Bangladeshi foreign minister and formally extend an invitation. This was done later in the night. Those aware of the meeting knew the crisis on the border was bound to dissipate now.
And that's what happened. Hours later, the snake-charmers at the zero line—all 213 of them—quietly disappeared. It was almost as if the entire episode had not happened. Later, New Delhi put out the spin that Bangladesh had taken them back. In...
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