For decades, if there's one thing that's been a taboo in the Indian foreign ministry, it is third-party mediation - particularly in the long-running dispute with Pakistan over Kashmir. Those in the know,

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

Both India and Pakistan have welcomed a US-brokered ceasefire in their simmering conflict, but the Narendra Modi government would rather end any external inputs there. Namita Singh in Delhi explains w