Mysuru: "Diplomats prefer a win-win solution and their only aim is to see how one can prevent conflict and build confidence. If we succeed, then peace reigns but if we fail then it results in war. Having a difficult Western neighbour, the challenge is all the more and since we are the biggest country, with bigness comes baggage and hence building more bridges becomes important," said former Foreign Secretary Nirupama Menon Rao.
She was speaking at the Third Edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival organised by Mysuru Literary Forum and Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs (2015) at Hotel Southern Star on Sunday on the topic “From Diplomacy to Peace-building in South Asia through Music,” and said with her nearly 40 years experience as a Diplomat she has found that it is possible to build peace by bringing people of different nationalities to come together and perform through music.
