Yes Julia, you are absolutely right. Indian politicians, not only the diplomats are in general very selfish and do have vested interests in steering the country's foreign affairs. We Indians know it very well, but, what can we do!!! If we raise our voice, we will be throttled and if we try to be united, it cannot be as we are either Hindus or Muslims or Sikhs or Isaiahs and so on.....In totality, one thing that I can spell upon: In order to raise your head, you must be of homogeneous origin otherwise you cannot shine....to many cooks spoil the soup...so we are very very self-complacent, as we should be and steering our own interest towards achieving our objectives, rather interfering with the affairs of the untrustworthy politicians.