Jaishankar talks to TOI's Sachin Parashar and Sidhartha about his new book Why Bharat Matters

S Jaishankar's new book, Why Bharat Matters , uses Ramayana to contextualize India 's ties with major powers and the world.

He says the world realises India under PM Modi is not the India they dealt with earlier and that on core issues like territorial integrity, itâs important to take a position.

The foreign minister says the US , unlike Canada , doesn't justify separatism, terrorism and extremism in the name of freedom of speech.

The book is not a look back at history, it's a narrative of realism, itâd say.

Itâs not that we needed a 1962 to realise whether Nehru ’s assessments, or it may not even be Nehru , was right or wrong.

If thereâs a single test of realism and seriousness, to me itâs the border infrastructure numbers.

The fact that you use the word Chindindia , please note, is the first description.

The 2005 nuclear deal was very decisive in removing what was a fundamental roadblock in the relationship.

But after removing that roadblock it was not that we immediately moved into the positive domain.

Thereâs much greater technology interest, investment and business interest, with a better climate for investment. Still, a lot of room to grow..