A sari can, sometimes, say sorry better than a thousand words --'" even in the hardened corridors of South Asian diplomacy.

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj today gifted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina a cream-coloured South Indian silk sari while visiting her in Dhaka on a trip aimed at mending fences after an election campaign that left Bangladesh quietly fuming.

Hasina, her host, wasn't going to be left behind. The Bangladesh Prime Minister promptly turned to her aides, who handed her a gift Hasina and her sister Rehana had handpicked for Sushma -- a Jamdani sari, officials present at the meeting said. Read more