Above the Fold: Top stories of the day
1. Aftershocks continue to hit Nepal, with one of up to 6.9 magnitude on Sunday, as the death toll from Saturday's quake crosses 2,500.
2. The aftershocks were also felt in India, where the death toll has crossed 62.
3. Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, has picked up a stake in Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi.

The Big Story: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in India
Elected to replace former president Hamid Karzai, a close ally of India's, last year, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani immediately recalibrated Kabul's foreign policy to focus on reconciliation with Taliban. This was primarily because the United States is finally leaving his country. It has meant that Ghani has moved the country closer to Pakistan, the only nation state with some leverage over the Taliban, and kept India at an arm's length. After all that New Delhi has invested in Kabul over the last decade, this has been a worrying sign.

Ghani is in New Delhi on Monday, his first visit as President and his third to a country in the region. The other two, coming before India, were Pakistan and China, indicating somewhat his foreign policy priorities. This shift in the approach has prompted some to ask whether India has "lost" Afghanistan to Pakistan.

Others believe Ghani's is only a pragmatic approach, and the goodwill built up in Afghanistan is not going to disappear for New Delhi. But the next few years in the region are key, particularly in terms of how the complete US withdrawal is managed. India will get a chance, through the meeting with Ghani, to ensure that it continues to play an important role in the entire process, as a key stakeholder. Also on the agenda: joint development of an Iranian port and furthering the strategic partnership.

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Afghanistan is still coming to terms with its post-Taliban society, sometimes in brutal ways.

Politicking & Policying
1. The absence of women, minorities and Dalits from the top decision-making bodies of India's national parties is stark.
2. The government and the Congress might call a truce over the passage of the constitutional amendment for the Goods and Services Tax in Parliament this week, allowing it to pass.
3. The newly public Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi will go on a nationwide tour to revive his party's fortunes.
4. Thirteen military and three civilian aircraft have been sent to Kathmandu as part of India's rescue efforts.

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Punditry
1. Santosh Desai in the Times of India, offers a straightforward guide to managing the media, which should stop the government whining about conspiracies.
2. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, in the Hindu, comes out against the Cabinet's decision to try 16-18-year-olds in cases of heinous crimes.
3. We have no idea how much we are actually spending on defence, writes Nitin Pai in the Business Standard.
4. India should team up with China in Afghanistan, instead of automatically sticking to a collision course, writes Phunchok Stobdan in BusinessLine.

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Danial Shah recounts a heartwarming tale of a Pakistani-Burmese love affair during WWI from Pakistani Punjab.
"Chacha Kalu’s grand-nephews began to narrate the story that they have heard from their elders: “Chacha Kalu was young, handsome and was deployed at a barrack in Burma where a young Burmese girl, with long hair and blue eyes would provide food to the soldiers everyday. He fell in love with her.”