"This is a propitious beginning, " says Aswini Ray, a political scientist at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.

CNN: Hope in the Himalayas

Jayati Ghosh is Professor of Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, in Delhi, India.

BBC: India: Boom what boom?

"Neither India nor Pakistan is in a position to talk seriously about Kashmir, " explains Amitabh Mattoo, an international studies professor at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

"It is a vote against corruption--against the ruling party, but not in favor of the Congress, " said Chintamani Mahapatra, who teaches international relations at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

WSJ: Congress Set to Win Karnataka Poll

"The government knows it has mucked up the handling of foreign relations since the nuclear tests, " says Kanti Bajpai, a professor of international relations at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi.

CNN: A FAILURE AT THE TOP