New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- With Donald Trump, it's hard to tell what he truly thinks. So it's understandable that his naming of Sergio Gor, director of the Presidential Personnel Office who is considered a close aide, as the US ambassador to India has been received with mixed feelings.

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On one hand, it's a relief that there'll be someone to act as a link between New Delhi and Washington after a gap of seven months and at a time of frayed ties. On the other, Gor's wider mandate to also serve as Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs may imply a subtle hyphenation of India with Pakistan, which New Delhi has been opposed to.

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