Felt sad at times but have to make allowances with friends: Suu Kyi

She is learnt to have given two examples — the first was on opening a children's hospital. While many countries are willing to help with capacity building like training nurses, there is still no taker for rebuilding the hospital itself. She told Khurshid that slums have begun to mushroom in the hospital's premises and made the case for a country like India to actively consider rebuilding the hospital first.

The second example she gave was of schools. She said India could step in and improve basic schooling here.

In the same vein, sources said, she spoke about assistance for the new Parliament. While countries like India are willing to offer training courses for Parliament staff, Suu Kyi said there are more immediate requirements like setting up a reference library for proper Parliament function. She, incidentally, heads the Parliamentary committee responsible for its upgrade.

The subtlety of the difference in approach from the government was not lost on the Indian side. During his meeting with Myanmar's political leadership in Nay Pi Taw, Khurshid was asked if India would step up the pace on hydel projects, particularly increase the capacity of the Tamanti project.

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