Question: They have been and are still enormously influential in this country's economic life, often serving as all-important go-betweens in the sometimes immensely difficult relations between Hindus and Muslims, and between India and Pakistan.
They haven't been very helpful in keeping the relationship between India and Pakistan peaceful.

Answer: no

Question: Another obvious bonus, although impossible to over-emphasize, is the absence of cars, the simple joy of wandering around a town relieved of traffic and pollution, of standing on a little humpback pedestrian bridge far from the Grand Canal and hearing only the water lapping against the moss-covered walls, or the occasional swish of a sleek gondola that appears out of nowhere.
SUVs are the main method of transport there.

Answer: no

Question: It didn't.
Failed to accomplish.

Answer:
yes