You realize this is the first time in world history two nuclear armed rivals launched direct attacks on each other, or may be you can not grasp the gravity of situation.
Even during Cuban missile crisis, US and Soviets kept talking to each other, Pakistan and India have no such mechanism and by the looks of things, this is because of Indian misguided superiority complex and habits. Regardless there should always be talk between two rivals behind the scene but the 56 inch chest thumping monkey is incapable of understanding that.