10 reasons why India’s stance on Gaza is unsustainable

Fire and smoke rise from Gaza City following an Israeli air strike on Sunday, October 8, 2023 The Indian reaction to the massive eruption of violence between Hamas and Israel on Saturday belies ground realities and ignores the geopolitical environment in that region and globally in which this cataclysmic event merits careful appraisal. It will …

G20 is in need of genuine reform

G20 leaders at Rajghat paying homage to Mahatma Gandhi, New Delhi, September 10, 2023    India being the host country, the triumphalist tom-toming that G20 summit on September 9-10 was a “success” is both understandable and probably justifiable. Certainly, Indian diplomacy was in full cry. The negotiation of the G20 Declaration is no mean achievement in a highly …

Modi at Hiroshima — optics, politics, reality

Family photo of Prime Minister Modi (4th from left) & special invitees to G7 Leaders’ Summit, Hiroshima, Japan, May 21, 2023 Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visits abroad are carefully choreographed events, given their optics domestically. Perhaps, this is even more so today as general elections loom ahead and in Hiroshima, Modi was taking the stage …