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India's public diplomacy falls flat

Wed, 26 March 2025

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Does the Narendra Modi government have a stance on the Ukraine conflict at all?

Read MK Bhadrakumar's column here.

All things taken into account, the Raisina Dialogue 2025 turned out to be a wasteful extravaganza. Someone in authority should order an auditing. Public diplomacy is not about event management.

The MEA may be favouring some non-official agency for reasons best known to its decision makers, but it should be anchored on India's interests.

Is poking the bear in India's interests?

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