What we are watching is something different: A fog manufactured and maintained by the people who started the war, so that the question of why it was started never has to be answered, observes Prem Panicker in his must read blog on the war in the Middle East.
Last year too, on the Republic Day, the prime minister walked down the Rajpath to greet people.
The UAE is the second country after France to send troops to participate in the Republic Day parade of India, a tradition started last year.
Escorted by four fighter jets, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a rare one-day lightning tour to the Middle East during which he visited Saudi Arabia after a short trip to the United Arab Emirates.
Here are highlights of the 68th Republic Day parade.
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