Indian Youth Congress’ shirtless protest at India’s prestigious global event has embarrassed the nation, to say the least. This kind of needless spectacle over India-US trade deal had nothing to do with the AI Summit. It just demonstrates, once again, how Congress is suffering from a debilitating crisis of imagination.
Emmanuel Macron’s India trip had a French flair. Diplomacy can have a touch of charm
From attending AI summit to jogging down Mumbai’s footpaths, wandering through CST, and breezing onto a podcast, President Emmanuel Macron’s India trip had an unmistakable French flair. Equal parts statesman and showman, he mixed strategy with stylish spontaneity, proving diplomacy and business can move confidently with a touch of charm.
Sergio Gor’s Indian Army command visit is routine diplomacy. Outrage is uninformed
The manufactured outrage over US Ambassador Sergio Gor’s Western Command visit exposes the shallowness of social media discourse by uninformed self-proclaimed experts. Ambassadorial visits to defence establishments, including by Indian envoys abroad, are routine diplomacy. Conspiracy-laced readings and performative X outbursts weaken serious national security debate and trivialise institutional engagement.
UP deputy CMs supporting Swami Avimukteshwaranand is intriguing. They’re undermining Yogi
UP deputy CMs, Maurya and Pathak, voicing support for controversial Swami Avimukteshwaranand, who compared PM Modi and CM Yogi to Aurangzeb, is intriguing. BJP high command’s silence is a mystery. It’s not about PM Modi, for sure. Deputy CMs are undermining CM. It’s more than Akhilesh Yadav could’ve wished for.

