The moment was reminiscent of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Japan visit in 2014, when he played the traditional Taiko drums alongside a Japanese drummer.
He first floated the idea during his failed 2022 presidential bid, but it was removed from his most recent platform after it was criticised as populist pandering.
Contrary to naysayers, the RSS practices what it preaches. It is closer to the Gandhian teaching of improving the individual morally and spiritually to change the external environment.
CM Yogi Adityanath claims that from being called a ‘bimaru’ state, UP is now among the top-3 economies in India. The 2026 Budget session of the UP assembly is currently underway.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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