China, which harbours ambitions to control the Yarlung Tsangpo, as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet, is moving ahead with its mega hydropower project at Motuo.
Water is becoming the new oil. While China and Pakistan employ it as a tool against India, hydro-diplomacy has scarcely been a major instrument in New Delhi's foreign policy.
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.
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