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Since the BJP came to power in 2014, India has made an ambitious claim about its place in the world. India Examined is DiploPolis's ongoing analysis of that claim — what Indian foreign policy actually delivers, how the world actually sees New Delhi, and what the gap between India's civilisational ambitions and its strategic reality means for the country, the region and the Global South it claims to speak for.

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The Vishwaguru the World Never Knew

India spent twelve years marketing itself as Vishwaguru — teacher of the world. Operation Sindoor revealed the gap. The Melody moment confirmed it. Retail investors bought the wrong Parle. At home, the performance played to a full house. Abroad, the admirers had not been watching.

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