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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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Modi's India: Vishwaguru Abroad, Bulldozers Back Home
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi leads world leaders as they pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat during the New Delhi G20 Summit on September 10, 2023. (Source: Narendra Modi via X)

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Modi's India: Vishwaguru Abroad, Bulldozers Back Home

Modi sells Gandhi's legacy and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam at every international podium. At home BJP MPs call Gandhi's assassin a patriot and bulldozers demolish Muslim homes. The export version of India cannot survive a single unscripted question.

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