In the face of the shrinking of its reputation globally, its pusillanimity on display as in the case of Venezuela, and further loss of support in the South Asian region after this ill-conceived attack on a Bangladeshi cricketer and its own superstar, the one non-negotiable for India should be its internal cohesion as a cushion. In a rapidly changing and insecure world order, its internal strength would be what would help it ride out all storms. But the fraying social cohesion makes India look weak and in free-fall – with its national security endangered directly by the ruling party’s politics and ideology. https://thewire.in/politics/global-regional-internal-modi-government-self-goals
A dark politics underlines threats to India globally, regionally and internally. Unless we are able to call it out and force its practitioners to back off and give up trying to disfigure India into a country for people of one faith, diet, belief, language, politics and region, India can expect only further dents to its credibility, authority and positioning.
04/01/2026