Niraj Srivastava was India’s ambassador to Denmark and Uganda. He has also served in Indian missions in Damascus, Washington D.C., Tripoli, Riyadh and Ottawa and at Headquarters in Delhi. During a sabbatical year in 2001-02, he taught a seminar on “International Politics of South Asia” to undergraduate students in Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
The cat is out of the bag, Dear Readers. That is if it were ever fully in the bag. At the very least, its head was never in; its eyes were always gazing at Russia, sorry, Putin. OK, no more riddles. The name of this cat is the US Deep State (USDS), whose public face is the President Of The United
In the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Western corporate media, such as the New York Times, BBC, CNN etc., have gone into a frenzy, condemning Russia, hurling personal insults at Putin, calling him names etc. This is crude behaviour in diplomatic terms, but the West is known for indu