From yoga to soft power, from digital diplomacy to the role of states in foreign policy, India’s envoys got a taste of what the PM would like them to internalize when they represent India’s interests.
Yoga & Facebook come together in India
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When over 100 top diplomats meet, you would expect them to discuss weighty issues – India’s place in the world, high strategy, the volatile neighborhood, the China question – and get drowned in policy matters. But the sixth annual conclave of the Indian heads of missions, which wrapped up on Tuesday, was different.
Besides the perennials of foreign policy, there was a distinct set of dishes on the menu to equip the ambassadors to be more effective diplomats.
And in all this, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s stamp was unmistakable. From yoga to soft power, from digital diplomacy to the role of states in foreign policy, India’s envoys got a taste of what the PM would like them to internalize when they represent India’s interests.
