Xi Jinping is hurt. Narendra Modi ignored his birthday. The Son of Heaven had taken great trouble arranging a surprise party on June 15 on those bleak heights where not a blade of grass grows although tanks roll, artillery crackles and shells explode.
But nary a tributary tweet from Modi. Terrified of the Himalayan fracas, he might have been crouching in a bunker like Donald Trump, for all anyone knew. His silence was especially surprising because, like all Indians, Modi loves bragging about foreign VIPs. “Barrack” and “Bibi” trip off his tongue. But perhaps the ...
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First Published: Fri, June 19 2020. 23:49 IST
