‘Easy To Say We Want To Be a World Power, but a Vishwaguru Cannot Be Self-Appointed’: Salman Khurshid

Does India have a voice in global affairs? Salman Khurshid, a former external affairs minister in the Manmohan Singh government, thinks not.

Sidharth Bhatia

Does India have a voice in global affairs? Salman Khurshid, a former external affairs minister in the Manmohan Singh government, thinks not.

‘easy to say we want to be a world power but a vishwaguru cannot be self appointed’ salman khurshid

India’s stand on global events is becoming increasingly unclear. Whether on the Israel Iran war or the Ukraine-Russia war, India has not taken a clear position, though in recent years, India has been supportive of Israel, giving up the country’s long standing support of Palestine.

Nor has Prime Minister Modi clearly repudiated US President Donald Trump’s repeated statements that it was he who brought an end to the India-Pakistan conflict.

Does India have a voice in global affairs? Salman Khurshid, a former external affairs minister in the Manmohan Singh government, thinks not. In a podcast discussion with Sidharth Bhatia, Khurshid says “We are doing too much lecturing and parroting phrases and not enough diplomacy.”

Listen to the podcast.

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