An Indian's take on world affairs.

India has managed to pull off a feat that was once considered to be near impossible: Forging a consensus, and signing a declaration despite the deep divisions that loom large on the world. This is widely considered to be a diplomatic win for India as it takes its place on the high table of global affairs. This blog is divided into two parts: The first being the official outcomes of the G20 summit, the Delhi Declaration and related talks under the G20 framework, and the second being the talks on its sidelines, the initiatives taken outside its framework, and their implications on India's national interest, global geopolitics, and the world order at large. The Delhi Declaration is seen as a document that tries to amplify the voice and interests of the Global South, which is becoming more influential in global matters, and seeks to challenge the unofficial monopoly of decision-making of the G7, and its allies in the West. It also seeks to establish an agreement on other issues concern

The 21st century has brought forth many technological advancements on the world, and some of the most important of these are digital and television media. In this age of information technology, information (true or not) can be spread incredibly quickly to a larger audience than ever before with a single click. India is at an important juncture of time, where it is exerting significant influence and projecting its might on the global stage, but the prevalence of technology in daily life and its resultant, that is the so-called 'information war', where wars are based on fighting through competing narratives and aiming to demoralize the enemy, is becoming an increasingly inevitable challenge to India's rising stature as an emerging global superpower. Today, it is largely believed that Western media publications, from nations such as the US, the UK, France and Germany are leading the information war, as they are able to exert their control on building global narratives through

Although this is a question that many in America and her allied nations would not want to raise, it is very much an evident fact that the world no longer accepts the 'domination' by the West and her allies. Today, the world outside Europe and North America are in an informal agreement that the US may not retain its superpower status to the extent that it did during the height of the Cold War or after the dissolution of the erstwhile Soviet Union. This informal agreement among the rest of the world that the US may be well on its way to losing its status as the world's sole superpower, may result in a future power vacuum. Other emerging superpowers today, such as China and India, are already sensing this and are vying to fill the possible 'power vacuum' that may be caused by the US' decline. Today, the US does not seem to mind taking a backseat in world affairs, and the desire to control the world order as per its whims and fancies seems to be fading away from the

Today, as the world is increasingly advancing towards negativity and hatred, there is a need that is desperately felt for independent, non-biased, non-partisan journalism. Today's legacy media organisations have increasingly turned towards the global uptick in general hatred, negativity, and partisan agendas to keep their businesses up and running in an age where certain sections of social media themselves are more non-partisan than the mainstream media that claims to be 'independent' but is generally not. The media is advancing toward such a level of self-entitlement so as to preach entire groups of people, certain regions, and even certain countries on the supposed 'code of conduct' holding others accountable, but not themselves for violating the very 'codes of conduct' they set for the world. The job of the media is to disseminate correct, actual and factual information without any hidden agendas or ulterior motives, which legacy media around the world is

The Raisina Hill houses many government ministries and the President's official residence. Today, the growing importance of India, emerging as a new axis on the world stage, and gaining tremendous influence in many aspects, cannot be understated. But as an emerging great power, India seems to not be doing enough to assert its worldview, and its perspective on geopolitics on the world stage in an effective fashion. For instance, India's independent foreign policy has allowed it to maintain valued and consequential strategic relations with both Russia, and the United States. But a small country like Israel, with its then prime minister Naftali Bennett, made more efforts to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, than India ever did. India played it too safe, and in my opinion, for the leverage that India has with both Russia and Ukraine (aka the West), with proper mediation, could have prevented another huge crisis, when the world was already crawling out of one. Another example

When you think of these three countries, you may think of a power tussle between the three for domination in Asia. Yes, it is largely true. But, what I, as an Indian see, is a very powerful bloc that has the power to completely shake up the world order. Russia, an energy powerhouse, has always been a dominant military power capable of power projection way beyond its borders. Although today, Russia may be in a weaker position economically, it still wields significant power on the world stage because of its permanent membership in the UN Security Council. Having one of the largest militaries in the world, Russia, by herself is a force to be reckoned with in modern times. China, an economic Titan, is on pace to beat the US, if not already beating it in many aspects at present.  The military power of China is also great beyond any doubt, and the delicate tendency of China having a stable government unlike many rogue states, (although under a certain Xi, China is certainly headed in that di