NationalInterest : There’s an all-new N-word now. And India’s soft power is its hard liability

#NationalInterest There’s much frustration in India over the global ‘narrative’ on Pahalgam and Op Sindoor. We have to decide if global opinion matters to us or not. If it does, we must drop all ego and bluster and engage with their media, think tanks, and civil society. Sending MPs on a globetrotting boondoggle won’t help. Watch this week's #NationalInterest with @ShekharGupta----more----Read this week's National Interest here: https://theprint.in/national-interest/theres-an-all-new-n-word-now-and-indias-soft-power-is-its-hard-reality/2635652/----more----Read The New York times article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/world/asia/india-antiwar-dissent-mahmudabad.html