India Made Friends, But It Forgot How to Influence People
As New Delhi faces a cooking gas crisis spawned by the war in Iran, Prime Minister Modi is finding that his elevated global profile isn’t giving him much edge.
Alone on the world stage.
Photographer: Sajjad Hussain/AFP
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Have you ever had a friend who’s somehow at every party but never on the group chat? Everyone’s heard of them. They get invited to the neighborhood cookout. They’re pleasant at dinner. But when you get fired and need someone to ugly cry with at 2 a.m., you don’t FaceTime them. Not because they wouldn’t pick up, but because it would just be … weird? You genuinely enjoy their company! You’d just never ask them for a favor.