Modi 3.0 is continuity atleast in Foreign Policy matters. Dr Jaishankar is back to steer the global agenda towards being the Vishwaguru. Heads of State from Bangladesh to Mauritius attend the swearing in ceremony.

6 former CM’s in the cabinet. Rajnath, Gadkari and Mota Bhai Amit ji all signal that all is the same again.

Vaishnav, Scindia and Puri are back in as technocrats.

Allies have their share with Lallan, Chirag, HDK and the TDP Gaaru having a spot on the table.

The South East Asian Library in KL is getting together in less than a year.

Having has an association in the region since 2007 through study and work in three universities, the region is hardly understood in New Delhi which I seek to shed light upon. Life gets accounted in the books we have not read in our bookshelf!

I have been one of few Indian hacks who have written on Singaporean affairs and the intellectual attention is rather limited so far.

The Kuala Lumpur International Book Fair 2024.

A slice of the intellectual zeitgeist in the country. Happy to have seen MP Syed Saddiq and Minister Maszlee with an autographed copy of his cook.

Malaysia takes its role as major actor in the Islamic world very seriously.