Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was our honoured guest at the celebrations of India’s 65th Republic Day. On display for Abe will be India’s cultural diversity and defence muscle. What he is likely to be more impressed with, however, will be our commitment to Asia, evidence of which has dimmed of late.It wasn’t that long ago that India reached the high watermark of international interest. In 2010, when our growth rate was in the double digits, the leaders of all the permanent five members of the UN Security Council visited us, even as the three western powers, U.S., UK and France, were struggling economically
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