I read your analysis (blog) to get Reasoned, Well-thought Perspectives and the Comments on them as well, for the same reason.
Sometimes the comments describe Germans, sometimes Japanese, sometimes American and so on. Most often they are informative - describing what people - not MSM - think.
So it is with much distress that I see the White-Racist / Colonial invective and Lies being hurled at Hindus and Indians by 'Ebear' in the comment section.
Comments which Any Reasonable person will see are completely Racist, unhinged and Victim-blaming / Victim-shaming.
Ebear Going as far as to Smear Indians for The Nazi culture of the Germans - instead of blaming Germans for borrowing and appropriating a Hindu Symbol of Good for the German Racism and Nazism.
I quote:
<I>"L... where do think the Nazis got the idea of Ayran supremacy or inferior races from? They even got their swastika from you. Hell, it's even in your music.."</I>
What kind of Racist mind blames Indians - who were suffering until 1947 from British Racist Colonialism for what German Nazis were defeated in 1945?
Whitewashing of Nazi Crimes by blaming them on Indians - who were suffering Famine caused by Europeans, and even fighting the Nazis - the first victories on European mainland being via Indian soldiers!
Would Anyone in their right mind Tolerate such comments?
How, in Good Conscience can you let such comments and commenters stand on your blog?
I don't know why Modi would wander into the snake pit called Ukraine when he presides over his own snake pit at home. Probably to burnish his flagging image, post the 2024 elections.
I normally don't cite Wikipedia as a reliable source, but in this case they got it right.
If you examine Modi's party, with its overt policy of Hindu nationalism, the similarities to Ukraine jump out at you, so maybe it's not so strange after all. The idea that Modi is a man of peace however, is absurd on its face given the policies and actions of the BJP over the years.
As for BJPs recent poor showing, this may have had something to do with it:
India is anything but a peaceful nation, what with its constant incitements to sectarian violence and its hostility towards its most important neighbour. Granted Pakistan plays a role in that impasse, but India bears at least half the responsibility for that.
I could go on and on and on about how India fails the smell test as representative of a peaceful culture where minority (including women's) rights are respected, but I'll just let the abundant record speak for itself.
I put it down to a defective culture. What other explanation can there be when you have a religion that historically discriminates against a major part of its congregation right down to the present day? Is there anything more absurd than a religion that counts the Dalits as part of the congregation, yet won't allow them to even enter a temple, and to whom it was forbidden to teach the language of the Holy Books?
The Congress Party banned the caste system and provided opportunities for lower caste Indians, but old habits die hard. Take for example the dilemma a friend of mine faced several years ago. A devout Sikh, when it came time to name his new daughter he chose the surname Kaur, which is the female version of Singh. His parents wanted their family name appended to that, which is against Sikh doctrine which disavows caste. Their reason was typical of many Sikh families where appending family names is done to indicate caste. Recidivism at its finest. Then there's the lie so often told that Hindus were forced to convert to Islam at the point of a sword. Possibly true of the upper castes, but lower caste Indians saw an opportunity to escape the oppression of Brahmanism, and so converted willingly to Islam or Christianity, both of which uphold the doctrine of equality of all before God. That's one of the reasons Muslims are hated in India BTW. Because they're seen as apostate Hindus.
Granted India is a major player on the world stage and has to be acknowledged as such, but to portray them as a nation of peace guided solely by humanitarian principles is just a bit beyond the pale.
I just want to ask you one thing. When did Hindus ever invade/kill/rape/pillage/destroy ANYONE/ANY CULTURE/ANY NATION ? In their entire history ? Yes, we are not Pacifist because, we follow Bhagavad Gita, which talks about "matters on Battlefield of Kurukshetra" in its opening page. Keep chugging that kool-aid about Gandhi/Nehru whereas every True Hindu knows its Netaji (1946 Sepoy Mutiny which the Brits were shit scared about ACTUALLY brought us Independence. Not some Khadi wearing idiot in ghaandi), Tilak, Azad, Bhagat Singh and Most Importantly Savarkar. Its how we survived when EVERYONE else, just perished/converted to something new. We've been fighting invaders ever since Islamists started invading in 1014A.D with Ghazni and Gori. You dont know history, you dont know our values, our beliefs, what we are, etc. NADA. Look up what Islamists/Christians have done to us for the last 1000 years. im sure you also believe that Hindu Nationalism (whatever the F that is) is equivalent to Naatzee Germany/Azov noinsense. Go to bed, Drink your Milk (not western warped cool-aid), ask your Single Mom to "Tuck" you in. You've got a short bus in the morning. Chop Chop. Leave aside the matters of the Most BattleTested/hardened Civilizational Force in Human History who have never been conquered. Sit down kid. We're materialistically Poor. I accept it. But Spiritually, we've done amazing and that's why we STILL STAND TALL. Go Cry more! "NAMASTE" & "Jai Mata Di Jai Shree Ram"
im sure you also believe that Hindu Nationalism (whatever the F that is) is equivalent to Naatzee Germany/Azov noinsense.
LOL... where do think the Nazis got the idea of Ayran supremacy or inferior races from? They even got their swastika from you. Hell, it's even in your music.... oh sonia, skin like butter. Imagine if a western pop singer came up with something like that?
I'm not even going to bother addressing your other points because anyone who takes an objective look at the facts can see it for themselves. India has a long and bloody history of sectarian violence going back well before the separation. Excusing that by saying India has never invaded anyone is completely disingenuous. Perhaps that's because you're too busy killing each other to mount any kind of attack on someone else? Likewise, blaming the British for your pathetic condition is utter nonsense. A strong coherent culture would have resisted the invader (Japan, Russia) not collaborated for three centuries while aspiring to emulate them, as if you'd ever be accepted into their caste. Your own people betrayed you there, so don't blame Britain for your own failings. At least you got a good railway network out of the deal. You'd never have built that on your own.
I won't resort to the kind of childish insults you displayed because I have more class than that, and you just proved my point by going there. Criticize India and that's about what you get. A nation of hotheads who'll fly off the handle at the least provocation. Push a cow out of your way and see what happens. So much for the land of 'enlightenment.'
For the record, I have no bone to pick with devout Sikhs or Muslims who live up to the ideals of their faith. I've worked with them for many years and never had any reason to complain. They have their miscreants as well of course, but nothing like you'll encounter in Hindustan. The very fact that they exist in India proves my point, as both religions offered relief from the absurdities of Hinduism.
Final point: If India is such a wonderful place, why do so many of you want to leave?
Japan was controlled by the United States following WWII to such an extent that the Japanese still can't bring themselves to embrace full sovereignty in terms of constitutional reforms.
And Russia was taken over by a German-backed clique in the early 1900s. You may have heard of them.
Apples and oranges. Japan resisted colonialism for over 300 years - the time frame I was referring to vis. India, which wasn't even a nation until 1947, and even then they couldn't hang onto what the British had built but fell to fighting each other immediately over the spoils. Russia was constantly invaded, but they fought back and are still there. If you want to split hairs, go right ahead. Talk about 1066 and the Norman invasion. Doesn't alter the fact that India was colonized by the Moghuls and the British, and that most of what you have today is owed to them.
"You may have heard of them."
Why are you people so smarmy? You've got nothing to be proud of. Name one major contribution to human advancement that India has produced. You can't even get out from under your caste system for God's sake, and now your dear leader wants to roll that back? You can't blame that on the British, you've had that holding you back for over 2000 years. Even today you look down on your fellow countrymen the way the British looked down on you. Like I said, a defective culture. Even the Sikhs can't get out from under it and append their family names in case someone suspects them of hiding their caste. Then there's your treatment of women - rape capital of the world, and let's not even talk about kitchen fires or honour killings.
The notion that India could broker a peace between Ukraine and Russia is almost as absurd as Saudi Arabia chairing the UN’s gender equality forum. You can't even resolve your differences with Pakistan after how many years? Then there's Kashmir, and those pathetic border skirmishes with China. Fix your own house before you presume to help others fix theirs.
Most of what we have today is "owed to them" ? Like the Kailasa temple, Janapadas, Native Scripts (at least 4 that I can think of), Statecraft by Kautilya that is taught at almst every Military school on Planet Earth, our own Indigenously desgined Space Programme and a million other things ?.
I can tell you a GAZILLION list of things that these idiots have tried to DESTROY and did destroy but CUCKED to the core ?
GTFOH you Islamic PoS
Next time, dont start by quoting Wikipedia! useless moron!
You cow worshippers are hilarious and so predictable. Getting bent out of shape over what some anonymous guy on the internet says in a tiny little forum like this. OMG, somebody is wrong on the internets! Must. Correct. NOW!
As far as India's accomplishments are concerned, let's take a look at a widely cited indicator of how well you're doing, the UN Human Development Report.
And there you are, nestled right between Gabon and Honduras. My, what a distinction. Even Iraq is in better shape. Another widely cited metric. Literacy. Here we compare India to Iran.
Oh no! Looks like Iran wins at 89% with India trailing at 76%. Could that be because Iran has a universal script while India struggles with, like you said, at least 4 different scripts which are unreadable by large segments of the population, which is why English is also an official language? English! The language of your colonial masters.
Speaking of which, it seems like all down the centuries nobody thought to separate the vowels from the consonants in those convoluted scripts. Twelve different vowel markers in Hindi! What an achievement. Meanwhile the Phoenicians developed a much simpler script which became the basis for all western literacy, so I don't need to learn a new script every time I learn a western language, but I guess that never occurred to Indian "scholars." Or maybe they just didn't want people learning to read, especially the lower castes. The results speak for themselves I would say.
As for the rest, so you wrote a few books and built a few temples? So what? Plenty of nations have done that. Space program? Based on what? You didn't build that, you just copied it from others.
"GTFOH you Islamic PoS"
You know, that really says it all. The minute someone criticizes a Hindu they automatically assume they're Muslim. You're so emotionally driven by your hatred of Islam you can't even read what I wrote. I said I've worked with Sikhs and Muslims, not that I AM one. That's another metric of an advanced civilization BTW - how nations treat their minorities, and for India yet another fail.
While we're on the subject, what are you even doing here? The central issue in the Ukraine war is the Donbas wishing to separate. Sounds a lot like Khalistan to me, which you Hindus brutally suppressed in 1984 by attacking Harmandir Sahib and other temples when you could have just sat them out. Where were they going to go? How were they going to resupply? Instead you wrecked the place, killing many innocent Sikhs in the process, and when Gandhi got her just deserts you went on the usual rampage killing even more innocent Sikhs. I have friends who lost family members in that particular pogrom. People who had nothing to do with Bhindranwale. Any challenge to your imagined supremacy is always met with irrational violence because that's what Hindus are. Irrational violent people. Now go ahead and tell us how India is so much more 'enlightened' and peace loving than present day Ukraine.
I've got your number cow guy. So go swelter in the intolerable heat of your own delusions. You'll never be more than you already are, a pathetic 3rd world shithole posing as a "developed nation." Should have followed the Prophet (pbuh) or Guru Nanak Ji when you had the chance. Those were much better deals, but you preferred to let rats run through your temples, sick cows wander your filthy streets, and keep your Sati and other primitive abominations.
I'm done here. You people are way too easy to troll and I don't need to spend any more time exposing what most of the world already knows about you. You do a good enough job of that yourselves.
China does not even have a square one to begin with for the supposed role of peace maker in Ukraine. First of all, China has to recognize this war is really part a Russia civil war and part of western proxy invasion meeting a counter-strike. Secondly, China needs Russia support for any potential action toward Taiwan. Without Russian technology, experience, and weapon systems, China has a large enough odds to flunk badly. Ukraine cannot possibly be a good buyer of Chinese goods, and Ukraine's ability to produce agriculture commodity for China has also been greatly reduced. I believe China's continued involvement is more due to US pressure than China's own interests (domestically or internationally).
India also has no substantial business with Ukraine. Modi also knows there is little can be achieved. BUT the timing is perfect to show off India's penchant for peace and India's position is no less important than China in all matters international. Coupled with China's cratering economy and continued western industries to relocate to India or new hooks to India's supply chain, Modi's travels are well worth it for India, and maybe for Modi personally. As for the peace effort for Ukraine, I think General Kinzhal has the final say anyway.
Dear Mr Korybko
I read your analysis (blog) to get Reasoned, Well-thought Perspectives and the Comments on them as well, for the same reason.
Sometimes the comments describe Germans, sometimes Japanese, sometimes American and so on. Most often they are informative - describing what people - not MSM - think.
So it is with much distress that I see the White-Racist / Colonial invective and Lies being hurled at Hindus and Indians by 'Ebear' in the comment section.
Comments which Any Reasonable person will see are completely Racist, unhinged and Victim-blaming / Victim-shaming.
(These comments are No different than the Racist Invective by the Ukrainians that you describe here as 'Reprehensible" https://korybko.substack.com/p/the-ukrainian-defense-ministrys-mockery?utm_source=publication-search)
Ebear Going as far as to Smear Indians for The Nazi culture of the Germans - instead of blaming Germans for borrowing and appropriating a Hindu Symbol of Good for the German Racism and Nazism.
I quote:
<I>"L... where do think the Nazis got the idea of Ayran supremacy or inferior races from? They even got their swastika from you. Hell, it's even in your music.."</I>
What kind of Racist mind blames Indians - who were suffering until 1947 from British Racist Colonialism for what German Nazis were defeated in 1945?
Whitewashing of Nazi Crimes by blaming them on Indians - who were suffering Famine caused by Europeans, and even fighting the Nazis - the first victories on European mainland being via Indian soldiers!
Would Anyone in their right mind Tolerate such comments?
How, in Good Conscience can you let such comments and commenters stand on your blog?
I don't know why Modi would wander into the snake pit called Ukraine when he presides over his own snake pit at home. Probably to burnish his flagging image, post the 2024 elections.
I normally don't cite Wikipedia as a reliable source, but in this case they got it right.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi
If you examine Modi's party, with its overt policy of Hindu nationalism, the similarities to Ukraine jump out at you, so maybe it's not so strange after all. The idea that Modi is a man of peace however, is absurd on its face given the policies and actions of the BJP over the years.
As for BJPs recent poor showing, this may have had something to do with it:
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indias-opposition-leveraged-caste-constitution-shock-modi-election-2024-06-14/
and the issue at stake is well explained here:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2021/04/dalit-born-life-discrimination-and-stigma
India is anything but a peaceful nation, what with its constant incitements to sectarian violence and its hostility towards its most important neighbour. Granted Pakistan plays a role in that impasse, but India bears at least half the responsibility for that.
I could go on and on and on about how India fails the smell test as representative of a peaceful culture where minority (including women's) rights are respected, but I'll just let the abundant record speak for itself.
I put it down to a defective culture. What other explanation can there be when you have a religion that historically discriminates against a major part of its congregation right down to the present day? Is there anything more absurd than a religion that counts the Dalits as part of the congregation, yet won't allow them to even enter a temple, and to whom it was forbidden to teach the language of the Holy Books?
The Congress Party banned the caste system and provided opportunities for lower caste Indians, but old habits die hard. Take for example the dilemma a friend of mine faced several years ago. A devout Sikh, when it came time to name his new daughter he chose the surname Kaur, which is the female version of Singh. His parents wanted their family name appended to that, which is against Sikh doctrine which disavows caste. Their reason was typical of many Sikh families where appending family names is done to indicate caste. Recidivism at its finest. Then there's the lie so often told that Hindus were forced to convert to Islam at the point of a sword. Possibly true of the upper castes, but lower caste Indians saw an opportunity to escape the oppression of Brahmanism, and so converted willingly to Islam or Christianity, both of which uphold the doctrine of equality of all before God. That's one of the reasons Muslims are hated in India BTW. Because they're seen as apostate Hindus.
Granted India is a major player on the world stage and has to be acknowledged as such, but to portray them as a nation of peace guided solely by humanitarian principles is just a bit beyond the pale.
I just want to ask you one thing. When did Hindus ever invade/kill/rape/pillage/destroy ANYONE/ANY CULTURE/ANY NATION ? In their entire history ? Yes, we are not Pacifist because, we follow Bhagavad Gita, which talks about "matters on Battlefield of Kurukshetra" in its opening page. Keep chugging that kool-aid about Gandhi/Nehru whereas every True Hindu knows its Netaji (1946 Sepoy Mutiny which the Brits were shit scared about ACTUALLY brought us Independence. Not some Khadi wearing idiot in ghaandi), Tilak, Azad, Bhagat Singh and Most Importantly Savarkar. Its how we survived when EVERYONE else, just perished/converted to something new. We've been fighting invaders ever since Islamists started invading in 1014A.D with Ghazni and Gori. You dont know history, you dont know our values, our beliefs, what we are, etc. NADA. Look up what Islamists/Christians have done to us for the last 1000 years. im sure you also believe that Hindu Nationalism (whatever the F that is) is equivalent to Naatzee Germany/Azov noinsense. Go to bed, Drink your Milk (not western warped cool-aid), ask your Single Mom to "Tuck" you in. You've got a short bus in the morning. Chop Chop. Leave aside the matters of the Most BattleTested/hardened Civilizational Force in Human History who have never been conquered. Sit down kid. We're materialistically Poor. I accept it. But Spiritually, we've done amazing and that's why we STILL STAND TALL. Go Cry more! "NAMASTE" & "Jai Mata Di Jai Shree Ram"
im sure you also believe that Hindu Nationalism (whatever the F that is) is equivalent to Naatzee Germany/Azov noinsense.
LOL... where do think the Nazis got the idea of Ayran supremacy or inferior races from? They even got their swastika from you. Hell, it's even in your music.... oh sonia, skin like butter. Imagine if a western pop singer came up with something like that?
Come on man. You're making it too easy.
Well that didn't take long. As you'd expect, the usual ad hominems and distortion of the facts, typical of someone trying to defend the indefensible.
For example: when did Hindus ever invade/kill/rape/pillage/destroy ANYONE/ANY CULTURE/ANY NATION ? In their entire history ?
Seriously? India is the rape capital of the world. Even Modi had to address that problem. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62830634
I'm not even going to bother addressing your other points because anyone who takes an objective look at the facts can see it for themselves. India has a long and bloody history of sectarian violence going back well before the separation. Excusing that by saying India has never invaded anyone is completely disingenuous. Perhaps that's because you're too busy killing each other to mount any kind of attack on someone else? Likewise, blaming the British for your pathetic condition is utter nonsense. A strong coherent culture would have resisted the invader (Japan, Russia) not collaborated for three centuries while aspiring to emulate them, as if you'd ever be accepted into their caste. Your own people betrayed you there, so don't blame Britain for your own failings. At least you got a good railway network out of the deal. You'd never have built that on your own.
I won't resort to the kind of childish insults you displayed because I have more class than that, and you just proved my point by going there. Criticize India and that's about what you get. A nation of hotheads who'll fly off the handle at the least provocation. Push a cow out of your way and see what happens. So much for the land of 'enlightenment.'
For the record, I have no bone to pick with devout Sikhs or Muslims who live up to the ideals of their faith. I've worked with them for many years and never had any reason to complain. They have their miscreants as well of course, but nothing like you'll encounter in Hindustan. The very fact that they exist in India proves my point, as both religions offered relief from the absurdities of Hinduism.
Final point: If India is such a wonderful place, why do so many of you want to leave?
Japan was controlled by the United States following WWII to such an extent that the Japanese still can't bring themselves to embrace full sovereignty in terms of constitutional reforms.
And Russia was taken over by a German-backed clique in the early 1900s. You may have heard of them.
Apples and oranges. Japan resisted colonialism for over 300 years - the time frame I was referring to vis. India, which wasn't even a nation until 1947, and even then they couldn't hang onto what the British had built but fell to fighting each other immediately over the spoils. Russia was constantly invaded, but they fought back and are still there. If you want to split hairs, go right ahead. Talk about 1066 and the Norman invasion. Doesn't alter the fact that India was colonized by the Moghuls and the British, and that most of what you have today is owed to them.
"You may have heard of them."
Why are you people so smarmy? You've got nothing to be proud of. Name one major contribution to human advancement that India has produced. You can't even get out from under your caste system for God's sake, and now your dear leader wants to roll that back? You can't blame that on the British, you've had that holding you back for over 2000 years. Even today you look down on your fellow countrymen the way the British looked down on you. Like I said, a defective culture. Even the Sikhs can't get out from under it and append their family names in case someone suspects them of hiding their caste. Then there's your treatment of women - rape capital of the world, and let's not even talk about kitchen fires or honour killings.
The notion that India could broker a peace between Ukraine and Russia is almost as absurd as Saudi Arabia chairing the UN’s gender equality forum. You can't even resolve your differences with Pakistan after how many years? Then there's Kashmir, and those pathetic border skirmishes with China. Fix your own house before you presume to help others fix theirs.
Most of what we have today is "owed to them" ? Like the Kailasa temple, Janapadas, Native Scripts (at least 4 that I can think of), Statecraft by Kautilya that is taught at almst every Military school on Planet Earth, our own Indigenously desgined Space Programme and a million other things ?.
I can tell you a GAZILLION list of things that these idiots have tried to DESTROY and did destroy but CUCKED to the core ?
GTFOH you Islamic PoS
Next time, dont start by quoting Wikipedia! useless moron!
You cow worshippers are hilarious and so predictable. Getting bent out of shape over what some anonymous guy on the internet says in a tiny little forum like this. OMG, somebody is wrong on the internets! Must. Correct. NOW!
As far as India's accomplishments are concerned, let's take a look at a widely cited indicator of how well you're doing, the UN Human Development Report.
https://hdr.undp.org/content/2023-global-multidimensional-poverty-index-mpi#/indicies/MPI
And there you are, nestled right between Gabon and Honduras. My, what a distinction. Even Iraq is in better shape. Another widely cited metric. Literacy. Here we compare India to Iran.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?locations=IR-IN
Oh no! Looks like Iran wins at 89% with India trailing at 76%. Could that be because Iran has a universal script while India struggles with, like you said, at least 4 different scripts which are unreadable by large segments of the population, which is why English is also an official language? English! The language of your colonial masters.
Speaking of which, it seems like all down the centuries nobody thought to separate the vowels from the consonants in those convoluted scripts. Twelve different vowel markers in Hindi! What an achievement. Meanwhile the Phoenicians developed a much simpler script which became the basis for all western literacy, so I don't need to learn a new script every time I learn a western language, but I guess that never occurred to Indian "scholars." Or maybe they just didn't want people learning to read, especially the lower castes. The results speak for themselves I would say.
As for the rest, so you wrote a few books and built a few temples? So what? Plenty of nations have done that. Space program? Based on what? You didn't build that, you just copied it from others.
"GTFOH you Islamic PoS"
You know, that really says it all. The minute someone criticizes a Hindu they automatically assume they're Muslim. You're so emotionally driven by your hatred of Islam you can't even read what I wrote. I said I've worked with Sikhs and Muslims, not that I AM one. That's another metric of an advanced civilization BTW - how nations treat their minorities, and for India yet another fail.
While we're on the subject, what are you even doing here? The central issue in the Ukraine war is the Donbas wishing to separate. Sounds a lot like Khalistan to me, which you Hindus brutally suppressed in 1984 by attacking Harmandir Sahib and other temples when you could have just sat them out. Where were they going to go? How were they going to resupply? Instead you wrecked the place, killing many innocent Sikhs in the process, and when Gandhi got her just deserts you went on the usual rampage killing even more innocent Sikhs. I have friends who lost family members in that particular pogrom. People who had nothing to do with Bhindranwale. Any challenge to your imagined supremacy is always met with irrational violence because that's what Hindus are. Irrational violent people. Now go ahead and tell us how India is so much more 'enlightened' and peace loving than present day Ukraine.
I've got your number cow guy. So go swelter in the intolerable heat of your own delusions. You'll never be more than you already are, a pathetic 3rd world shithole posing as a "developed nation." Should have followed the Prophet (pbuh) or Guru Nanak Ji when you had the chance. Those were much better deals, but you preferred to let rats run through your temples, sick cows wander your filthy streets, and keep your Sati and other primitive abominations.
I'm done here. You people are way too easy to troll and I don't need to spend any more time exposing what most of the world already knows about you. You do a good enough job of that yourselves.
China does not even have a square one to begin with for the supposed role of peace maker in Ukraine. First of all, China has to recognize this war is really part a Russia civil war and part of western proxy invasion meeting a counter-strike. Secondly, China needs Russia support for any potential action toward Taiwan. Without Russian technology, experience, and weapon systems, China has a large enough odds to flunk badly. Ukraine cannot possibly be a good buyer of Chinese goods, and Ukraine's ability to produce agriculture commodity for China has also been greatly reduced. I believe China's continued involvement is more due to US pressure than China's own interests (domestically or internationally).
India also has no substantial business with Ukraine. Modi also knows there is little can be achieved. BUT the timing is perfect to show off India's penchant for peace and India's position is no less important than China in all matters international. Coupled with China's cratering economy and continued western industries to relocate to India or new hooks to India's supply chain, Modi's travels are well worth it for India, and maybe for Modi personally. As for the peace effort for Ukraine, I think General Kinzhal has the final say anyway.