INDIA USA RELATIONSHIP : IS THERE A WAY FORWARD? / A #GunnersShot Analysis

INDIA USA RELATIONSHIP : IS THERE A WAY FORWARD? / A #GunnersShot Analysis https://www.youtube.com/live/7FoKpNTYV84?si=afDGG-sHcnXurF57 via @YouTube 

The #IndiaUSA relationship has been derailed badly since #OpSindoor. Reactionary rhetoric and emotion on both sides does not help. Convergences and binders in this relationship are strong as much as there are huge divergences. However both countries are indispensable to each other. Every global event indicates so. Hence, the need is to find a way forward.

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