Foreigners are polite.

"India plans to push back against 'agenda driven', 'neo-colonial' country rankings produced by global agencies on topic like governance and press freedom a key advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Reuters in an interview." The Print. Sanjiv Sanyal, a member of Modi's Economic Advisory Council, said a "tiny group of think-tanks in the North Atlantic" are "driving a real-world agenda". "(The) World Bank is involved in this discussion because it takes these opinions from these think-tanks and effectively sanctifies it by putting it into something called the world governance index," Sanyal said." Not all rankings are bad. "India is placed at the 103rd spot, with unemployment identified as the primary contributing factor to the country's relative level of misery. Among 157 countries analyzed, Switzerland emerged as the least miserable, occupying the top position (157) on the list." HT. While India is not so miserable, it is not so happy either. "India ranked at No. 126 in the World Happiness Report 2023. This is an improvement from last year, when India's position was at No. 136 on the list, but India is still behind close neighbors like Sri Lanka (No. 112), Pakistan (No. 108) and Nepal (No. 78)." indiatimes.com. Behind Pakistan? No wonder they are angry. On the other hand, India does not care about China or Saudi Arabia. "China and Saudi Arabia, along with Turkey and Egypt, boycotted G20's Tourism Working Group (TWG) in Srinagar, Kashmir, this week." ET. "That GoI (government of India) went ahead and held the meetings in Kashmir despite knowing that there would be Pavlovian pushback underscores India's growing confidence. That other G20 members and invitees attended the meetings signals growing acceptance of India's position that Kashmir is an integral part of the country." "A US Congressional Committee has recommended strengthening Nato Plus by including India in the five-member grouping to win the 'strategic competition with the Chinese Communist Party'." HT. "Nato Plus 5 is a security arrangement of 31 member countries with five aligned nations - Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Israel and South Korea - to address the rise of China. It was formalised in 2019." It is not some story spread by foreigners. Many Indian citizens are miserable under the present regime. "Modani has entered India's political lexicon," wrote Yogendra Yadav. "It is, at least potentially, a political concept that describes and analyses what it critiques. The concept names the latest phase in India's political economy, the specific variety of the linkage between economic and political power that characterise the present government." And "For the creation of a Hindu India of its dreams, the BJP does not want the Prime Minister to be ridiculed or diminished in any way. That is why the State today demands and rewards loyalty and considers it necessary to punish those who dare to differ with or criticise Modi." DH. Actually it is much worse than what the "agenda driven" "neo-colonial" foreigners say. Unless you are a BJP MP. CNN. Then you can do whatever. Foreigners are actually quite restrained.