Cut The Clutter: Why PM Modi wishing the Dalai Lama happy birthday made news & why it shows turn in India-China ties

In light of PM Narendra Modi’s public birthday wish to the 14th Dalai Lama on his 86th birthday, and at a time where global attention is on China, Shekhar Gupta explains why this is significant messaging, Chinese hypersensitivity over Tibet and the shifts in India-China relations. Episode 783 of #CutTheClutter.

Additional research by Saamiya Laroia.

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