The G-7 faced especially acute challenges this year as the global effects of Covid-19 pandemic have been compounded by the war in Ukraine

NTR was above pettiness and parochialism, as his vision of Telugu Ganga, one purpose of which was to supply drinking water to Madras, shows

Like good wine, protocol often sets the mood and creates the right atmospherics for the serious diplomatic business that is being conducted

We can only hope that the present doesn’t emulate the past to make the future murkier, darker and dirtier