DIPLOMACY is changing worldwide. In India, the popular witticism that "diplomacy is 50 per cent protocol, 30 per cent alcohol and 20 per cent TN Kaul" is making way for different mores and etiquette. For those who haven't heard of TN Kaul, he was a former foreign secretary and ambassador to key foreign capitals like Moscow, Washington DC. He is very much a part of the Indian diplomatic folklore.
Sergio Gor & India’s breach of diplomatic protocol

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