In the grand ballroom of global diplomacy, India’s dance card is full. Once flirting earnestly with the United States, India now finds itself navigating a diplomatic season that’s anything but predictable. As former US Ambassador Eric Garcetti humorously remarked, India and the US were very much in a “dating phase” — a whirlwind of courtship, shared interests, and the occasional awkward dinner conversation.

If global diplomacy were a Bollywood rom-com, 2025 would be the year when everyone in the audience grabs popcorn, leans forward, and whispers, “ Yeh kya ho raha hai? ” Because somewhere between Washington’s mixed messages and Moscow’s timely affection, India has found itself in the middle of a high-stakes love triangle — complete with ghosting, parental pressure, emotional juggling,

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