India not just got the large S-400 missile defense deal from Russia, but also a lot of other interesting things. Access to Northern Sea Route that connects Europe with the Pacific Rim, natural gas supplies (Iran option supplement) and development of other gas fields.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
Moscow saw a rare confluence. CIA Director Ratcliffe to warn Putin, Vatican Foreign Minister Gallagher to stop Ukraine war, Indian Foreign Minister with a special message from PM Modi. Meanwhile Russia has destroyed "90% Warehouses" in Ukraine.
