"It is a matter of great joy that distinguished retired civil servants who devoted their entire life to civil service career - whether they were generals in the armed forces, chief commissioners of Income Tax, or members of the Board of Direct Taxes, retired ambassadors, expressed their d
Former Indian diplomat Bhaswati Mukherjee labelled the derogatory remarks by Maldives ministers against India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi 'unfortunate', adding that a certain 'red line' should not be crossed in international relations.
"I presume that the decision to shut down the embassy is really not because of India, but because of internal problems within the Afghanistan embassy here, triggered by the new government in Kabul, which is completely opposed to the earlier government. That is the real reason, in my perspect
Speaking with ANI, former Indian envoy to the Netherlands, Bhaswati Mukherjee said the BBC has a troubled record dealing with India because it appears to have a colonial mindset with regard to the country.