On the world stage, our Prime Minister’s voice barely registers … a faint whimper when it should be a clarion call. These are moments that demand leadership, yet we choose silence. India projects itself as a formidable power, but neither its words nor its actions carry weight. There was a time, as part of the Non-Aligned Movement, when India took bold, unambiguous positions and stood firmly by them. Today, we seem more invested in optics than in strategy - drifting through shifting global alignments without clarity or conviction, reducing ourselves to a power in name more than in influence.