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Modi's triangle of geopolitics, Viksit Bharat and net zero

Financial Express Kolkata

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April 26, 2025

LIFE IS AN intriguing web of patterns, a mix of squares, triangles, and circles.

- JAYA DUBEY

These patterns help us understand human emotions, life with clarity and purpose. While reading about Prime Minister Narendra Modi's February 2025 visit to the US and France, a powerful idea struck me—can a triangle be imagined for concepts employed by him to balance various competing forces (geopolitics, Viksit Bharat, and net zero) and be at the same time understood by a common person? Yes, it is possible, and that's how the idea of the 'Mod Angle' was born—a triangle's vertices to denote the competing force, sides to denote the interaction between them. Which is well balanced.

This visit had marked a significant shift towards reshaping the earlier unbalanced triangle (geopolitics, Viksit Bharat, and net zero) into a balanced 'Mod Angle', unlocking opportunities for India to pursue net-zero goals without pressure, aligning growth with sustainability and achieving a state of equilibrium as in 'Mod Angle' through his masterful geopolitics, exploiting Trump's skepticism for climate change theories. The transformation can be understood with the following points:

Geopolitics of emissions

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