In June 2025, our government announced that India took it as its responsibility to bring the voice of global South (hence Vogs) on the world stage. As the headline of a newspaper said: ‘Time to feel the appearance, India Awaaz for Global South: S. Jaishankar ahead of G7.

Incidentally, for the last three years, India has been hosting the voice of the Global South Summit, which the government has shortened the Vogues.

To declare our responsibility, the immediate provocation was linked to our arrival in G7, where India is not a member, but nominated – as well as other people like Mexico, Brazil, Comoros and Cook Islands – a ‘Observer’ (in Plainsprak, a viewer).

There is no real role, although sometimes hug and gigling is allowed.

G7 – America, Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan – made a statement condemning Iran to be attacked by Israel. Referring to the bombing campaign, in which citizens, including scientists in Tehran and other places, were killed, real players reiterated ‘support for Israel’s safety’, confirmed Israel that Israel had the right to defend itself and ‘Iran is a major source of regional instability and terror’.

The Vogues had no opinion on this, even though our Prime Minister noticed that it was ‘time to feel our presence’, as Vogs were kept on silent.

It is not clear why we participate in meetings where we have no to say. But who can question powerful? His reasons are due to him.

In fact, it was time to feel our presence elsewhere.

Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) – In which Vogues is a member and in fact it is to say – also made a statement on the same subject.

Nine SCO players are: China, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. His citizens represent some 42 percent of humans on this planet, which are the majority of the global South. SCO Charter says its duty is ‘to promote a new democratic, fair and rational international and economic international system’. Meaning it will stand for the rights of weak and poor nations.

The SCO’s statement ‘strongly condemned (Ed) military attacks by Israel’ and said that ‘such aggressive action against civil goals including energy and transport infrastructure, resulting in citizens casualties, is a gross violation of international law and United Nations Charter.’

On the same day (June 14) India excluded a counter-statement, removed itself from these words and clarified that ‘India did not participate in the discussion on the above SCO statement’.

Again, it is not clear why we run away from discussions. We can impress as participants and instead participate in those where we are spectators. Voggs ‘mysteriously’ works, (its) miracles to perform, because the poet William Cowper would have put it.

The headline of the newspaper of June 14 was read: ‘Bharat Parban, 149 nations back to the Gaza ceasefire’ resolution of the United Nations’. Sankalp condemned ‘the use of starvation and the help of war strategy’ and demanded to raise the blockade by Israel.

All South Asian countries voted for this except Vogues.

The reason given thus reads this way: ‘India’s abortion was in the belief that there is no other way to solve the conflicts, but through dialogue and diplomacy’ and ‘our joint effort should be directed to bring both sides closer’.

Yes, of course, we should bring people who are bombing and who are bombing closely.

Reminds me that in cricket, a lot of doing nothing to do is called ‘weapon on shoulder’.

The website of the Ministry of External Affairs tells us that on 14 August 2024, India hosted its third Vogues: ‘This unique initiative began as an expansion of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi’s vision’Saba Sixty, Saba Vikas, Saba Vishwas and Saba effort“, And underlined from the philosophy of India Vasudhiv KutumbakamIt envisages bringing global South countries together to share its approach and preferences on a normal platform in a full range of issues. ,

On 8 May, in a case related to the status and exile of the Rohingya refugees, the same Government of India told the Supreme Court that it neither recognizes the UNHCR-refugee cards nor does the Rohingyas not have a signator for the 1951 United Nations refugee conference as refugees since India and therefore, therefore, does not expand any kind of refugee security.

Apparently, its bombing about Vogues and a global family comes with many terms and conditions.

It can hardly be said that the United Nations Refugee Conference’s non-availability of India may not be excited to send people in terms of danger, harassment and statelessness.

Under the principle of ‘non-generating’ in customary international law, India still needs to avoid forcing people to return to places where they will have a real risk of serious human rights violations and being subjected to abuses.

It is a specific legal obligation under the International Covenant on Citizen and Political Rights – for which India Is A party.

But why should we care? And is preventing us from giving a grand speech about global South and our shared humanity, while acting in the opposite manner?

Nothing, and therefore the Charade will move forward.

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