In India's Global South outreach, give-and-take, and a delicate balance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Brazil for the BRICS leaders' summit was one of the longest he has made in the last 11 years. While he has usually included a stopover visit to a country on the way to the summit destination and another on the way back, this time he included as many as four destinations. The PM arrives in India on Thursday morning from Namibia, his last stop. The PM's July 2-9 visit, which also included stops in Ghana, Trinidad & Tobago, and Argentina, has been framed as India's outreach to the Global South. India and the…