It was 6°C outside Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on Thursday night, but inside, nearly 30,000 people were generating their own heat. Giant mandalas glowed behind the stage, and the red carpet stretched improbably long. When Narendra Modi walked out beside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the arena did not so much applaud as detonate. Albanese, who has hosted Bruce Springsteen at the same venue, joked that even ‘The Boss’ hadn’t seen a reception quite like this one. Chants of “Modi, Modi, Modi” collided with an Australian sporting refrain “Oi! Oi! Oi!” This was the Melbourne leg of Modi’s latest three-nation…
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