Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known to strike a personal chemistry with the foreign leaders. This has helped India in conducting its foreign policy smoothly.
Prime Ministers Gift Diplomacy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is known to strike a personal chemistry with the foreign leaders. This has helped India in conducting its foreign policy smoothly. One of the distinctive traits of personal diplomacy of the Prime Minister has been his tradition of choosing gift Items reflecting India’s rich and diverse heritage and showcasing distinctive traditions of its various regions.
During his visit to Denmark on 3-4 May 2022 where he participated in the 2nd India Nordic summit meeting, he presented unique gifts to his counterparts
- Gift to Denmark’s Queen, Mrs Margrethe: Rogan Painting. It is an art of cloth painting practiced in the Kutch region of Gujarat.
- Gift to the Crown Princess of Denmark, Mrs Mary: a silver meenakari bird figure from Varanasi.
- Gift to the Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark: a dhokra boat from Chhattisgarh. Dhokra is a non-ferrous metal casting craft using the lost-wax casting technique, something in use in India for over 4,000 years.
- Gift to the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen: a wall-hanging with Kutch embroidery
- Gift to the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre: a dhaal with koftgiri art from Rajasthan
- Gift to the Prime Minister of Sweden, Magdalena Andersson : a pashmina stole in a papier mache box from Jammu & Kashmir
- Gift to the Prime Minister of Finland, Sanna Marin : a brass tree of life from Rajasthan
For India-Nordic summit meeting kindly see 4 May 2022 post
https://www.testwale.com/current-affair/news/english/daily-current-affairs-5-may-2022/
