The arrival of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in Delhi for five days comes amidst demand from Parliamentarians and civil society to make him the third foreign recipient of the Bharat Ratna after Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela.
In terms of representation, India has made significant strides towards gender parity in its political, diplomatic, and military institutions but performs worse than other countries with similar developmental profiles. While India has several gender-sensitive foreign aid programmes, they need to be diversified.