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What’s the Big Deal about G20 ask veteran journos?

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New Delhi, September 02, 2023

The military, paramilitary, and Police will be in full service for their security, citing terror threats.

Amitabh Srivastava

The massive preparations for the two-day meet of the G2 Nations in New Delhi on September 8 and 9 are mind-boggling.

World leaders from 19 nations including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, US, UK and European Union are arriving to participate in the much- hyped summit.

According to information leaked out so far arrangements for the stay of these leaders are being made in Taj Palace, Meridian, Shangri La, Ashoka, Imperial, ITC Maurya, Lalit, Oberoi in Gurugram and another Five star in NOIDA.

The military, paramilitary, and Police will be in full service for their security, citing terror threats.

Life will be thrown out of gear for the common man and commercial activities will come to a standstill with banks, educational institutions closed and even the Metro services the lifeline of the people are likely to be disturbed.

Old-timers and veteran journalists who have watched the Delhi scene for some decades are wondering what all the hullaballoo is about.

Veteran journalist and Matro Map columnist John Dayal shared a picture of the NAM summit of 1983 in New Delhi where Fidel Castro giving a shy Indira Gandhi a bear-hug which became one of the most iconic pictures ever.

Writing on his Facebook page John Dayal comments,  ”A long time ago, when half of today’s Indians were not even born, India held the biggest meeting of heads of governments and heads of states in Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi. Indira Gandhi was the host. No market or offices were closed. The Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement went like clockwork. From the press gallery we saw the big burly Fidel Castro embrace Indira. We in the press gallery thought she blushed. Kings, Presidents and Prime Ministers applauded.”

Several journalists concurred.

Says Pradeep Mathur, “Heads of governments of 98 countries had come to Delhi and the NAM summit lasted a week. Life went on smoothly in Delhi. There was no hulla gulla like what we are witnessing.”

Sr Krishna, another veteran adds,” Unforgettable, and was fortunate to have been in PTI team for NAM coverage.”

Mahendra Ved, another veteran with a long innings at Hindustan Times recalls that he too was witness to the Vigyan Bhavan program.

Arun Joshi, a veteran with All India Radio writes, ”G20 is just a tiny incident in comparison of GHOGM and NAM that were attended by hundreds of heads of nations.”

As an aside comment some child rights activists who demonstrated at the Jantar Mantar yesterday to demand repatriation of children of Indian couples taken away by the Child Welfare Authorities in several nations wondered if the Indian Government would up this issue in the strongest terms at the summit.

Australia and Germany are two countries in the G20 meet where Indian Children are being held hostage currently.

The mother of two boys in Australia, Priyadarshini Patil recently jumped into a river in Karnataka and committed suicide.

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