Raisina dialogue 2025 kicks off in Delhi tomorrow

New Delhi’s gearing up for a global gabfest as the 10th Raisina Dialogue opens on 17 March 2025, with prime minister Narendra Modi lighting the torch. New Zealand’s prime minister Christopher Luxon joins him, delivering the keynote under the banner “Kālachakra - People, Peace and Planet.” Picture this: 3,500 sharp minds from 125 countries—ministers, ex-leaders, tech whizzes, scholars—huddled over three days, chewing on the world’s toughest knots. It’s India’s big stage for geopolitics and geo-economics, and the air’s thick with anticipation.

The agenda’s a meaty one, split into six chunks. They’ll tackle shifting politics, green dilemmas, digital gaps, trade tangles, new growth paths, and peace drivers—think “Politics Interrupted” to “Investing in Peace.” Luxon’s “wheel of time” riff sets the tone, while Modi’s pull brings heavyweights from Ghana to Peru, Cuba to Slovenia. Nepal’s foreign minister Arzu Rana Deuba’s in too, maybe swapping notes with India’s S Jaishankar on the sidelines. Millions more will tune in online, eyes on a city that’s hosted this powwow since 2016.

It’s not just talk—imagine a military commander from Norway swapping ideas with a Mumbai startup CEO, or a Maldives ex-president mulling climate fixes with a Swedish diplomat. Hosted by the Observer Research Foundation and the Ministry of External Affairs, this isn’t a quiet seminar; it’s a loud, messy clash of views. From supply chains to planet-saving, the stakes feel personal—every chat could nudge the globe a bit. What sticks when the mics cut off on 19 March?