"Hanuman Was A Big Diplomat": S Jaishankar Finds Familiar Ground In Ramayan

In an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with NDTV Editir-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, Mr Jaishankar spoke of finding examples in the Indian context for things instead of borrowing from the west.

Foreign minister S Jaishankar today found a Ramayana reference to his job -- and an epic  diplomat. In an exclusive, wide-ranging  interview with NDTV Editir-in-Chief Sanjay Pugalia, Mr Jaishankar spoke of finding examples in the Indian context for things instead of borrowing from the west.

In this context, he said even his job was featured in the great epic Ramayan.

"Hanuman was big diplomat. An actual diplomat, since he was sent to Lanka as an envoy," he told NDTV.