India, Aug. 21 -- Seventy-nine years after Independence, India carries far greater economic and geopolitical weight than it once did. But soft power asks a different set of questions. Where is India actually liked? Where does it struggle to leave an impression? Does its claim to speak for the Global South travel beyond diplomatic forums? And does one of the world's largest diaspora communities buy any goodwill? Data from a recently released survey by Pew Research Center offers some clues.

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