India’s External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj feels that the Gita should be made India’s national book. Her argument is that since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted the Bhagwad Gita to world leaders, it has already been given the status of a “national scripture”.

The thing is, that the Gita is already one of Hinduism’s most sacred scriptures and at the risk of being disembowelled for saying this, the Gita achieved this status long, long before Narendra Modi was born. So Swaraj’s statement is a fine example of buttering up the boss, as well as the bosses who stand behind, next to, in front of, the boss.