When Kash Patel was sworn in as FBI Director in February, the ceremony was steeped in Indian traditions. He touched his parents’ feet, invoked ‘Jai Shree Krishna,’ and took his oath on the Bhagavad Gita. What was celebrated as a proud cultural moment then has now become the focus of a growing backlash.

The reason? A photograph of him shaking hands with Pakistani Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir during the White House meeting last week, that has angered the Indian diaspora.

For many Indians at home and abroad, Patel’s handshake with a man often described as the face of Pakistan’s anti-India rhetoric looked like a betrayal.

The meeting took place in the Oval Office, where President Trump hosted Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif alongside Munir. Vice President JD Vance and Secreta

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