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By T.P. Sreenivasan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's worldwide travels, which appeared to lag a little with the advent of President Donald Trump and his own domestic troubles, resumed with a bang with visits to four Islamic countries in four days in February. For a person of the Prime Minister's reputation and record, this was revolutionary. No other single journey of his as Prime Minister was so rich in symbolism and practical wisdom. The sight of Modi travelling in a Jordanian helicopter to Palestine, with an Israeli air escort, was called "history...