Why did PM Modi give an interview to US podcaster Lex Fridman who is little known in India?

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday became the latest world leader to feature on American technology, science and geopolitics podcaster Lex Fridman’s YouTube channel. Recent guests on Fridman’s show – which has 4.6 million subscribers – have included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Argentinian President Javier Milei. Since Donald Trump was elected US president in November, heads of state from across the world have granted interviews to American podcasters and journalists seen as favoured by the US Right, reportedly as a means to reach Trump’s conservative support base. The strategy has borne fruit for some....