India, April 8 -- Many in India would be aware of Steve Bannon, Kellyanne Conway, Dominic Cummings, Vladislav Surkov and Lu Wei- all names that were active in different parts of the globe at different times, associated with different world leaders.

Bannon and Conway were with Donald Trump, Cummings with Boris Johnson, Surkov with Vladimir Putin and Wei with Xi Jinping.

The commonality among all these names was their role as trusted strategists for their respective leaders, and their involvement in shaping media and communication strategies to align with their leaders' needs.

In the United States, Bannon played a key role in Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, where he used alternative media to amplify Trump's messaging. Conway, on the other ...