External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar spoke about his choice of OTT shows and how closely they reflect the realities of diplomacy during his appearance at the NDTV World Summit 2026.

In a conversation with NDTV Editor-in-Chief and CEO Rahul Kanwal, Jaishankar was asked what he likes to do when he is not working and whether he watches shows about diplomacy and geopolitics. the diplomat And Fouda. He was also asked which of the two is closest to what actually happens in the Ministry of External Affairs.

Jaishankar revealed that he sees diplomat, But pointed out that the American political thriller presents diplomacy in a distinctly American way.

“I’m watching” the diplomatBut I want to say one thing. No value judgment here, though the diplomat Very quintessentially American. Still, when you make these shows, you make them because you want to dramatize things. If I did a real demonstration of how diplomacy works, people would fall asleep,” he said.

“I look at it somewhat critically. I relate to some of it. I looked at the ambassador and said to myself, ‘Well, I know that problem.’ So the point is, I travel, I read, I do everything you guys do. But it’s always a bit of a busman’s holiday. When you look at some of these things that are in your line of work, you can’t disconnect from that line of work,” he said.

the diplomat is an American political thriller by Deborah Kahn, starring Keri Russell as Kate Wyler, a career diplomat who is appointed US ambassador to the United Kingdom during an international crisis.

The series premiered on Netflix in April 2023 and has since returned for several seasons.

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