This week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been making headlines across Europe, conducting a high-speed diplomatic tour through the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and Italy. The focal point of the trip is a series of high-level meetings aimed at finalizing a massive trade agreement with the European Union—a pact so vast in scale that officials are already calling it the “mother of all deals.” While the official narrative paints a picture of seamless cooperation and “historic opportunities,” the timing and scale of these talks suggest something far more calculating is happening behind the scenes. The press releases are swirling with the kind of superlatives usually reserved for epic poetry. “Historic…