A BSF jawan patrols along the border fence at an outpost along the India-Pakistan border in Suchitgarh—AFP

A BSF jawan patrols along the border fence at an outpost along the India-Pakistan border in Suchitgarh—AFP

A BSF jawan patrols along the border fence at an outpost along the India-Pakistan border in Suchitgarh—AFP

The visit of Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang from May 19-22 had to compete for space with the unfurling Indian Premier League scandal — an admixture of the sublime and the ridiculous.

It is now customary to affix “gate” to all scandals.